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June 6th is Blue Jean Jacket Day.

Blue Jean Jacket day invites everybody to support and to spread awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous boys and men by wearing a blue jean jacket.

This initiative was started fairly recently on June 6th, 2023 to honour Indigenous men and boys that have been exploited, murdered, or gone missing.

According to Statistics Canada, Indigenous men accounted for more than 80% of the 201 Indigenous people who died by homicide in 2020, Blue Jean Jacket Day was started in Edmonton in 2023 to raise awareness about this violence.

To read the full CBC article on Blue Jean Jacket day, head to https://ow.ly/KpLj50Z5NH0