We Matter campaign to host March workshops in La Ronge and Stanley Mission – MBC Network Radio Online
24 February 2017
The We Matter campaign for Indigenous Youth is hitting the road, with plans to hold workshops in northern Saskatchewan in mid-March.
Northwest Territories-raised Tunchai and Kelvin Redvers launched the video messaging campaign in October in the wake of youth suicides in northern Saskatchewan. The Indigenous siblings took inspiration from the success of the It Gets Better Project in the United States. They used that model to create a forum for people across Canada to create videos sharing their stories of facing suicidal thoughts and a message of hope to Indigenous young people who are facing dark times.
Since then, people like Don Burnstick, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the members of A Tribe Called Red have provided videos that have been viewed by millions through the We Matter campaign.
Tunchai, 22, said she and Kelvin decided to take expand their “platform of hope and positivity for Indigenous youth in Canada” and start doing community outreach.
