Moose Hide day attendees promise to end gender-based violence

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Attendees from all walks of life came together, spoke and made a promise to end gender-based violence in Fort St. John against the backdrop of Festival Plaza. The second annual Moose Hide Campaign event took place on May 15th in the city, organized by the Fort St. John Friendship Society and Nenan Dane Zaa Deh Zona Family Services Society. In a booth hosted by Nenan Dane Zaa Deh Zona, brochures about the program were prominent, as well as the focus of the event: a single moose-hide pin, which symbolized a pledge from the wearers to end gender-based violence. Todd Morrow, executive director of the Fort St. John Friendship Society, talked of the importance of speaking out and…

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