2:15PM, Moment of Silence for ‘The 215’
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 31 May 2021
The fallout and reactions continue after the remains of 215 children were discovered last week at the former Kamloops, BC Residential School. The Mohawk Council of Kahnàwake will observe a Moment of Silence at 2:15pm this afternoon, and is asking community members to do the same. Joe Delaronde is the MCK spokesperson:
“The MCK is asking for a community wide moment of silence to commemorate these 215 children. We’re looking at 2:15 pm this afternoon and it’s really just a small token of something we can all do at the same time together as a community, because this has just been an unbelievable few days.”
For an action like this to have occurred during Canada’s lifetime as a country prompts a massive rethinking of the very foundation of the country. At 2:15 pm today K1037 will join with the MCK in a moment of silence, standing united:
“I think in many ways it’s very unifying because I don’t think anybody in the community regardless of their political beliefs or faith or anything, everyone feels the same, it’s just terrible and we need to band together to support each other at this very, very difficult time.”
Every single Kahnawa’kehró:non shares in the grief that has resulted from this horrendous discovery.
