Debbie Ludolph

that through singing we are moved…mobilized into an action that advances our community and make clear the place of privileged people within Canadian society. Through Sing Fires of Justice, we explored a model where soulful, relevant, respectful and inclusive community is created, and lives of value and quality are cultivated and promoted. The eighth annual multi-faith, cross-cultural community choral event known as Sing Fires of Justice took place October 4-5, 2013 with a focus on the “Stolen Sisters, ” the more than 600 missing or murdered women of Canada’s aboriginal communities. As people entered the beautiful downtown Lutheran church, the smell of burning sweetgrass denoted that in this formal Christian worship space, a special sacred place was being created through the traditional aboriginal ceremony of smudging. One enters a place decorated with Christian iconography expecting to hear the organ playing. On this occasion, the entering music was provided by Mino Ode Kwewak N&apo...

In a paper presented at the Festival 500 Symposium: The Power of Song, 2011, we concluded that through singing we are moved...mobilized into an action that advances our community and make clear the place of privileged people within Canadian society. Through Sing Fires of Justice, we explored a model where soulful, relevant, respectful and inclusive community is created, and lives of value and quality are cultivated and promoted. The eighth annual multi-faith, cross-cultural community choral event known as Sing Fires of Justice took place October 4-5, 2013 with a focus on the “Stolen Sisters,” the more than 600 missing or murdered women of Canada’s aboriginal communities. As people entered the beautiful downtown Lutheran church, the smell of burning sweetgrass denoted that in this formal Christian worship space, a special sacred place was being created through the traditional aboriginal ceremony of smudging. One enters a place decorated with Christian iconography expecting to hear th...