Music, food and social justice - you can find it all on Sunday at Port Coquitlam's Lions Park at the Tri-City Amnesty International group's annual summer barbecue.
Focusing on the rights of indigenous people, local Amnesty members are raising awareness of issues about the Northern Gateway Pipeline project as well as shining a light on the Stolen Sisters report.
Helping to serve hot dogs, pasta salad, iced tea and watermelons will be Toshi Rahman from Amnesty's B.C. and Yukon office, along with local members such as Nancy Furness.
The Northern Gateway pipeline has been publicly opposed by the majority of Indigenous peoples whose traditional lands would be crossed by the pipeline, as well as by First Nations concerned about the potential impact on the downstream rivers and the coastal waters on which they depend.
Amnesty's Stolen Sisters Report was published in 2004 and states that indigenous women in Canada are in danger of kidnapping and violent deaths through racism and indifference.
The Tri-Cities Amnesty International barbecue takes place Sunday, Aug. 19 from noon to 4 p.m. at Lions Park; from 2 to 4 p.m., Tambura Rasa will perform a variety of music.
