AmINext

AmINext
Formation 2014
Type Social Media
Purpose End Violence Against Aboriginal Women
Location
Founder
 Holly Jarrett

#AmINext is the social media campaign that began on September 5, 2014 by Canadian Indigenous (Inuit) woman Holly Jarrett.[1] The campaign was created in part to call for a public inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered Aboriginal women, which has a demand that native activists have been making to the federal government for years. Aboriginal women in Canada are more likely to be subject to violence than non-aboriginal women. The campaign included women taking photos of themselves holding up signs bearing the question, and posting them to various social media sites using the hashtag #AmINext.[2]

In response to criticism regarding the effectiveness of the original hashtag #AmINext, a new social media campaign was started using the hashtag #ImNotNext,[3] with the intent on continuing the theme of unification, while creating a more positive reaction.[4][5][6][7][8]

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References

  1. ↑ "#AmINext: Aboriginal women's message to Stephen Harper". The Globe and mail. The Globe and mail. September 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
  2. ↑ "#AmINext aims to raise awareness about murdered aboriginal women". Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Aboriginal women ask #AmINext in push for public inquiry". 8 September 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "AmINext". https://twitter.com/hashtag/aminext. https://twitter.com/hashtag/aminext. Retrieved 2014-12-13. External link in |website=, |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ "Spirit of Our Sisters #SOSmmiw - FIRST PEOPLES WRITING". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "#ImNotNext campaign says no to victimhood". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "#ImNotNext: Indigenous women use social media to demand change". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Aboriginal Women Respond Powerfully To 'Am I Next?'". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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