UPDATE: Dancer gave a great speech to the crowd at our ‘Remember Us’ March on October 08/07 that broke more than a few hearts. See Katie Dawson’s article for The Sachem, “Remember Us’ march leads to one arrest. Don’t miss the video of Dancer’s speech [dial-up].
UPDATE: Dancer - along with her parents - accompanied us to Queen’s Park for our April 17/07 FantinoGate news conference to share her story with Ontario. Click on the link for her speech and video. She did a great job!
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Many of you were moved by “The Strength of a Woman’ - 14 year old ‘Dancer,’ the story of a brave young lady who created a heart-wrenching pamphlet called ‘Road of Hope’ to explain why she has to take medication and go to counselling due to the OPP’s refusal to police the road on which she lives - Sixth Line in Caledonia.
Dancer’s family was determined to honour their daughter’s wishes that her story be told, so they met with us, and gave us permission to videotape Dancer reading ‘Road of Hope.’ Afterwards, we interviewed her in order to clarify some points in her pamphlet. It was a thrill and an honour to meet this amazing young woman and her family, but it was hard listening to her talk about how the OPP have abandoned her and every other kid on the Sixth Line.
Like many of the women involved in the struggle against Two Tier Justice, Dancer inspired us with her determination to help her community - a town where people who live in ‘policed’ areas are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation. On March 11, 2007 this one brave girl did nothing less than face the fears of an entire neighbourhood and town and - in so doing - invalidate every conceivable excuse her fellow citizens might have for not getting involved in defending their town against evil.
To all of Caledonia’s citizens and business owners - if a 14 year old girl living in an area of town where people are afraid to call 911 for fear of retaliation has the courage to stand up proudly as a Canadian citizen, and take her place at the front of the line to defend truth and justice and her fellow citizens, what - exactly - would YOUR excuse be for not following her?
We have all been shamed by a 14 year old girl. Let us now be inspired by her words and her courage to take back our province…
‘VIDEO: Road of Hope’
March 11/07
(7:09 mins)
DIAL-UP
PDF: Road of Hope
NOTE: a copy of Dancer’s video was included in every media kit handed out during our news conference at Queen’s Park on March 14, 2007 regarding ‘The Ipperwash Papers.’ Extra copies of our media kit were provided for: John Tory; Dalton McGuinty; Howard Hampton; Toby Barrett and Mayor Marie Trainer. Click here to read Gary McHale’s closing remarks that included mention of Dancer and the lack of policing on Sixth Line.
