Annual MMIP awareness walk set for May 3 in Phoenix

April 24, 2025

The Future Inspired Native American Leaders Youth Council will host its annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness walk on May 3 at the Phoenix Indian Center. Participants are encouraged to wear red and bring posters, signs or images of loved ones, according to the event announcement. A poster-making station will be available on-site.

Registration begins at 8 a.m., followed by speakers from 9 to 10 a.m. The one-mile walk will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. Free MMIP T-shirts will be distributed to early registrants on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 8 a.m. For more information, call 602-264-6768 or email YouthPrograms@PhxIndCenter.org.

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