Red Dress Day, held annually on May 5th (Tuesday, May 5, 2026), is a national day of awareness, remembrance, and activism for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, (MMIW). It honors those lost and acts as a call to action to address the ongoing crisis of violence, often marked by hanging red dresses.
Indigenous women, world-wide, have a higher rate of missing and being murdered. Red Dress Day is observed internationally, but mainly in Canada. Many believe they are taken into human trafficking. We can help to spread awareness and pray for this.
Let’s wear a red dress, scarf, or ribbon to our lighthouse meetings. We can mention this and lead a prayer about it. Take pictures of your team wearing red and send it to Mary Jo at  SWRegionaglow@gmail.com and I will forward to Aglow International, with an explanation. It may be posted on the Aglow website.
With you in the battle,
Mary Jo McKean
Aglow U.S. Director
Southwest Region
Debby Brawner
Aglow Committee Chair
End Human Trafficking
Arizona SPC