The Edmonds School Board at its Aug. 19 meeting adopted a resolution to officially declare Sept. 30 as Orange Shirt Day, or Every Child Matters Day. It’s a movement started in 2013 to recognize the trauma inflicted on Indigenous people by residential schools and to honor survivors, their families and indigenous communities.

The origins of Orange Shirt Day come from the story of Phyllis Webstad of the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem (Canoe Creek) First Nation in British Columbia, who founded the Orange Shirt Society. At just 6 years old, her brand new orange shirt was taken from her upon arrival at a residential school in 1973, per the Orange Shirt Society’s website . Now 58, Webstad lives in British Columbia with her family.

Each year on Sept. 30, people across the globe wear orange shirts to

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