(This was first published in the lowdownonline.com in October 2014)
By Oona Woods
Twenty years ago Carol Anne Goodman fled on foot — driven by a powerful instinct to protect her unborn daughter.
A few years later, her beloved aunt was murdered by a Montreal serial killer.
Goodman’s instinct to protect women from violence is still running strong.
Currently filming a video on her farm for her song Lost and Found, she hopes to raise money and awareness for missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
“I just felt so strongly that I wanted to get this music out there,” explains Goodman.
Her daughter — now 19 — has just left home to live in Ottawa. Keenly aware that Aboriginal woman are almost four times more likely to experience violence, it is the reason she’s compelled to act.
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