- 2025 RYM Event Dates: November 9th – 15th
- Why a week? To create more event opportunity and participation days, especially for schools and people who work M-F.
- Do we have to wear our Mocs the whole week? Nope, choose a day, or days, or the whole week – what ever works for you!
- Is there a main day? The original day will always be November 15th
- What is Rock Your Mocs? Established 2011, Rock Your Mocs, is a worldwide Native American & Indigenous Peoples social media unity event held annually and during National Native American Heritage Month in the U.S.A. People wear their moccasins wherever their day takes them and many take a photo, or create a video/story, and upload to social media with the hashtag #rockyourmocs. This creates an online photo album for the world to see and enjoy while simultaneously uniting Native American & Indigenous Peoples through their unique, and collective, tribal culture and heritage. Additionally individuals, organizations, casino’s, schools, museums and tribes are taking the initiative to create their own independent events, both cultural and contemporary, throughout the world.
- About
- Rock Your Mocs was founded in 2011 by Jessica Jaylyn Atsye (Laguna Pueblo, NM U.S.A.) and beginning 2013, collaboratively, has been annually organized and produced by Native American event producer Melissa Sanchez(Acoma/Laguna Pueblos NM U.S.A.)
- Why: We, as Indigenous people stand united through our tribal individuality, symbolically we wear our moccasins, honor our ancestors, and indigenous peoples worldwide, during Rock Your Mocs and National Native American Heritage Month.
- Where is RYM held?
- Wherever you may be – on the rez of off the rez – and wherever your day may take you – school, work, running, playing rez ball or with family and friends!
- Look out for events in, or near, your community
- How to join in:
- Wear your moccasins or a turquoise Awareness Ribbon or a RYM T-shirt or organize an event.
- Take a photo, create a video or story and upload to social media and use the hashtag #RockYourMocs and/or #RockYourMocs2025
- Check the hashtag #RockYourMocs to see what’s happening worldwide!
- Tag @RockYourMocs in your posts, stories and reels
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