This week Haven advocates attended the “Women Are Sacred Conference” virtual event which featured numerous workshops and speakers. The conference which is organized by the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center is an annual event which connects 1000’s of advocates across the country who share the mission to end violence against American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian women.
This year’s conference theme was “Carrying Our Medicine and Strengthening Our Vision to End the Violence”. Lucy Simpson, the conference director, states, “As we know carrying our medicine is how Indigenous people have continued to survive. In response to all the challenges we have faced in the past, present and future, this medicine we carry is how we will heal our mind, body, spirit, and the land we walk on. It is using traditional knowledge, skills and practices to enhance the health and well-being of ourselves, our families, our communities and our nations.”
The conference workshops provided advocates the opportunity to learn facts, figures and how to improve the day-to-day operations of a domestic violence prevention program. Additionally, it was a call to action for continued social change through advocacy. Embracing the teachings that “Women Are Sacred” is the foundation of building a shared community that is safe and healthy for all people.
Haven advocates are honored to be a part of creating a safe community by providing advocacy to survivors of domestic violence and all victims of crime.
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