Happy Summer!
Please take a few moments to read how you can stand with Haven to bring awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women then enter to win our “Summer Prize Package” which includes two lawn chairs, Igloo cooler and lawn games, and don’t forget to claim your free subscription to NIWRC’s Restoration of Native Sovereignty and Safety for Native Women magazine compliments of Urban Indian Health Institute.
We learned in the FYI email last week that Oklahoma is in the top ten states with the highest number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Please continue to educate yourself.
Since 2017, grassroots actions on May 5th to honor and call for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) have increasingly grown at the local, regional, national and international level. Native families, advocates and Indigenous nations continue to rise up to challenge the silence, tolerance and inaction in response to the crisis of MMIWG. Locally, community searches and actions, tribal press conferences, justice marches continue to draw attention and urgency to the MMIWG crisis, reflecting the long-standing call-in holding governments publicly accountable for the perpetrators allowed to prey on Native women and girls with impunity. The Indigenous-led grassroots efforts are exposing systemic barriers through federal and local legislation that mandates the attention to the federal trust responsibility and the equitable response of government in consultation with the tribes to address the MMIWG crisis.
Please join your voice with Haven to draw attention to the MMIWG crisis!
- Download the ‘No More Stolen Sisters’ poster and share a photo of yourself with the poster on social media using #MMIWGActionNow, #NoMoreStolenSisters and #MMIWG and/or post a photo wearing red or traditional attire. Post on Haven Facebook page or send Haven a screen shot of a posting on your personal page to ENTER THE DRAWING TO WIN “Summer Prize Package”
- Explore MMIW Toolkit for Understanding and Responding to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women for Families and Communities.
- Claim free print subscription for NIWRC’s Restoration of Native Sovereignty and Safety for Native Women magazine, courtesy of Urban Indian Health Institute.
- Share Strong Hearts Native Helpline (1-844-762-8483) with relatives facing domestic, dating or sexual violence. Online chat is available at strongheartshelpline.org.
The voices of families, advocates and Indigenous nations will not be silenced.
Our advocates are here to help.
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