Haven June Article

H.A.V.E.N. Update

By Cathleen Osborne-Gowey (Program Admin – Crime Victim Advocate) 918.554.2836 or COsbornegowey@estoo.net

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Hello all –

May is a busy month. We have Mother’s day and so many end of the school year events. This year, as I sat through the many end of year celebrations for my kids’ school I started to think about the parents who weren’t there. May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples month, “In 2020 alone there were 5,295 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls, according to the National Crime Information Center”. I thought about the kids who don’t know where their parent is and the parents who can’t be here to celebrate their child and what they’ve accomplished. The children who aren’t there to be celebrated and the parents who are frantically trying to find them. The Mothers who didn’t get Mother’s day cards and flowers. What about them? Do we pay attention or is it just too hard to think about? Sometimes we think this is something that happens in other places, but not my town. This is happening in EVERY state and in EVERY town.

“Oklahoma is one of the top states with the highest number of missing and murdered Indigenous people cases”.

This month’s article we’d like to share photos of the amazing outreach and education installation our Outreach Manager put on to highlight Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples month. Let’s support efforts like this, learn about MMIP, and remember those who aren’t here.