It was an incredible experience to share space with advocates and supporters of the Women Are Sacred conference. We had over 70 sessions, a Pow Wow, Youth track, WASTalks, and alive recording with Native America Calling, and over 500 participants! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone for making this possible.
July Advocacy Workshop
This workshop will focus on the dynamics and impacts of battering/intimate partner violence, particularly on Native women. Discussion and interactive exercises are planned throughout. Given the pandemic, we added a special session on COVID-19 mitigation best practices and indoor air mitigation tools. July 25 - 27, Aurora, CO, and virtually. Register and attend in person or virtually.
Upcoming Webinars
OVW (7/19)
This webinar will summarize key national concerns and emerging issues for Tribal leaders and representatives in advance of the 18th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation. Consultation Website andDear Tribal Leader Letter.
Out of all women in Hawaii, Native Hawaiian women face the highest percentage rates of domestic violence and sex trafficking. To address this violence, the Pouhana O Nā Wāhine was founded. Mon, Jul 24, 1 - 2:30 pm (MDT) Register here.
The Data Specialist position provides technology and data support on internal projects for teams and maintains external ARP-focused databases of resources for grantees. Submit all documents to the Human Resources Manager, Julie Weddell, at careers@niwrc.org. Open until filled. Apply today!
The Program Assistant position is responsible for providing administrative support to the various program teams of the NIWRC, namely the Policy and Research team and the Technical Assistance and Training team. Submit all documents to the Human Resources Manager, Julie Weddell, at careers@niwrc.org. Open until filled. Apply today!
The STTARS Safe Housing and Shelter Specialist is responsible for assisting in developing and managing Technical Assistance and Training initiatives, its policy efforts, and in the overall growth of the Center. Apply today!
For more information, please visit our Careers page.
STTARS Updates
Join the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grantee STTARS (the new Indigenous Safe Housing Center) for two webinars for Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) about gender-based violence and ways to support tribal people experiencing gender-based violence. July 17th & 26th, 12:00 - 2:00 pm (MDT). Register.
Greetings Relatives,
Kuu da woha (thank you) to all who joined us at the 2023 Women Are Sacred conference held in Isleta Pueblo. We are grateful to all who practiced community care by engaging in our layered mitigation strategy by testing, wearing a mask, and doing the self-symptom assessment. The intention of this prevention strategy was to provide an equitable, accessible, and safe gathering space for all participants as a practice of community care. Much gratitude to the youth who also participated and built DIY Corsi Rosenthal air purifiers in the WAS Youth Track, hosted by NIWRC’s Native Love program.
As we move to be together again in person, may we practice creating more accessible spaces as the impacts of chronic illness from Long COVID impact our communities. This article, entitled “Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes,” featured in the Disability Visibility Project by Dr. Sandra Yellowhorse, speaks to the importance of turning to our stories and teachings to guide our actions in this current time.
“Our ancestors were careful in their planning to consider all our relations, and provided us these blueprints, as both an understanding and a practice, to caretake one another with radical love.” - Dr. Sandra Yellowhorse (Diné)
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