Thank You for Joining the 2025 National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives
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Thank you for standing with us during the 2025 National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR). Whether you wore red, organized a gathering, shared our toolkit, or uplifted stories from your own community, you joined a powerful, collective call to honor our stolen sisters and relatives, and to demand the safety and justice they deserve. As always, we honor the families, survivors, and advocates whose leadership makes this movement possible. We encourage everyone to honor Native families by lifting their stories year-round.
To help us strengthen future campaigns, we invite you to share your reflections and feedback through our short survey. If you're looking for ways to continue learning and raising awareness year-round, our MMIWR Awareness Hub remains a resource for you and your community.
Peer to Peer Support and Sharing: Discussing the Crossover and Distinctions of MMIWR and Human Trafficking in Rural Communities
May 14, 2025, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. MT
Join NIWRC for a gathering focused on mutual care and meaningful dialogue to deepen our understanding around the overlapping issues of MMIWR and trafficking. Together, advocates will share needs, experiences, and barriers faced when addressing these issues in our communities. Come be part of this important conversation in a supportive, community-centered space.
Coffee and Conversation With Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition
May 16, 2025, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. MT
Registration is open for the virtual Coffee and Conversation to learn more about enhancing programs and strengthening our collaborative network using traditional and community ties. Guests include the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC), a statewide Tribal coalition and national Tribal TA provider rooted in survivor voices, community strengths and needs, and Indigenous traditions and values. MIWSAC will join us at this time to discuss training, resources, TA, and national policy advocacy.
July 29 - 31, 2025, at the Baird Convention Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
As one of the nation’s earliest and largest gatherings dedicated to ending violence against Native women and communities, WAS provides a unique platform for both established and emerging Indigenous leaders and experts to share knowledge and strategies for ending violence. The conference will feature training sessions, presentations, workshops, and keynote addresses on various topics designed to strengthen the capacity of Tribal Nations, domestic violence programs, and community-based services to provide effective interventions and prevention strategies.
The Data Specialist provides technology and data support on internal projects for teams and maintains external ARP-focused databases of resources for grantees, provides technology and data support on internal projects for teams and maintains external ARP-focused databases of resources for grantees. In this role, you will be responsible for collating and verifying data from multiple sources, reviewing existing databases and data storage systems for efficacy and efficiency, assisting with implementing data software storage systems and executing data transfers. You will also be required to train staff on data storage procedures. To apply, email careers@niwrc.org with a completed NIWRC Employment Application, cover letter, and resume.
Staying healthy can already be difficult when leaving an abusive situation or while in a shelter, especially when basic hygiene items are hard to find. Feeling safe and supported shouldn’t be out of reach.
NIWRC’s free Bathing Bundles provide essential hygiene products alongside traditional medicines like cedarwood, lavender, lemongrass, and sage—plants known for their grounding, cleansing, and protective qualities. These care packages help Native women and relatives feel cared for on their healing journey.
Registration is Open! STTARS National Tribal Housing Justice Summit
June 26 - 27, 2025, at the Berna Facio Professional Development Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This June, join Tribal domestic violence advocates, community leaders, and housing experts for a two-day summit focused on strengthening housing access, increasing safe housing options, and justice for survivors. Together, we’ll explore best practices, policy solutions, and traditional approaches to ensure safe and stable housing for all our relatives. To view the agenda-at-a-glance, hotel details, and more, visit the event webpage.
This newsletter is supported by non-federal funds. Some activities, resources, and events mentioned here are federally funded through cooperative agreements with the Office of Family Violence Prevention Services (OFVPS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Federally funded content is marked accordingly with the relevant grant number and disclaimer.
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