MMIWNC is a charitable organization USA registered 501c3 nonprofit, donations to MMIWNC are tax deductible.
May 5 marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. While the 2016 #NoDAPL and #MeToo movements have helped bring attention to Indigenous and women’s issues in general, little has been done at a policy level to address the high numbers of women who go missing in Indian Country. An alarming number of Indigenous women and girls disappear or are murdered each year. The absence of consistent, standardized reporting on the issue has prevented researchers from gaining a true understanding of the problem.
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MMIW NC Coalition's mission is to build a strong foundation for healing, justice, and reconciliation for the governments (local and state), institutions and community in order to help society's attitudes and understanding of the issue (MMIW, 2018). MMIW NC vision is to provide united tribal leadership in this work by lifting up the collective voices of grassroots advocates in tribal communities.
MMIW NC is to bring our missing home and help the families of the murdered understand and cope through the process of grief.
©Photos by Tracy Y. Roberts. Reproduction and distribution of these images without written permission of Tracy Y. Roberts is prohibited as of today’s date of 10/15/2019 and going forward
The first goal of MMIW NC is to provide education against sexual violence to American Indian (AI) women and girls.
The second goal is teaching self-defense to women and girls in the community. Although self-defense classes are increasingly popular, especially those focused on empowering survivors, it is sometimes still met with skepticism and resistance for a variety of reasons
©Photos by Tracy Y. Roberts. Reproduction and distribution of these images without written permission of Tracy Y. Roberts is prohibited as of today’s date of 10/15/2019 and going forward
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