February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) and the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW) will be raising our community’s knowledge on dating violence and its effects on Native youth in the state of New Mexico. This is to help provide support for young folks who are experiencing violence and to encourage Tribal communities to make a stand against violence alongside our Native youth.
This year, CSVANW is expanding loveisrespect.org’s national teen dating violence awareness month theme of #1Thing. #1Thing, this a campaign focused on meeting young folks where they are at. By learning one thing about teen dating violence and sharing that with a friend, every young person can make a difference.
Why is it important to spread awareness on teen dating violence?
- Native youth experience violent crime rates up to 10 times the national average.
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1 in 3 Native American girls will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes and one in three Native youth will face dating violence (learn more).
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1 in 3 teens in the U.S. will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by someone they are in a relationship with before they become adults (learn more).
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And nearly half (43%) of college women report experiencing violent and abusive dating behaviors (learn more).
To further spread awareness of TDVAM, CSVANW will be hosting and joining a few activities throughout the month. First, CSVANW will be hosting a TDVAM Poetry Challenge for our young relatives on Instagram and Facebook (learn more). Second, in partnership with ABQ Unidos Poetry Slam, they are featuring a TDVAM edition poetry slam for our young relatives on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Warehouse 508 (learn more). Lastly, CSVANW will be joining Wear Orange Day on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. This day is to encourage youth and community to wear orange to raise awareness about teen dating abuse as an issue and promote healthy relationships.
Our young relatives deserve relationships that are free from violence and abuse. By joining together this month and doing #1Thing, we can raise awareness and stop dating abuse before it starts. We all have a part in stopping dating violence, even if that #1Thing seems small in the moment.
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4th Annual New Mexico Human Trafficking Conference
January 17, 2020
CSVANW was in attendance at the 4th Annual New Mexico Human Trafficking Conference. The conference brings together representatives from social service agencies, state, federal & local government agencies, criminal justice professionals, researchers, coalitions, and business leaders to fight against human trafficking. Our Sex Trafficking Project Coordinator, Cheyenne Antonio, and Samantha Wauls from the New Mexico MMIW Task Force discussed signs of sex trafficking and what it looks like in our rural and urban tribal communities. The, they discussed how it ties into the MMIW task force.
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Consent & Cyber Bullying Training
January 22, 2020
Our Native Youth Coordinator, Jovita Belgarde, and Training & Education Manager, Kim Benally, held a consent and cyber bullying training for 33 native youth at the Warehouse 508. Upon attendance and completion of this training native youth had the opportunity to attend a free snowboarding trip to Pajarito Mountain Ski Area, sponsored by NMX Sports and the City of Albuquerque and learn from professional snowboarders.
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Native Youth Snowboarding Trip to Pajarito Mountain Ski Area
January 26, 2020
CSVANW, Notah Begay Foundation and Native Youth on the Move took 21 Native middle school students from Albuquerque, and the surrounding area (Wilson Middle School, McKinley Middle School, Taylor Middle School, Jimmy Carter Middle School, and Native American Community Academy), snowboarding at the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area in collaboration with NMX Sports, Warehouse 508, and the City of Albuquerque. The Native Youth on the Move project aims to get Native youth in the Albuquerque and surrounding areas moving and active through partnerships like this. This snowboarding trip enabled many kids to access a sport that often only privileged youth get to try. They were able to see if they liked it and decide whether to continue doing it for their overall wellness.
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2nd Annual Strengthening Responses to Sex Trafficking in Indian Country Conference
Tucson, AZ
January 28 - 30, 2020
CSVANW attended the 2nd Annual Strengthening Responses to Sex Trafficking in Indian Country Conference in Tucson, AZ. Advocates from around the country gathered for training, skill building and response around trafficking in tribal communities.
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CSVANW Joined the American Association of University Women - New Mexico Chapter
February 2, 2020
CSVANW joined the American Association of University Women - New Mexico Chapter this weekend to strategize ways our organizations can support one another. CSVANW’s Angel Charley gave the days keynote address around centering the needs of Native women survivors in legislative policy.
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“You are brave and that your courage is needed.”
By Cecelia Westman
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These 300 words are dedicated to all of the service providers that I have had the pleasure of working with over these last couple of years here in New Mexico. It is never easy to leave a space that has served as your home for a majority of your adult life. I have a long history here in New Mexico as a guest and I feel that my time here at the Coalition has been my opportunity to honor the people who have called these lands home and mother since time immemorial. My homelands are 3000 miles away, yet even here I have found family, relatives, and community. This is a community that has dedicated their efforts and attention to addressing violence on our tribal lands... |
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Women’s groups gather on Indigenous women’s issues - NM Political Report (February 3, 2020
Angel Charley, acting co-executive director of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native American Women, gave a siren call for Indigenous issues Sunday during a meeting of women’s groups.
Charley was the keynote speaker for the New Mexico American Association of University Women Chapter (AAUW), the League of Women Voters and the National Organization for Women over the weekend in Santa Fe in advance of the organizations’ lobbying efforts Monday at the Roundhouse rotunda.
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THANK YOU
TO OUR CHANGE MAKERS
January 2020 DONORS
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Bailey Barnett
Juli Rojas
Alexa Evans
Isbah Rajq
Blake Catsis
Katherine Brandhuber
Rebecca Steele
Barbara Deppman
Elena Mitchel
Anna Garden
Kristin Macapagal
Keith and Mary Pryor
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Kathryn Harris
Peyton Saur
Kimberly Milfort
Isabella Aitken-Frappier
Elise Brown
Caroline Young
Nicol Sharp
Mary Parmenter
Joely Dundorf
Brooke Whitmore
Blake Brown
Kimberly Alfaro
Adeline June
Laine Bergeron
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Rachael Warren
Andrew Crowley
Kelly Gitter
Erin Briggs
Olivia Kuncio
Katherine Sastre
Jennifer Randell
Melody Smithey
Francesca Snow
Cheryl Zoeller
Margaret Bullis
Lani Foerster
Cynthia Cartwright
Samuel Touchette
Sierra Landrum
Daniel Jolliff
Hallie Brown
Amanda Voss
Andrew Smith
Shawn Jackinsky
Olivia Pryor
Hope Stewart
Liza Purdy
Liz Mick
Kyla Cleveland
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Healthy Relationships Project Train the Trainer
February 11-12, 2019
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CSVANW is sponsoring a two-day Healthy Relationships Project Training of Trainers training which will teach attendees comprehensive child sexual abuse prevention skills and knowledge. In addition, attendees will learn how to implement all aspects of Care for Kids© and SAFE-T (Sexual Abuse Free Environment for Teens™) with adults in schools through faculty and staff trainings, parents’ and caregivers’ meetings/events, and students through in-classroom instruction.
These curricula are developmentally targeted, research-based, and focus not only on victim prevention, but also perpetration prevention. Children learn thesocial-emotional skills needed to recognize, manage and maintain healthy relationships throughout their lives.
Free to CSVANW members
Enter Promo Code: CSVANWMEMBER
$50 for non-members
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Last day to register is Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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7th Annual Tribal Leaders Summit
April 1 - 2, 2020
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The 7th Annual Tribal Leaders Summit – April 1 & 2, 2020 – is a free briefing for tribal, state and federal officials and those who work with victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. An annual briefing that focuses on providing policy and legislative updates, share best practices directly from our communities and provide a current state of affairs in the movement to end violence. The summit highlights the unique tribal, state and federal perspectives and challenges that our New Mexico tribal communities.
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Registration closes on March 27, 2020 |
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LOCATION:
Santa Ana Star Casino & Hotel
54 Jemez Canyon Dam Road
Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004
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TDVAM Poetry Slam
February 22, 2020
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February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) and ABQ Unidos is teaming up with CSVANW to carve out a safe space to express our struggles as young people who date using poetry, prose and spoken word!
Calling all youth poets ages 13-20! Come spit on the mic at our open mic and poetry slam! Your voice matters and we want to hear your truth!
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No Dead Natives - Clothing Drive
Now thru Feb 28, 2020
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Fiscal Year 2020 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Solicitation Updated |
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New application deadline and revisions made to Section B, Types of Applications: CLICK HERE
New application deadline: February 26, 2020
The Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction program encourages collaborations among tribal leadership, courts, prosecutors, attorneys, defense counsel, law enforcement, probation, victim service providers, and other partners to ensure that victims find safety and justice and that non-Indians who commit crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection orders in the Indian country of the participating tribe are held accountable.
Eligible applicants are limited to: governments of Indian tribes that have jurisdiction over Indian country.
View all open OVW solicitations HERE
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