Disability Pride Month July 2023 Newsletter Happy Summer Relatives! July is Disability Pride Month. Celebrated every July since 1990, the increase of communities, organizations, allies and advocates joining in the celebration continues to grow. While the experience of disabilities may differ, a sense of community can help relatives with disabilities to manage, especially given ongoing systemic obstacles, stigma, from little to no services or resources among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color living with a disability. Disability justice movements continue to push for intersectional approaches to meet the needs of our relatives with disabilities, which are connected to race, class, gender, etc. Therefore, this Disability Pride Month, CSVANW uplifts the disability justice movement to amplify awareness of what disability looks like, relatives living with Long-COVID, stories, experiences, and information on how to manage and accommodate safe spaces for relatives living with a disability. In addition, advocate to use a better appropriate language and spreading awareness on violence against relatives with disabilities. Lastly, uphold visibility and awareness of the positive pride felt by relatives with disabilities, and sharing traditional stories of our relatives with disabilities. In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to find ourselves navigating a reality in which we are advocating and enforcing safety protocols and accessibility for our disabled relatives in the community. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented us from coming together, but we are now in the phase where we know, and where we are continuing to learn, how to manage, protect and accommodate ourselves, our loved ones, our disabled relatives, and the community when it comes to reconnecting and gathering back together in community. Building a safe space for community is love. Encouraging mask-wearing, testing for COVID before and after coming together, monitoring the air quality in closed spaces, encouraging outdoor events, making spaces accessible for disabled relatives, having air purifiers in closed spaces/indoors, etc. Such safety measure and protocols not only enforce safety but shows love for your community. In addition, building accessible spaces and accommodating for our relatives with disabilities shows love for community. Accessibility is Community care. Together, we can keep our communities safe! We pray for your strong hearts and want you to know we are in this together and we will continuously learn new lessons into the future to build back the healthy communities we all know are possible. Community safety is love. #DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth #AccessIsCommunity ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ CSVANW in the Community May 30 to June 1 - CSVANW hosted our 40-Hour Core Advocacy Training in New Mexico Tribal Communities for New Advocates May 30 - June 1, 2023 at the Arc of New Mexico in Albuquerque. This training provides new domestic violence & sexual violence assault advocates with state certification in New Mexico and the Four Corners region. This training we shared space with advocates and Tribal police. All participants were apart of engaging and thoughtful conversations around topics of domestic and sexual violence, impacts of colonization, LBGTQ2S+ topics, vicarious trauma and more. CSVANW is blessed to share space and community with our advocates. June 8 - CSVANW held a virtual batterer intervention training titled “Approaches Integrated to Working with Native American Persons Causing Harm” on June 8, 2023. The training centered Indigenized approaches to working with persons who cause harm utilizing holistic restorative practices, cultural mindfulness when working with offenders, and humanizing strategies to work towards healing for persons who cause harm to domestic violence victims. Conversation during the training included reflective prompts around victim safety and offender accountability, as well as foundational knowledge on the dynamics of DV/IPV and gender-based violence. For more information on future trainings for service providers and advocates, send your inquiry to [email protected]. (Photo: Caroline Dailey provided a training on principles of safety and protection.) June 14 & 15 -CSVANW held the Southwest Butterflies Retreat on June 14th & 15th, 2023 at the Santa Fe Indian School in Santa Fe, NM. The SWBR is a two-day event for Native youth who are aged 16-24 and who identify themselves as LGBTQ2+. The goal of the event was to provide community education, prevention, and awareness campaigns that increase the awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault within tribal communities. It was also our goal during the retreat that youth would feel supported, encouraged and reenergized while having fun in a safe space. June 26 to 28 - CSVANW attended the Women Are Sacred conference at the Isleta Resort & Casino. CSVANW presented on June 28th 2023 for Day 3 of the Women Are Sacred conference hosted by NIWRC. We presented on honoring consent, protecting indigenous peoples’ right to autonomy for our land and bodies. The discussion connected consent to land/body violence in which participants provided examples of how extractive industries and harmful policies forced their way into tribal communities and left devastating effects. Additionally, participants shared their anticipation to utilize the knowledge of consent in their communities, policy advocacy, and sharing knowledge within their families to uplift safety and community care.Thank you to all our relatives who sat in on our presentation! June 29 - CSVANW along with impacted families and youth, Terri Chavarrio (advocate), Sadie Hokeah (youth) held the Red Shawl Ceremony to honor MMIWR relatives at the Not Invisible Act Commission public hearings. Tiffany Jiron sang a traditional song and Celina Montoya-Garcia read an honoring poem. June 30 - CSVANW attended a rally on June 30th organized by families that have spoken at the Not Invisible Axt Commission public hearings at the Crown Plaza hotel in Albuquerque. #NoMoreStolenRelatives #MMIWR #WeWillNotBeSilenced On June 30, 2023, CSVANW and one of our CSVANW member advocates, Chastity Sandoval of Nambe Pueblo Healthy Families Program were invited to participate on the Tribal Community Based and Service Panel during the Not Invisible Act Commission Hearings at the Albuquerque Crowne Plaza. CSVANW supported impacted family members traveling into Albuquerque to testify in front of the Commissioners by providing each family $500-$1,000 to cover gas, lodging, and meals. Thank you to our private donors that have made it possible to support families of MMIWR. Thank you to the families who traveled far and near to testify on behalf of your loved ones. A special shout out to our Tribal level member Chief of Police of Taos Pueblo, Summer Mirabel, our Tribal level member Governor Moquino of Pueblo de San Ildefonso, All Pueblo Council of Governors Chairman Mark Mitchell (Former Governor of Tesuque Pueblo), and Vice Chairman & Chief of Police of Zia Pueblo, Jerome Lucero (Former Governor of Zia Pueblo) for taking the time out of their busy schedules to attend both days of the hearings to testify. Your support for impacted families speaks volumes.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Follow us on social media to stay updated when CSVANW is in the community. General contributions and donations from individual supporters and organizational partners are essential for CSVANW's sustainability and effectiveness. Your donation helps make it possible for us to cultivate and strengthen our ability to advocate for Native women and children and breaking of cycles of violence. Donate today I Will Run for Her 5K October 21, 2023 We are proud to share with you all our annual I Will Run for Them 5K Run/Walk & 1K Kid awareness run SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, October 21, 2023. Our annual I Will Run For Them 5K honors the resilience, strength, and spirit of our Native relatives impacted by domestic violence. MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON! Learn More 11th Annual Native Youth Summit Caring for Ourselves & Community July 19th & 20th, 2023 Location: Santa Fe Indian School The 11th Annual Native Youth Summit will be a 2-day event and is a powerful leadership development experience that connects, challenges, and cultivates 25 Native youth ranging in age from 13 to 17 years old from across the state of New Mexico. Focused on investing in and empowering our leaders of tomorrow, the annual Native Youth Summit provides a unique opportunity for the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women to inspire and support the next generation of New Mexico’s tribal leaders in the fight to eliminate violence against our Native women and children. The Native Youth Summit provides unique and engaging opportunities to address the issues our youth face today, such as domestic violence in the home, cyber-bullying, teen dating violence, safety in a technological world and bystander violence. Our young leaders will be inspired and equipped to return to their communities, support and empower their peers, and make healthy value-based choices using smart strategies. Today is the last day to apply! July 7, 2023 Participants will receive a $200.00 stipend Apply Today This training will explore the importance of housing as it relates to the sex trafficking crisis within tribal communities, particularly how being unhoused acts as one of the largest risk factors for trafficking. Housing justice for both preventative and aftercare purposes will be discussed as working solutions to the crisis. Objectives: Convey the significance of housing as a key risk factor for trafficking victims, both in preventing trafficking and providing exit strategies for trafficking victims What makes housing so important? Why do so many communities lack access to permanent and affordable housing? Answering these questions through the lens of institutional oppression and how the risk factors associated with it makes our relatives vulnerable to trafficking Understand how systematic violence towards unhoused and marginalized populations contributes to the crisis of trafficking within Indigenous communities What does housing justice look like? How does housing our relatives make them safer? Answering these questions to better understand preventative justice through permanent and affordable housing Communicate the importance of housing as an exit strategy, why access to housing remains incredibly restricted for vulnerable populations and unhoused relatives, especially among those experiencing addiction Register Intended Audience: Direct service providers and advocates on New Mexico tribal lands, particularly those working with victims and survivors of sex trafficking and their dependent children, as well as those working with unhoused populations within the field of housing justice or who are interested in housing justice. If you have any question regarding this event, please email Pat Gallegos at [email protected]. If you have registered and cannot attend, please email Pat so they may update your registration status. Who is Eligible Any victim services organization in the United States is eligible to apply to participate in the service. However, priority consideration will be given to: Organizations with an immediate need for interpretation services Organizations in rural and remote communities Organizations in communities with limited to no sign language interpreters qualified to interpret in victim services Organizations that lack financial resources to pay for interpretation services Apply Now If your organization is interested in receiving interpretation services from this service, you will need to submit an online application. You can access the application online at this address: [link removed]. Please note: the application does not save your progress. You must complete your application from start to finish in one session. Applications are due by Friday, July 7 at 11:59 pm ET. Apply Now CDC Rape Prevention and Education Program Tribal Consultation The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announce an upcoming consultation that will convene leaders from tribal nations, CDC, and ATSDR: CDC Rape Prevention and Education Program Tribal Consultation July 12, 2023 2:00–3:30 pm (EDT) This tribal consultation will provide opportunities for leaders from tribal nations, CDC, and ATSDR to have a government-to-government discussion to ensure that the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for new funding from the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program is sensitive to the needs and concerns of tribal communities, and that the funding opportunity is as effective as possible in preventing sexual violence. CDC/ATSDR wants to hear how to best support tribes and tribal communities on RPE efforts and addressing injury prevention-related health inequities. Register The 18th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation August 8th - 10th, 2023 The Office on Violence Against Women is a grant-making agency in the U.S. Department of Justice. Under §903 of Title IX of the United States Department of Justice Reauthorization and Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), OVW is responsible for conducting annual government-to-government consultations with the leaders of all Federally recognized Indian tribal governments on behalf of the United States Attorney General. Learn More The purpose of each consultation is to solicit recommendations from tribal government leaders on the following topics: Administering tribal funds and programs; Enhancing the safety of Indian women from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, homicide, stalking, and sex trafficking; Strengthening the federal response to such crimes; and, Improving access to local, regional, state, and federal crime information databases and criminal justice information systems. Register View job postings View job postings Keep checking back for more opportunities here. Become a Member Donate Today Follow us on Social Media ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Stay Updated: Sign Up for Our Emails Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women | 4600 B Montgomery Blvd NE, Ste 202, Albuquerque, NM 87109 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!