Native American Heritage Month November 2023 Newsletter Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! As we store our harvest and prepare stews of nourishment with our bounty of the season, we reflect on the lessons learned, the relationships we’ve built, and look upon the most impactful experiences we have had as movement leaders. There has been a lot of trying times that we as Indigenous people faced, such as ICWA being challenged and peaceful gatherings that have been violently disrupted. We will continue to show up for Survivors, advocates, Indigenous communities, our Black relatives, our LGBTQ2S+ relatives on the frontlines demanding a safe & healthy future for our communities. With the ongoing issues that are harming our communities, expect us to show up. As Indigenous people, our way of life with each other and with the land is rooted in love, kinship, and respect. The systems that seek to cause harm and disrupt our life ways can expect us to show up and demand accountability to protect our water, land, and communities! Join the movement with CSVANW as we follow the footsteps of our Ancestors, water and land protectors that we lost in the struggle for liberation that are silenced or incarcerated for showing up for our community, land, water and future! Letter from the Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women Dear CSVANW Members and Partners, I hope this message finds you feeling strong and loved. I wanted to take a moment to share some personal news with you all. After much reflection and countless memories, I've decided to step down from my role as Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, effective November 17, 2023... READ MORE (below) CSVANW in the Community October 21 - Thank you for joining us for our 8th Annual I Will Run for Them 5K! We are overjoyed to share we had so much relatives join us and share their run, jog or walk with us for victims and survivors of domestic violence! It was so beautiful to see our community come together to bring awareness to Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Our deepest gratitude to everyone who ran with intention, shared their story and who they were running for. Congratulations to our winners! Thank you to all our amazing volunteers, speakers, sponsors and a huge thank you to the Pueblo of Taos for hosting us! Thank you again to all our relatives who support our run. Together, we are the movement! View 5K Photos October 5 - CSVANW was honored to participate, along side our relatives and colleagues, in the panel discussion at the Unbroken Circle: Voices For Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives event at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI). This even was a gathering of strength, hope and solidarity as we unite to address the issue and seek justice for our missing and murdered indigenous relatives. October 10 - CSVANW was in community today to learn from our lived experts who were formally in the child welfare system. We attended the 4th Annual Indian Child Welfare Summit at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The emotional stories shared today taught us the importance of centering Indigenous youth voices. Our Indigenous youth need continued policy and advocacy, mentorship, support for on-going healing, family and cultural connections. “We are still here because of our traditional values , they guide the way when the times got hard.” Veronica Krupnick, ICWA Youth Leader. October 19 - On October 19, 2023, CSVANW wore purple for PurpleThursday to show our support for survivors & our commitment to ending violence. CSVANW joined the movement to breaking cycles of violence and to build healthy families and communities. October 25 -CSVANW was honored to join Advocates from all over the state on Wednesday, October 25th for our Domestic Violence Awareness Month Advocate Event! We are thankful to our hosts, the Pueblo of Laguna, Governor Herrera, and staff, for their hospitality and creating a space for us that allowed for healing conversations. Advocates walked away with new and refreshed knowledge on signs of relational abuse such as coercive control, stalking and strangulation presented by Gail Starr of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Albuquerque. CSVANW commits to continuing to uplift Advocates who are doing the groundwork in our Tribal Communities. In the words of a community advocate” we are all told it’s our women who are the heart of our families...so why hurt keep hurting our heart.” Together, we can break cycles of violence within our communities. October 10-11 - The Navajo Nation Office of the Speaker sponsored a collaborative event with CSVANW and Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition (SWIWC) on October 10th & 11th to provided 2 in-person trainings for Navajo Nation Legislative Branch Employees on Sexual Harassment Prevention for Tribal Communities and to provide culturally relevant staff trainings on the topic related to safety in the workplace & trauma informed care for all of their employees & Council Delegates. In this training CSVANW presented virtually on the Historical Trauma/Generational Trauma as it relates sexual violence and Culture, trauma & healing informed care in the workplace. CSVANW was honored to partner with our kind and caring relatives at SWIWC & the Navajo Nation Office of the Speaker on this training. For Technical Assistance requests visit: [link removed] October 19 - On October 19, CSVANW was invited to attend the grand opening of the expansion of Marge’s Place a family crisis center located in Farmington, New Mexico. The crisis center provides services to all women and children of color, but also service women and children of the Navajo Nation. We were proud to represent CSVANW and provide a donation of feminine products and youth books to support Marge’s place as direct service providers. October 27 - CSVANW was invited to attend the Pueblo of Laguna Behavioral Health Domestic Violence Awareness Conference "Reducing Violence in Laguna Pueblo" hosted by the Pueblo of Laguna Behavioral Health Department. The conference covered issues such as recognizing the signs of DV, building strong connections with Public Safety and Communities, children and DV, and the emotional toll of Intimate Partner Violence. Angel Charley, CSVANW's Executive Director provided a personal testimonial, describing what lead her to work for CSVANW. CSVANW is honored to support the Pueblo of Laguna as new members of CSVANW, da'wah'eh. Follow us on social media to stay updated when CSVANW is in the community. Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Reclaiming Our Stories Written by Tiffany Jiron, CSVANW Policy & Advocacy Director & Delaney Thiele, Gender-based Violence Project Coordinator Domestic Violence is a silen ... Read More 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 Join CSVANW for #RockYourMocs week Rock your mocs and join the movement with CSVANW as we continue to show up for Survivors, advocates, Indigenous communities, our Black relatives, our LGBTQ2S+ relatives, our water & land protectors, our Earth, our Water and for all our cycle breakers on the frontlines demanding a safe & healthy future for our communities. If you don’t have mocs, that’s okay relatives you can show us your favorite traditional accessory. Celebrate each other and represent our communities! #RockYourMocs #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women is excited to start off our Annual Little Ones’ Holiday Book Drive this festive season of giving. This book drive is an opportunity to call on all of our communities to help children who have experienced or witnessed violence be given the gift of storytelling and imagination. Each year, the Little Ones’ Holiday Book Drive benefits children who will spend the holidays in a shelter due to domestic violence. Since its inception, CSVANW has raised more than 700 new Native American themed books for shelters throughout New Mexico. Providing books for children and their families helps create a sense of normalcy in a time of uncertainty and fear . Alongside our community donors, we hope to allow them spaces to find comfort that can be found from the books donated. CSVANW will have opportunities for donations throughout November and December 2023 to accept new books. Can’t make it in-person? You can also donate! Learn More On November 28, 2023, people all around the world are coming together to tap into the power of human connection and strengthen communities and change our world. Will you be one of them? The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW) will be participating in GivingTuesday and we ask you to support us as we continue our work in breaking cycles of violence in tribal communities. Learn More Not Invisible Act Commission Transmits Recommendations to Federal Government to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking The Not Invisible Act Commission, a cross jurisdictional advisory committee composed of law enforcement, Tribal leaders, federal partners, service providers, family members of missing and murdered individuals, and survivors, today transmitted its congressionally mandated recommendations to the Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and U.S. Congress. 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