The month of August, CSVANW celebrated all parents and their choices when setting the foundation for their growing little ones' lives. Our CSVANW team came together and invited Rachael Lorenzo from Indigenous Women Rising to give us a presentation on breastfeeding. We had conversations about ways to promote, protect, and support choices for all parents in establishing bonds and the healthy relationships that begin at birth. Let's continue to work together to support all parents in their decisions about how to nurture their little ones.

Our sex trafficking project coordinator, Cheyenne Antonio, was on Eye on New Mexico with Charmine Jackson and Patricia Michaels to discuss the MMIW epidemic that’s affecting Native communities and the call for actions to address this issue.

August 16, 2019

We held our quarterly CSVANW Member Meeting to bring our relatives from around the state together. Thank you to all our members for taking time out of their day to join us! We appreciate all of the work and dedication our Tribal communities have to advocate for social change to eliminate violence against our Native peoples.

CSVANW attended the 14th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women, at the Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, MI. The purpose of the consultation is to solicit recommendations from tribal government leaders on three topic areas: Administering grant funds appropriated for tribal governments and programs created to benefit tribal governments by the original Violence Against Women Act and subsequent legislation; enhancing the safety of Indian women from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and strengthening the Federal response to crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

August 26-27, 2019

Our CSVANW Advocate Coordinator attended the 2019 Southwest Tribal IRB Workshop: Addressing Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls through Tribal Sovereignty, Data, and Ethical Review. This two-day workshop provided attendees with the opportunity to participate in discourse on the data sovereignty, ethical review, and the informed consent process with Southwest Tribal institutional Review Board (IRB) member, researchers, and others.

This training addressed the limited access to information on title IX within Tribal Colleges and Universities for both students, staff, and instructors. There was an overview of victim rights and laws, including federal and state laws, to better advocate and support young people affected by violence. An overview on how to support Native educational institutions on how to respond to the disclosure of SV from a young person (active listening, empathy, support). And we explored strategies for improving response and coordination among tribal, state, and federal service agencies.

August 27, 2019

CSVANW, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), and representers from the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) held a New Mexico FVPSA Tribal Listening Session. The purpose for this FVPSA listening session is to bring together tribes in New Mexico to discuss the gaps and barriers in services for survivors of domestic violence and dating violence and their children. There were also representors from the NM Department of Children, Youth and Families (CYFD) and NM Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NMCADV) who were in attendances.