An Indigenous-led group is going forward with a bid to have the 2030 olympics and paralympics in BC, with the hope of bringing equal voice to Indigenous people. This bid would be a first time in history, and genuine step towards reconciliation. We hope the Canadian Olympic Committee will continue Read more…
“The state of Alaska’s first investigator focused specifically on missing and murdered Indigenous people has been on the job for about three weeks now, working on cases and sorting out how the new position will function.” #MMIW
News: Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state Read more…
Alert: SAM.gov Entity Validation Update! GSA implemented a new process to validate an entity’s legal business name and physical address when requesting a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and for completing a SAM.gov entity registration. Due to a high volume of requests, entity validations are taking longer than expected to process. Read more…
May 5th is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Awareness Day. The crisis of #MMIW is an effect of the reality that Native women are disproportionately impacted by violence but receive inadequate support during crisis situations. Learn more about Missing Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Sprit People at https://sis.tcu.edu/wgst/initiatives/mmiw/#:~:text=Missing%20and%20Murdered%20Indigenous%20Women%20%28MMIW%29%20refers%20to,women%20experience%20in%20the%20United%20States%20and%20Canada
May 5th is nearly here! #MMIWActionNow On May 5, post a photo of yourself wearing red with our #NoMoreStolenSisters poster on social media. Help us call for systems and social change! https://bit.ly/3MNln4m Details: http://niwrc.org/mmiwnatlweek22
April 29 – May 5th, 2022 is the National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). How are you taking action this week? See NIWRC’s calendar of virtual events for ways to participate: niwrc.org/mmiwnatlweek22 #MMIW, #MMIWActionNow and #NoMoreStolenSisters
Read a message from OVC Director Kristina Rose commemorating Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and highlighting this year’s theme and a range of OVC initiatives and resources designed to ensure access to care for victims of sexual assault. Learn more at https://go.usa.gov/xu8AY
Announcement: Department of the Interior to Solicit Nominations for First-Ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee. At the National Congress of American Indians 2022 Executive Council Winter Session, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Department is requesting nominations for Tribal member representatives for the new Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee Read more…
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month #SAAM. This year’s theme is “Building Safe Online Spaces Together.” Sexual harassment, assault, and abuse can happen anywhere, including in online spaces. Join us this April in raising awareness and prevention of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse. Learn more at https://www.nsvrc.org/saam