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Advocates Connect! in May: MMIWg2S

2022-05-12T22:09:31+00:00

Advocates Connect! provides a space for advocates throughout Minnesota to meet virtually and check-in about doing the work to address and end violence in our communities, gathering to share experiences, insights, and advice. This month’s discussion focuses on MMIWg2S. Join us as we discuss how the realities of the MMIWG2S (Missing Murdered Indigenous Women Girls and 2 Spirit) epidemic impacts and/or influences our work and lives. Come ready to share your strategies, thoughts, concerns and insights!

Advocates Connect! in May: MMIWg2S2022-05-12T22:09:31+00:00

Advocates Connect! April Meeting: Sexual Assault Advocacy

2022-04-12T18:38:14+00:00

Please join the Sacred Hoop Coalition and advocates across Minnesota for our monthly connection. Offered every month, Advocates Connect! meetings provide a space for advocates throughout the state to meet virtually and check-in about doing the work to address and end violence in our communities, gathering to share experiences, insights, and advice. For this month’s discussion the SHC welcomes Cinnamon Bankey, of the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition to share her knowledge on advocating for survivors of sexual assault. Come with any concerns, questions, or frustrations you have in providing SA advocacy.

Advocates Connect! April Meeting: Sexual Assault Advocacy2022-04-12T18:38:14+00:00

Indigenous Tools for Living Virtual Workshop

2022-03-01T18:40:10+00:00

The Indigenous Tools for Living workshop is an 8-session series providing concrete tools and approaches that emphasize Indigenous knowledge and applications for working with complex trauma in ways that avoid burn-out and triggering, while maximizing impact. Specifically designed for DV/SA advocates and service providers working with Native victims of DV and SA.

Indigenous Tools for Living Virtual Workshop2022-03-01T18:40:10+00:00

Advocates Connect! March Meeting: What is Your 2022 Vision?

2022-03-04T20:27:16+00:00

Advocates Connect! meetings provide a space for advocates throughout the state to meet virtually and check-in about doing the work to address and end violence in our communities, gathering to share experiences, insights, and advice. This month’s discussion, “What is your 2022 vision?” will center on discovering and sharing the ways in which the last few years of the pandemic have helped us refocus and envision what is truly important to each of us as we work to end violence against Native women.

Advocates Connect! March Meeting: What is Your 2022 Vision?2022-03-04T20:27:16+00:00

Advocates Connect! February Meeting: “What’s in Your Survival Kit?”

2022-01-28T21:05:03+00:00

Advocates Connect! meetings provide a space for advocates throughout the state to meet virtually and check-in about doing the work to address and end violence in our communities, gathering to share experiences, insights, and advice on doing the work. This month’s discussion will center on ways to survive and thrive in our work to end violence against Native women.

Advocates Connect! February Meeting: “What’s in Your Survival Kit?”2022-01-28T21:05:03+00:00

Using Experts for Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence Cases: IAFN

2021-12-08T16:32:05+00:00

Sexual violence cases often present evidentiary questions and issues that are not in easily understood without the assistance of someone with specialized knowledge, training, and/or experience. This can involve challenges to understanding the presence or absence of medical evidence, the impact of toxicology on the human body, as well as the effects of trauma and the range of individual responses to sexual violence. Experienced professionals can provide judges and juries with the necessary context to ensure that they are making informed decisions based on the evidence and prevent misconceptions from negatively impacting the outcome of a case. The presenter will summarize the law related to the introduction of expert testimony and highlight the importance of deciding if and when to introduce expert testimony in a case.

Using Experts for Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence Cases: IAFN2021-12-08T16:32:05+00:00

Creating and Sustaining TCU Campus Led Coordinated Community Response Teams: Red Wind Consulting

2021-12-08T16:59:37+00:00

A campus response to sexual assault can include many campus staff working in different departments. Campus Security, Title IX investigators, Counselors, Cultural Centers, and faculty could be responding to students who have experienced sexual assault. It is critical that there is a clear and consistent response to ensure that students receive the support and services they need. In the first webinar in this series, presenters will define what a campus-led coordinated response team (CCR) is, who the key players are in a campus CCR, and how to develop plans, visions, protocols. The second part of this series will be a hands-on approach, including steps to developing a coordinated community response team and how to sustain one through time.

Creating and Sustaining TCU Campus Led Coordinated Community Response Teams: Red Wind Consulting2021-12-08T16:59:37+00:00

Engaging With Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused in the AN/AI Population: IAFN

2021-12-07T15:18:24+00:00

This webinar features an overview of facts and statistics regarding children/youth who may have experienced sexual abuse: how the impact of the trauma can follow them through life, while discussing the efforts to help heal, lessening the impacts of the trauma; as well as strengthening their natural resiliency to help the child/youth move from victimization to survivor with a focus on Alaska Native/American Indian children/youth population.

Engaging With Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused in the AN/AI Population: IAFN2021-12-07T15:18:24+00:00

Reclaiming Identity: The Power of Who We Think We Are

2021-12-07T15:18:24+00:00

How do we reclaim our own stories and the story of our community? This presentation will focus on ways we can undo who we are not and the power of reclaiming who we really are. We as all people, especially Indigenous People, can have no higher thought than who we think we are and who our communities are. In this webinar, Christina Love, ANDVSA Senior Specialist, will share the importance of story and how we see ourselves and the communities that grow us, including the importance of strong roots and some of the liberating practices that she has learned from growing back into community. Presented by Christina Love, Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Reclaiming Identity: The Power of Who We Think We Are2021-12-07T15:18:24+00:00

Advocating for Children and Youth Experiencing Trauma: Red Wind Consulting

2021-12-07T15:18:24+00:00

Tribal communities have statistically high rates of children and youth affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, teen dating and sex trafficking. This webinar will discuss how children experience trauma, how their trauma symptoms can look different, and what is typically expected when providing advocacy for children and youth. Each child’s reactions to trauma will be different, but almost all children who experience trauma will have emotional or behavioral changes for some time. Reactions can become problematic when they become severe and ongoing. This webinar will examine trauma and how to provide services and supports that lessen the trauma impact related to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, teen dating and sex trafficking.

Advocating for Children and Youth Experiencing Trauma: Red Wind Consulting2021-12-07T15:18:24+00:00

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Mending the Sacred Hoop does not provide emergency services, nor do we provide advocacy for individual women. However, victims/survivors can contact us for direction to the appropriate resource. These include the StrongHearts Native Helpline (1.844.7NATIVE), text option available: 1-844-762-8483), the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1.800.799.SAFE) or the Rape and Abuse and Incest National Network (1.800.656.HOPE). If you are in immediate danger, contact 911.

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