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Day One Emergency Shelter and Crisis Hotline can be reached at 1-866-223-1111.
Day One Emergency Shelter and Crisis Hotline can be reached at 1-866-223-1111.
Dabinoo'Igan Emergency Domestic Violence Shelter - . Dabinoo’Igan is a 10-bed emergency shelter for victims of physical and sexual violence, trafficking, and stalking who need immediate shelter. Women and children can stay up to 30 days and receive a variety of services including advocacy, information and referral, housing search assistance, financial assistance, limited follow-up, limited on-site legal services and culturally specific programming.
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Legal Advocacy Services - Advocates work with victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and trafficking. Services include protection orders, court advocacy, transporting to appointments, and transportation for court/legal appointments. Legal advocates can assist with writing and filing Order for Protections and Harassment Orders, safety planning, custody barriers, and sexual assault cases. They can aid in filing for crime victims' compensation, preparing victim impact statements for sentencing, and provide additional resources and referrals for individuals and families. |
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
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The Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), and The Administration for Native Americans (ACF) want to extend an invitation to you to participate virtually in an event today (May 5th, 10AM Eastern time, Missing and Murdered Native Americans Awareness) to honor Missing and Murdered Native Americans. President Biden just issued the proclamation, which names May 5th as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/05/04/a-proclamation-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-persons-awareness-day-2021/ |
The American Indian Community Housing Organization is calling on advocates, city – county – state – national and tribal leaders, community members, and service providers to rise up in support of the movement to prevent and end MMIW AND domestic violence, which disproportionately affects millions of American Indians and Alaska Natives each year.
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AICHO would like to say miigwech to artist Weshoyot (Tongva Nation from the Los Angeles Basin) who we commissioned for sharing her illustrated artwork piece for our billboard project and for bringing attention to the issue of MMIW. She is a comic book artist and illustrator and was born in the Santa Monica Mountains on the property of Satwiwa, a cultural center started by her father Art Alvitre. She grew up close to the land and raised with traditional knowledge that inspires the work she does today. (Info taken from her artist bio).
To find more about her, go to: https://www.weshoyot.com/ and find her on social media. Billboard was designed by Moira Villiard, Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe Direct Descendant & artist, utilizing Weshoyot’s artwork with artist permission. Billboard will be on display starting this week for up to 4 weeks in Onigaaminsing (Duluth, MN). |
Billboard was funded in part by Office of Justice Programs, McKnight Foundation, First Nations Development Institute, and Headwaters Foundation for Justice.
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Articles & Resources
All-out search, media attention for Gabby Petito reveals glaring disparity for Wyoming's Indigenous people (nbcnews.com)
Lawmakers, advocates push for permanent office to investigate missing, murdered Indigenous women cases in Minnesota | Duluth News Tribune
Photos: Duluth vigil pays tribute to Sheila St. Clair, missing 6 years | Duluth News Tribune
Amid attention on Petito case, Native mother seeks justice | Duluth News Tribune
Where's the media attention for missing Indigenous women? | MPR News
Gun violence has a lasting impact (momentsthatsurvive.org)
Lawmakers, advocates push for permanent office to investigate missing, murdered Indigenous women cases in Minnesota | Duluth News Tribune
Photos: Duluth vigil pays tribute to Sheila St. Clair, missing 6 years | Duluth News Tribune
Amid attention on Petito case, Native mother seeks justice | Duluth News Tribune
Where's the media attention for missing Indigenous women? | MPR News
Gun violence has a lasting impact (momentsthatsurvive.org)
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Intimate partner violence and gun violence in the US are inextricably linked, impacting millions of women, families, and communities across the country. Abusers with firearms are five times more likely to kill their victims, and guns further exacerbate the power and control dynamic used by abusers to inflict emotional abuse and exert coercive control over their victims. Guns and Violence Against Women: America’s Uniquely Lethal Intimate Partner Violence Problem | Everytown Research & Policy | Everytown Research & Policy |
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2020 was one of the deadliest years on record for the United States. Gun homicides and non-suicide-related shootings took approximately 19,300 lives, a 25 percent increase from 2019. Gun Violence and COVID-19 in 2020: A Year of Colliding Crises | Everytown Research & Policy | Everytown Research & Policy |
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Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund advocates for gun safety measures in state legislatures across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Click on a state to see the latest news, priorities, and gun violence statistics.
States | Everytown | Everytown |
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VIOLENCE FREE MINNESOTA ISSUES 2020 HOMICIDE REPORT
30 Victims of Intimate Partner Homicide Remembered During Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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The 2020 Homicide Report provides an overview of Minnesota’s 30 known victims of intimate partner homicide alongside policy recommendations to end relationship abuse. Violence Free Minnesota has published its annual documentation of intimate partner homicide for over 30 years. Thus far in 2021, at least 21 people have been killed due to intimate partner violence in Minnesota. |
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Governor Walz Proclamation: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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“Today we honor the 30 known people we lost last year due to intimate partner violence. My heart is with everyone who has experienced the disappearance or loss of a loved one." “While this violence can happen to anyone, in any community, we know that it disproportionately impacts people and communities who are already experiencing crisis. Solving issues of intimate partner violence is complex and will require early prevention interventions such as teaching our youth healthy relationship skills, addressing racial and socioeconomic inequities in housing and employment, and pursuing racial and criminal justice reform while providing safety and healing for survivors. There is so much more work we still need to do, but together we can get it done.” -Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan |
End Abuse Releases Annual Wisconsin Domestic Violence Homicide Report
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According to the newly released Wisconsin Domestic Violence Homicide Report, 68 people in WI lost their lives to domestic violence in 2020. Of those who died, 58 were victims of homicides, 8 were perpetrators of homicide who died by suicide, and two were perpetrators who were killed by responding law enforcement. In 2020, domestic violence homicides took place in 17 WI counties, with a rate of about 1 death every 5 days. Consistent with past data, the homicide method in 52% of cases was firearms; over 1/3 of perpetrators who used a gun were legally prohibited from possessing a firearm. |
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