MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMENS SEXUAL ASSAULT COALITION
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:PROVIDED EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MINNESOTA AND NATIONALLY TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SEX TRAFFICKING OF AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN AND ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO ENHANCE, STRENGTHEN TRIBAL, STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSES TO SUCH VIOLENCE. WE HELD ONE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEX TRAFFICKING IN INDIAN COUNTRY AND ALASKA. THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 300 REGISTRANTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE HAD TO CONDUCT ALL OF OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING VIRTUALLY, AFTER MARCH 2020. WE HELD WEEKLY WEBINARS IN APRIL FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. WE CONDUCTED 2 TRAININGS UTILIZING OUR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 40-HOUR SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCACY TRAINING CURRICULUM WITH 242 REGISTRANTS. MIWSAC PROVIDED 6 TRAINING SESSIONS WITH 38 OF OUR NATIONAL PROGRAM GRANTEES. MIWSAC ALSO PROVIDED A NEW GRANTEE ORIENTATION, THREE TRAININGS, AND BI-WEEKLY GRANTEE CALLS TO ADDITIONAL NATIONAL GRANTEES.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$300.2KProgram 2 [2020]
PUBLIC AWARENESS:WE COLLABORATED WITH THE MN INDIAN WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER AND LOCAL NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS WHO SHARED THEIR TALENT, RESOURCES, TIME, ENERGY AND FOOD TO WORK THE NIGHT BEFORE OUR MURDERED & MISSING INDIAN RELATIVES MARCH. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED WITH THE COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE BANNERS & SIGNS WHICH BROUGHT PUBLIC AWARENESS TO THE NAMES OF NATIVE WOMEN WHO ARE STILL MISSING AND THOSE WHO WERE MURDERED. ON FEBRUARY 14TH WE CO-SPONSORED A MARCH FOR MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN, WHERE WE BROUGHT OUR SOLIDARITY SHAWLS TO RAISE AWARENESS. THERE WERE OVER 2,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE MMIR (MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES) MARCH IS HELD EVERY YEAR ON FEBRUARY 14TH. ADDITIONALLY, WE BROUGHT OUR SOLIDARITY SHAWLS TO SEVERAL EVENTS AND POW WOWS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN AND GIRLS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$198.1KProgram 3 [2020]
MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH:OUR MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES 39 PROGRAM MEMBERSHIPS AND 114 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, WE PROVIDED ALL EVENTS VIRTUALLY. THESE INCLUDED QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, THE 2020 VISIONING MEETING AND OUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. WE ALSO PROVIDED ONGOING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OUTREACH TO OUR MEMBERS THROUGH OUR LISTSERV, EMAIL, TELEPHONE AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. WE PARTNERED WITH VIOLENCE FREE MN AND MN DEPT OF CORRECTIONS TO INTERVIEW FORMERLY INCARCERATED NATIVE WOMEN AND INCARCERATED NATIVE WOMEN ON PERSONAL HISTORY OF VICTIMIZATION. MIWSAC PROVIDED 12 MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH OUR 38 NATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE PROVIDED COVID 19 CARE PACKAGES WITH PPE INCLUDED, TO MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR AUNTIES IN ACTION PROGRAM.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$102.1K
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