Advocate

Ambroshia Stone is an upcoming speaker, advocate, and mentor. She has honorably served 8 years in the US Military NAVY Branch, possesses a master's degree in organizational leadership and has dedicated her life's work to indigenous communities serving as a Social Services Director for the Bishop Paiute Tribe and a Manager for Tribal TANF. Read More ››

Cynthia is a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology, a certified trauma specialist, field traumatologist and a restorative justice practitioner. Read More ››

Donna Wolff, President of Northeast NE Suicide Prevention Coalition, lives in Norfolk, NE. She lost her son Zebulun to suicide March 1, 2009. He was 18 years old and a senior at Lutheran High Northeast in Norfolk. She is a mother, survivor of suicide loss, cosmetologist, Domestic Violence Community Outreach Advocate, certified in Basic Mediation, facilitator of a support group and has done numerous speaking events since losing her son. Read More ››

Eileen has a long and illustrious lifetime of work in this movement. Read More ››

Georgette Palmer Smith, CMM, is the Executive Director of the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Native Learning Center (NLC).  Read More ››

Jami Williams (she/they) is the Gender-Based Violence Program Manager for the Chief Seattle Club and has been advocating at the intersection of homelessness and gender-based violence since the beginning of the ongoing pandemic. Read More ››

LeAnn brings an Indigenous approach to community and economic development and expertise in trauma-informed, culturally-based strategies. Read More ››

Memory Dawn Long Chase is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She has worked in the anti-gender-based movement for the past 10 years. Read More ››

Miss., Locklear has worked 12+ years in DV Advocacy with over 10 years in direct services as an advocate and as a Shelter Manager at a DV/SA/HT Agency. In these positions, she has had the opportunity to work with state and federally funded grants geared toward providing culturally congruent services to American Indians. Read More ››