Editor’s Note | Vol.14 | Issue 2
As the legislative season for reauthorization of lifesaving federal programs, including VAWA and FVPSA, challenges our national movement to increase the safety of Native women, we express our appreciation to all the contributors and supporters of Restoration.
Understanding federal programs, such as the Victims of Crime Act, is essential to providing access to services for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian peoples. Addressing the crisis of missing and murdered Native women and girls is tied to understanding the linkages to the vulnerabilities Native women face as a population. Oftentimes, what might be described simply as “gaps” are actually systemic legal barriers requiring knowledge to identify and remove. As the maxim goes, “knowledge is power.”
Restoration is committed to informing the movement of emerging national issues and ongoing developments impacting the safety of Native women. Restoration has served this purpose for nearly 17 years, and we look forward to organizing with our sister organizations and national allies in the coming months.
