October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month What are you doing to make a difference?
JOIN: NIWRC mailing list (http://niwrc.org/subscribe). During October, NIWRC will be sharing resources to honor Domestic Violence Awareness Month. DVAM resources include: press release, sample tribal resolution (to advocate your tribe to adopt DVAM), and ideas for community activities and engagement. We share these with the aim of raising awareness on this severe crisis, encouraging others to join the movement against domestic violence, and raising our voices in the name of tribal sovereignty once again to bring safety to Native nations.
SHARE: 31 Days of Domestic Violence (https://goo.gl/NaDjJ3) cards on social media.
EXPLORE: Archived NIWRC domestic violence resources (https://goo.gl/o6yE9H), including multiple webinars, printed products for domestic violence shelters and programs, and a film.
CALL: StrongHearts Native Helpline (http://www.strongheartshelpline.org/) at 1 (844) 762-8483 during Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:30 pm CST. StrongHearts Native Helpline is a culturally appropriate, confidential service for Native Americans affected by domestic violence and dating violence. To request brochures, posters, and palm cards for your DVAM outreach, please fill out the online form at https://goo.gl/LSgN5Y.
WEAR ORANGE: Wednesday, October 25th: Help UNite to End Violence Women’s Empowerment (https://www.facebook.com/1YR2NWE/)! Organize a morning run, wear orange, take a selfie with your group, and post to social media using #UNitetoendviolence and #NIWRCStrongHearts.
WATCH/SHARE: Domestic Violence Video Resource Highlights: 1. Buffalo Nickel Creative’s Tihirasa – Pawnee Nation Healing Center for Domestic & Sexual Violence, It Ends Where It Begins – Anti- Domestic Violence PSA (https://youtu.be/6ejDWjFnMcA), and To The Indigenous Woman (https:// youtu.be/P4Up0drnXX4). 2. Native Daughters video NDV OmahaSecret (https://youtu.be/ zgQvFYbpYrw). 3. LISTEN: NET News “An Epidemic of Violence: Nebraska Native Women Struggle to Break the Cycle (https://goo.gl/6KbNcf).”
SHARE: Is your community hosting your own candlelit walk? Self-defense classes? Please share these photos with your views on how domestic violence impacts your community, and take a stand against domestic violence using the #ViolenceIsNotMyTradition hashtag!
