Webinars

Providing a Response to Sexual Violence Remote From the Emergency Room: IHS Four Directions Read More ››

The hardships imposed by COVID-19 are numerous, impacting advocates as individuals and their ability to provide advocacy, resources and shelter to domestic violence survivors. Read More ››

Known as the Grandmother of the movement to end violence against Indigenous women, Tillie Black Bear (Sicangu Lakota) was the first Indigenous woman to testify before Congress to bring awareness to the disproportionate rates of violence Indigenous women face. Read More ››

Indigenous advocacy leadership to end intimate partner violence is reaffirmed during Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Indigenous cultures recognize the power, leadership, and expertise of women. Read More ››

This webinar brings together long-time, nationally renowned advocates Karen Artichoker, Rita Smith, and Barbara Hart to talk about the early years of the movement to end violence against women, and Read More ››

In recognition of August 9th, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, STTARS is highlighting the work of Kyllie Cripps, a Palawa woman and Director of Monash University’s Monash Indigenous Studies Centre (MISC) – the oldest Indigenous Studies Centre in Australia. Read More ››

Native women, children, and people continue to be targeted for violence at alarming rates. What realizations can Native literature offer in educating and bringing awareness to these human rights issues? Native artists and writers are using storytelling and literature to center the voices of Native women and communities impacted by violence. Indigenous women’s literature plays a pivotal part in a larger conversation on erasure and our fight to be seen.  Read More ››

In recent years, the number of homeless elders is rapidly increasing. High rates of inflation, rising rents, the housing industry, real estate markets and COVID have all contributed to this increase. Read More ››

In Native cultures, Native peoples had non-violent life ways based on an understanding of the natural world, viewing health through the traditional concepts of balance and sense of well-being. Read More ››

Kristin Welch with the Waking Women Healing Institute Inc., will share how they are building culturally founded, sheltered places of learning to increase wellness, prevent acts of colonial violence... Read More ››