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"author_name": "Rene Goodrid",
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"title": "Addressing Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis",
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"description": "Press Release Event: Feb 14, 2019 4th Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial March Media Contact: nlmcoalition@gmail.com Rene Ann Goodrich, Native Lives Matter Coalition Indigenous Women Leading in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's Movement to: Bring Awareness and Address the MMIW Crisis Annual Women's Wave & Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's Marches Actively Supporting the MN State Workforce on MMIW -HF 70 Local Community Outreach and Grassroots Organizing for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women Duluth Marches in Solidarity for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Native Lives Matter Coalition hosts is fourth Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial March. The annual march which is held on Valentine's Day, serves to bring visibility and raise awareness to the ongoing epidemic of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women including Girls, 2 Spirit and Relatives. “Lack of awareness is a problem,” Shawn Carr, who attended the march, said. “People don’t realize that Native women are disproportionately represented in missing and murdered women” “The event began with a Red Ribbon memorial where family members shared. A Red Shawl honor round dance was held with community members and the Sacred Hoop Coalition in support of families of lost loved ones. Afterwards community marched from the American Indian Community Housing Organization through downtown Duluth ending at the Building for Women” - said Rene Ann Goodrich, Native Lives Matter Coalition, event host and march organizer. Photo:Ivy Vainio This year was an art collaboration with All My Relations Art and NACDI (Native American Community Development Institute) - “Bring Her Home”, to help bring awareness and sharing art that is being used for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s events across the state. The Community Art Workshop “Bring Her Home” Photo:Ivy Vainio This years Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women events also support new legislation to establish a taskforce for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The focus will examine causes, annual reporting, and prevention of the ongoing violence against indigenous women, girls and 2 spirited. Indigenous Women lead this years Women's Wave MN march Jan 19th to rallying support for the new legislation. Speakers at the Feb 14th event shared updates on the new legislation with the community. Women's Wave Minnesota - March @ Minnesota State Capitol https://www.facebook.com/events/2226957234208140/ 4th Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Memorial March- Duluth Host/ Sponsor with Co Sponsors: Native Lives Matter Coalition with Women's March Minnesota, Feminist Action Collective, Pavsa, All My Relations Arts Supporting Organizations: Sacred Hoop Coalition,Idle No More/Northwoods Wolf Alliance Duluth, Witness for Peace Midwest, TakeAction Minnesota, CASDA, Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light, Duluth for Clean Water, Our Revolution: Duluth, Women's Congress for Future Generations, Mothers Against METH Alliance, UMD's Women's Resource & Action Center - WRAC, Minnesota, MN350 Building a Climate Movement, Twin Ports Democratic Socialists of America, Native Lives Matter / Red for MMIW, Native Lives Matter Great Lakes For more Information contact: Native Lives Matter Coalition ~ nlmcoalition@gmail.com",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/forms/addressing-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-crisis"
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