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We're entering a season focused on family, friends, community, and getting festive. But the season for gift giving is also the time for giving. So, this holiday season, the
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW) asks you to spread the holiday cheer by giving back!
Give the gift of reading and donate a book to our
4th Annual Little One Holiday Book Drive. Each holiday season we are committed to helping our children who have experienced or witnessed violence cope through promoting cultural connections and storytelling.
Give the gift of support by helping CSVANW reach its
Year-End Giving
Goal: $10,000 to continue our efforts and commitment to breaking cycles of violence through education, policy advocacy, technical assistance, community support, and social change in 2019.
So, as you plan to give back this holiday season we want to let you know that we do not take it for granted that our work would not be possible without supporters and donors like you. We look forward to continuing to build space for community in 2019 and beyond.
Help spread the holiday cheer of giving back by sharing our
Little One Holiday Book Drive and our
Year-End Giving on your social media platforms and encourage family, friends, and others to give back this holiday season!
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40-Hour Advance Advocacy Training
November 26-30, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
37 victim advocates attended our
40-Hour Core Advocacy training and were certified.
Participants explored the dynamics of domestic violence in tribal communities, historical trauma, human trafficking of Native women and children, orders of protection, domestic violence against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, safety planning and confidentiality, and explore the impacts of domestic violence on Native children.
Click Here
to learn more about the trainings we offer.
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CSVANW Presents at NMCADV's 40 Hour Core Advocacy Training
November 8, 2018
TAOS, NM
Our Membership and Outreach Coordinator, Angel Charley, presented on the dynamics of Domestic Violence in Tribal Communities during the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence's (NMCADV) 40 Hour Core Advocacy Training in Taos.
The Core Advocacy Training is a 40-hour fundamental skill and knowledge training for advocates of domestic violence victims/survivors in New Mexico, supported by the Children Youth and Families Department.
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Books Provided a Sense of Normalcy
For most kids, Friday marks the beginning of two days off from school…two full days of playing, laughing and being
kids
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That wasn’t always the case for my sisters and me. Friday often marked the beginning of anxiety and fear. On Friday afternoons, questions weighed heavy on mind…
What did this weekend have in store for us?
Would dad get drunk and come home Friday night? Or would it be in the early hours Saturday morning? Where would we hide this time?
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A Look Back in the Rearview Mirror of 2018
Deleana OtherBull, CSVANW Executive Director
As our winter ceremonies begin, we recently saw our first snowfall in Albuquerque. A dusting of much-needed moisture, renewal, and healing.
As CSVANW starts to wind down its year, our team is taking a look back in the rearview mirror of 2018. This year brought gratitude. Together, we did more.
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Working with Native Youth
Casey Long
My name is Casey Long, and I am the youngest of the six children my parents raised in Gallup, NM. I currently work for a nonprofit called Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment (COPE) and recently been accepted to Grand Canyon University for my Masters in Public Health. Looking back on my upbringing, I am thankful for my parents; they have taught my siblings and myself many valuable lessons that we still hold close to our hearts and they’ve sacrificed almost everything to ensure happiness for us.
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Member of Laguna Pueblo: 'As a Native woman, it gives me hope' - KOAT 11/15/18
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
- Savanna's Act passed through the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee unanimously on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.
"The bill will help establish clear law enforcement guidelines for responding to the often overlooked crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in the U.S.," said Sen. Tom Udall, who is the vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and co-sponsored Savanna's Act.
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THANK YOU
TO OUR CHANGE MAKERS
November 2018 DONORS
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Keith Pryor
Usa Backonja
Tonya Jones
Amanda Batterson
Ashley Lanphear
Ursula Paddison
Lauren Anderson
Hannah Goldstein
Jamie Cerretti
Caitlin Woolsey
Mary Heinauer
Marie Barva
Meghan Griffiths
Pam Epstein
Bianca Guerrero
John Sand
Amanda Voss
Rachel Hearn
Sumitra Chatterjee
Alexandra Newark
Kim Alfaro
Kathleen Keogh
Eleanor Jolley
Katie Watkins
Nathalie Yockey
Lauren Gonia
Kate Dlugosz
Sarah Axler
Julianna D Koob
Becca Piastrelli
Liza Bley
Kristen Schroer
Rebecca Maher
Courtney Yoshimura
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Haley Williams
Chelsea Wiersma
Piper Brockley
Audrey Webb
Casey Peterson
Johanna Staniak
Chelsea Carmichael
Jordyn Caven
Brittany Powers
Macaela Sears
Ary Schraff
Katelyn Fehrenbach
T Holm
Sarah Kinne
Brenna Foerster
Leigh Fullmer
Stephanie Ramones
Kathleen Morris
Ala Abdelbaki
Megan Lambert
Brandon Shimoda
Shannon Moore
Kathryn Hathaway
Elizabeth Ransom
Shaina Yang
Claire Smythe
Claudette Garland
Sean Finch
Adriana Messyasz
Deanna De Vore
Laveena Begaye
Leah DuPuy
Isabella Vasquez
Tanya Romero
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Thank you
for all the ways
YOU
helped CSVANW on
#GivingTuesday!
Your gift to CSVANW has been instrumental in supporting our mission to stopping violence against Native women and children.
If you didn't get a chance to give your gift on #GivingTuesday, you can still do so by donating to our
Year-End Giving campaign:
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GIVING BACK: CSVANW RECEIVES CHARITABLE ONGOING DONATION
PHOENIX, AZ
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We are excited to announce that, Phoenix-based company
JP Digs & Co
. will be donating 10% of all of their sales to CSVANW!
JP Digs & Co.
specializes in desert lifestyle and rustic custom designs for home goods, garden and life in the Phoenix area. We are very humbled to be a part of their charitable giving program.
"For the year 2018, a portion of the proceeds from the sales of items sold on this website and our public events will go to support this remarkable organization. You can be assured each time you shop with J
P Digs & Co
., you too will be doing your part to stop violence against Native American women and we cannot thank you enough."
JP Digs & Co.
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December 21, 2018
Little One Holiday Book Drive
Each December, the Little One Book Drive connects with children who, through no fault of their own, find themselves spending their holidays in a shelter due to domestic violence. Since we began, CSVANW and our community donors have generated more than 700 new Native American themed books for shelters throughout New Mexico.
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So we invite you once again, to join us in building a stronger community for our little ones—donate today.
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December 18, 2018
Community Conversations Book Club
Red Planet Books and Comics
1002 Park Ave SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Open to Community !
Upcoming Readings:
January 22, 2019
Rain is Not My Indian Name - By Cynthia Leitich Smith
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December 13, 2018
Co-Conspirators: Imagining a Future Together
2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Warehouse 508
508 1st St NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
CSVANW will be hosting a community gathering in collaboration with Warehouse 508 to call on our Indigenous boys and men to eliminate violence against our Native women and children.
For more information
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December 14, 2018
CSVANW Member Meeting
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Hospital Services Corporation
7471 Pan American FWY
Albuquerque, NM 87109
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DEC 10 - 12, 2018
The Good Road of Life: 3 Day Conference
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DEC 5, 2018
Free Civil Legal Clinic
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DEC 19, 2018
Free Family Law Clinic
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DEC 10, 2018
An Evening of Poetry & Digital Storytelling
Featuring Jessica Helen Lopez
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CSVANW Board of Directors
CHARLENE TSOODLE-MARCUS
Executive Director
PeaceKeepers of ENIPC
Board Chair
DAN LUCERO
Assistant Controller
Pueblo De San Ildefonso
Board Treasurer
COLEEN WIDELL
Foundation Administrator
Williamson's Survivors Justice Initiative
Board Secretary
KENA CHAVEZ
Advocate Coordinator
Tewa Women United
Board Member
THERESA ORTIZ
Program Manager
Santa Ana Social Services
Board Member
JOANNIE ROMERO
President
Corn Pollen Consulting
Board Member
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CSVANW Team
DELEANA OTHERBULL
Executive Director
KIM BENALLY
Training & Education Manager
ANGEL CHARLEY
Membership & Outreach Coordinator
ALEGRA ROYBAL
Sexual Violence Project Coordinator
CHEYENNE ANTONIO
Project Coordinator-
Trafficking
KEIOSHIAH PETER
Native Youth Coordinator
CECELIA WESTMAN
Advocate Coordinator
CURTISON BADONIE
Media & Communications Coordinator
VACANT
Project and Media Assistant
LATONYA WILLIAMS
Office Coordinator
VACANT
CSVANW Intern
NATASHA ESPANA
PULAKOS
Bookkeeper and Accounting
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Be sure to follow us on social media for regular updates on what we are doing!
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