August is National Breastfeeding & Chest-feeding Month. Join CSVANW & other organizations this month as we honor the healthy relationships that begin at birth and the building of strong emotional connection between parent and infant, a bond which lasts a lifetime.
As we continue to support each other through the COVID-19 pandemic and as we collectively heal and remember all the Indigenous children we lost at residential schools we encourage all our relatives to nourish and protect our future at all times! We are showing up for our communities in many ways to keep them safe and healthy.
Our Indigenous children are valuable, sacred, & critical to our future. We must protect, love, listen to & believe our Indigenous children!
Join us in supporting and honoring healthy relationships that begin at birth by following us on social media and re-sharing our posts/articles. Share with us on social media, or emailing us, how you and your community are nourishing and protecting all Black and Indigenous babies!
Together we must nourish and protect our beautiful Black and Indigenous babies!
#NourishProtectOurFuture #TogetherWeAreLatched
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I continue to wear a mask because...
Many of our relatives in communities are still not vaccinated and/or don't have access to getting vaccinated. Yes, many of us are fully vaccinated but there are chances we can still catch COVID-19 and spread it.
There are many reasons why we must continue to wear a mask. Join us as we spread awareness about why it is important we continue to wear a mask for the protection of our tribal communities & relatives. We need to protect each other & our communities.
Join us as we spread awareness about why it is important we MUST continue to wear a mask for the protection of our tribal communities & relatives. We need to protect each other & our community.
Download the card below and fill it out with your response why you continue to wear a mask. Please be sure to tag CSVANW and use the hashtags #CSVANW #IContinueToWearAMaskBecause to help spread the awareness of keeping our communities safe.
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CSVANW Training to Rape Crisis Center of NM Volunteer Advocates |
Tiffany Jiron, the Advocate Coordinator of CSVANW, and Floripa Olguin, the Sexual Violence Project Coordinator of CSVANW, provided a training for the new volunteer advocates for the Rape Crisis Center of NM. Tiffany and Floripa provided an overview of CSVANW's framework, history, approach to addressing violence against Native women, and an overview of sexual violence in tribal communities. The volunteer advocates were highly engaged and asked many great questions! |
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OVC Webinar: Safety Planning for Health and Wellness Activities |
CSVANW Training and Education Director Jolene Holgate participated in a virtual panel regarding health and wellness activities that are essential to self-care, fitness, and general wellbeing. Participants heard from panelists that have experienced life changing events during their pursuit of health and wellness activities, and learned through their stories the importance of engaging and creating safety plans to minimize risk of victimization. |
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Rewriting Our Story: Shifting Accountability to Address Gender-based Violence
July 22, 2021
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This CSVANW event provided the audience with an understanding of gender-based violence in tribal communities and urban Native areas. It also created awareness around the intersections of gender-based violence and MMIWGT2S, the root causes of violence caused by settler colonialism, and ways to encourage our male relatives to be a part of this discussion to end violence against women, trans, and 2S relatives. Additionally, participants were given the opportunity to answer prompts from the presenters and leave with a few action items they can implement in their day to day lives to end gender-based violence. |
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Virtual Event: World Day Against Trafficking in
Persons 2021
July 30, 2021
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This virtual event highlighted the importance of recognizing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. We focused on illustrating what is trafficking, what it looks like in tribal communities, and how it can affect LGBTQ2S and male relatives. Additionally, this event included outreach and resources that support trafficking survivors in New Mexico and how folks can connect survivors to services. |
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Panel Discussion: COVID-19 in Tribal Communities
July 28, 2021
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CSVANW hosted a panel discussion with Stephanie Cassidy, the Gender Based Violence Program Manager for the Seattle Indian Health Board, Tiffany Jiron, the Advocate Coordinator for the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, Kristyn Yepa, the Director of Public Health Services for the Pueblo of Isleta, and Kristen Bitsui, the Tribal Health Care Outreach and Education Policy Coordinator of the National Indian Health Board. We discussed the impact of COVID-19 on Tribal Communities. Through community awareness and education, the panelists were able to discuss an array of issues during the pandemic. |
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Three Sisters Kitchen Shifting Narratives Around the
Table - Group wide convening
July 27, 2021
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Participated in the group wide convening of our Shifting Narratives Around the Table food sovereignty workshops. across 5 partner organizations (Centro Sávila, Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, Encuentro, Three Sisters Kitchen, and Together for Brothers) are at the core of this project, and we can’t wait to share our enthusiasm about the key messages, core values, and insightful visions for our shared futures that emerged throughout the Shifting Narratives Around the Table food storytelling workshops.We discussed what stories were chosen to elevate in order to shift narratives about poverty in NM. |
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Michele Curtis,
Sex Trafficking Project Coordinator
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Michele Curtis is a Navajo Nation tribal member. She was born in Shiprock, NM and was raised in Nenahnezad, NM. Michele comes from a strong matriarchal line of weavers and farmers. She is a mother and a wife. She is passionate about helping children and elders in Tribal Communities and strongly advocates for them. She has more than three years of program managing and case managing human trafficked victims for First Nations Community Healthsource. Michele is a member of New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) Task Force and is a member of the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Task force. Michele provides a voice for people in Indigenous communities and especially for urban unsheltered relatives.
Michele has an Associate’s degree in Human Services from San Juan College and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and in Native American Studies from the University of New Mexico. She also volunteered as a CASA advocate in Farmington NM. Michele has two years of experience assisting youth ages 0-17 who were abused or were at-risk of being abused, neglected, or abandoned at Childhaven in Farmington NM.
Outside of the office, Michele loves spending time with family and friends. She loves hiking and camping in the Colorado Rockies. She loves going to concerts with her partner and daughter. Fall season in her favorite because of harvest season. She helps her family harvest corn, melon, squash, and many other traditional vegetables and fruits. One of her favorite harvest foods is steam corn.
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Community healing after plaque stolen from mass grave of Albuquerque Indian School children (July 17, 2021) – KOAT Action 7 News
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Several local community organizations came together for a healing gathering.
“When we think about healing action of course you know the traditional songs, the prayers and the dancing is really important. But also because this issue affects our native children,” said Jolene Holgate, training and education director with the Coalition To Stop Violence Against Native Women.
To respect the healing prayers, KOAT did not film dancing or singing.
One reason for the gathering was because of concerns over a stolen plaque at a mass grave of native children in Albuquerque.
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Community honors Indigenous children’s lives lost at Albuquerque Indian School (July 18, 2021) – KRQE
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The event at Graves Park created a space for community members to come together to heal. It’s in partnership with the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, ABQ Mutual Aid, the Urban Native Community of Albuquerque, and Fight for Our Lives. Group members say they want to see more conversations being held about these issues.
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Let’s Talk About the Legacy of New Mexico’s Native American Boarding Schools (July 22, 2021) – KUNM
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“Let’s Talk New Mexico 7/22 8am: Earlier this month, a plaque that marked the burial place of Indigenous children who died at the Albuquerque Indian School went missing. At the same time, Native American boarding schools have been in the national newsafter forensic technology revealed thousands of previously unknown graves of Native American children throughout the US and Canada. On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’ll be discussing the legacy of these so-called Indian schools by looking into their racist history, as well as showing how New Mexico’s Indigenoustribes have repurposed some of the sites to fulfill positive roles in their communities’ future.
And we want to hear from you. Did you or a family member attend one of New Mexico’s Native American boarding schools? What stories, good or bad, would you like to share? And how do you think we should memorialize the children who died at these schools, far from their families and homes? Email us at LetsTalk@KUNM.org, or call in live during the show.”
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Congratulations to Julys' Advocate of the month,
Rod Kaskalla!
Thank you for work for your community!"
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Rod Kaskalla is the Domestic Violence Prevention Coordinator for the Pueblo of Nambe since 2010. Is a Board Member of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NMCADV), and a member of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW). May 2012-August 2016 Steering Committee Member of North American Men Engaged Network (NAMEN). August 2007 to January 2016 was a Board Member for Tewa Women United (TWU). March 2009-September 2010 worked as a consultant with the Pueblo of Santa Clara, Strengthening Native Families Program, conducted, facilitated and trained facilitators for their Men’s Program. January 2008-2010 worked part-time for the Community Against Violence Shelter (CAV) with the City of Taos, help to establish, develop, conduct, facilitate and train facilitators for the “CHANGES” Program, a New Mexico State, Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) approved Domestic Violence Offenders Reeducation Program. Employed with Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council (ENIPC) Peacekeepers Domestic Violence Program from 1996-2008 as Batterer’s Reeducation Co-Facilitator and Program Director. Rod Kaskalla is from Zuni Pueblo married in Nambe Pueblo and also an artist known for his Zuni Channel Inlay Jewelry. |
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THANK YOU
TO OUR CHANGE MAKERS
July 2021 DONORS
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General contributions and donations from individual supporters and organizational partners are essential for CSVANW's sustainability and effectiveness. Your donation helps make it possible for us to cultivate and strengthen our ability to advocate for Native women and children and breaking of cycles of violence. |
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Prison Rape Elimination Act 101 Training
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Please join the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women in this training regarding the Prison Rape Elimination Act. Participants will be able to learn about PREA and advocacy for survivors. Advocates, community members, law enforcement, etc. are encouraged to register!
Please enter your shipping address as there will be a prize giveaway. There will be an evaluation for this workshop, also. If you like to cancel your registration, please let Honey Sunday know at hsunday@csvanw.org.
Agenda coming soon!
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Discussion: What is Consent?
Monday, August 30, 2021
Join CSVANW and our Sexual Violence Project Coordinator in this discussion about consent. Participants will be able to discuss the issue of consent and the importance of active consent. Advocates, community members, law enforcement, etc. are encouraged to register!
Please enter your shipping address as there will be a prize giveaway. There will be an evaluation for this workshop, also. If you like to cancel your registration, please let Honey Sunday know at hsunday@csvanw.org.
More Information Coming Soon!
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Southwest Butterflies Retreat
NEW DATES
SEPTEMBER 15 & 16, 2021
CSVANW will be postponing the Southwest Butterflies Retreat until a later date in September. September 15-16, 2021. Time will be announced soon. We will be sure to update everyone and adjust our website, agenda, registration form, and graphics over the coming week. We will also leave the registration open, so folx will continue to register for this event. We apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause and we appreciate your patience.
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Eight Northern Native Youth Summit
SAVE THE DATES
August 5 & 6, 2021
The Eight Northern Native Youth Summit is a series of workshops over 2 days and is a powerful leadership development experience that connects challenges, and cultivates a cohort of up to 35 Native youth from the Eight Northern Pueblos ranging in age from 12 to 17 years old. Our theme for the summit is Understand and Guide Yourself and it will focus on self-awareness and land to strengthen our Tribal communities through the following learning opportunities:
- Encourage Native youth to work towards strengthening their voice;
- Building our Native youth knowledge on the basics of violence prevention so they may share with their relatives in their territories; and,
- Support Native youth in their building of knowledge to eliminate violence against all of our relatives.
This application MUST BE completed by the youth interested in applying for the Eight Northern Native Youth Summit and NOT by a parent or guardian on behalf of the applicant.
Acceptance into the Eight Northern Native Youth Summit will be based on the applicants' responses provided in the essay questions and based on the applicants' involvement in their community.
We are only accepting 35 youths for this summit.
More information coming soon.
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Silent Auction Benefitting CSVANW
August 20th, at Buffalo Thunder
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We are excited and so grateful to announce this event! Our deepest gratitude to all organizers and every relative sharing their gifts and medicine to support our work address MMIW/R.
(This is a masked event on the Tewa lands of Pojoaque Pueblo)
From the Poeh Cultural Center:
A special fundraiser will benefit the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women featuring Ulali.
Silent Auction proceeds will be directed to the Coalition. Paintings include series dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women by Patrick Collins (Saginaw Chippewa).
In collaboration with the Poeh Cultural Center, purchase tickets to the Friday Night Event at Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino at the Pueblo of Pojoaque for a night of bringing awareness to MMIW, a special performance by Ulali, and art from over 100 Native Artists.
The program includes guest speakers; Pueblo of Pojoaque Governor Jenelle Roybal, CSVANW Executive Director Angel Charley, Artist Patrick Collins, Erica Lord, and Ulali.
Tickets: $25 Pre-sale & $30 Day of
(Masked Event)
++ SPECIAL MUSEUM EXHIBIT++
"GNOOJIMAMI" (We Are Healing) will be on display at the Poeh Cultural Center from August 6th through 22nd. Paintings by Patrick Collins.
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We have been chosen as the SOVEREIGN Art Market’s beneficiary for a portion of the profits gained from pieces sold at the event.
What: Sovereign Santa Fe Exhibition
Where: La Fonda on the Plaza, The Lumpkins Ballroom & Mezzanine
When: Monday, August 16th - Saturday, August 22st | 10AM – 8PM
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Sovereign Santa Fe is a collaborative event with the following participants: FaraHNheight Fine Art Gallery, Gregory F. Farah, La Fonda on the Plaza, Tony Abeyta (Guest Curator), Contemporary Native American Arts Group.
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Sovereign Santa Fe donates a portion of sales to various philanthropic fundraisers supporting and promoting Native American Rights & Culture. This year’s featured Nonprofit is ‘The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women’ (CSVANW). https://www.csvanw.org
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For more information contact FaraHNHeight Fine Art Gallery director Gregory Farah; (575) 751-4278
farahnheight@gmail.com
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"We are honored to invite your participation in the 16th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation to be held August 17-20, 2021, through four afternoon sessions conducted online via a virtual platform.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 national emergency and uncertainty about future medical trends, the Department of Justice has determined that an online consultation is the best means to protect the safety and health of tribal leaders and others who usually attend this consultation in person. The consultation testimony sessions are open to federally-recognized, tribally elected and appointed leaders or their authorized designee to provide oral testimony. Tribal Leaders may also submit written testimony.
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is a grant-making agency in the U.S. Department of Justice. Under §903 of Title IX of the United States Department of Justice Reauthorization and Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), OVW is responsible for conducting annual government-to-government consultation with the leaders of all federally-recognized, Indian tribal governments on behalf of the United States Attorney General.
The purpose of consultation is to solicit recommendations from tribal government leaders on the following topics:
(1) Administering tribal funds and programs;
(2) Enhancing the safety of Indian women from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, homicide, stalking, and sex trafficking;
(3) Strengthening the federal response to such crimes; and,
(4) Improving access to local, regional, state, and federal crime information databases an criminal justice information systems."
Registration and additional information and resources will be posted soon on the OVW consultation website
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August 6 - 8
New Mexico Birth & Reproductive Justice Summit
We are proud to partner with many great New Mexico organizations to sponsor the New Mexico Birth and Reproductive Justice Summit, August 6 - 8, 2021. This free, virtual event will bring together families, birth workers, and reproductive justice advocates.
The goal of the Summit is to understand how the ecosystem of birth and reproductive justice has changed due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspired by the book Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Marie Brown, we will engage in deep-dive conversations on the interdependence of our roles as service providers, policy makers, advocates, and funders. We’ll also have the opportunity to identify systems and frameworks that no longer work so that we can take holistic and emergent steps forward to support the health and wellbeing of our New Mexico families.
Featured speakers include:
- Adriann Barboa (Strong Families New Mexico)
- Melissa Lopez (New Mexico Doula Association)
- Nicole Martin (Indigenous Women Rising)
- Sunshine Muse (New Mexico Birth Equity Collaborative)
- and many more
Throughout the Summit we’ll be gifted with poetry and music from beloved community members, including a special performance by Indigie Femme. We look forward to seeing you there!
Registration for this three-day virtual event is free and open to New Mexico residents. Space is limited, early registration advised
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Taos Pueblo is looking for a Domestic Violence Advocate
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Sexual Assault Services of Northwest New Mexico is Looking for a Victim Advocate/Prevention Educator |
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Native language translations for SICWA Project
Bold Futures would like to work with members in a project surrounding a unique social/ digital media campaign to support the State Indian Child Welfare Act (SICWA) bill.
This project would utilize members’ skills in assisting with translating the quote below in your respective native language:
“Native children need their communities. Native communities need their children.”
We want to emphasize the importance of SICWA in New Mexico and the need for Native children to stay within their communities so they can flourish in learning their culture, traditions and their native languages.
The quote (above) could be recorded for audio translation and/or written translation.
We are emphasizing recorded audio since many Native languages are customarily not written. Hopefully this project can show the beauty and uniqueness of Nations, Tribes, and Pueblos in NM.
We would like to use the translations and compile them together and make a clip to publish on the state ICWA website, social media, and across other platforms. Any written translations we would use on SICWA artwork and graphics. If anyone does not know how to record or send an audio clip, we can help!
As a thank you to anyone who is able to participate, Bold Futures is able to offer a $50 stipend as a thank you!
If you are interested in participating please contact Kandace Littlefoot at kandace@boldfuturesnm.org ASAP and she can get you next steps and support!
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