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There are several community healing spaces available this week

We have the tools — raw materials, surveillance, science, communication — to do better. “It is about political will” to make this a priority, so we don’t forget, like we did the lessons of the 1918 pandemic.

“For those who have exited trafficking, their biggest need is to rebuild a sense of belonging and identity within their community.”

“If we do not move past the dysfunction in our communities, there will continue to be victimization.”

“To fix over 500 years of trauma and its impact, we need everyone.”

Policies are good, but educating about the perception of Native women in society needs to happen.

There were between 27 and 54 actively missing American Indian women and girls in Minnesota
in any given month from 2012 to 2020.

The investigative work of today is not just for those who are being hurt now — it is for ancestors and to prevent harm to those who are on their way.

I intend to put communities in control of their stories and in positions to feel safe so we can discuss our traumas and find ways to heal together.

I joined the Minnesota Safe Harbor system as a navigator, which makes me feel like I can help change the lives of our vulnerable populations on a larger scale.

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The state has been “headed in the same direction for 162 years. Trying to turn the ship is a tall order, but we are in a moment where we have to get it done. If folks are not willing to be in that work with us, then they just have to get out of the way.”