Gender-based Violence Resources
For Immediate Assistance
- StrongHearts Native Helpline, 1-844-762-8483, strongheartshelpline.org
- National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733, humantraffickinghotline.org
- RAINN: Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network, 1-800-656-4673, rainn.org
- National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233, thehotline.org
- Breaking Free, 651-645-6557 (after hours call 651-219-9287), breakingfree.net
- Mid-Minnesota Women’s Center, Brainerd, 218-828-1216, womenscenteronline.org
- Minnesota’s suicide prevention and mental health crisis texting services are available 24/7. Text MN to 741741. (Average wait time for a response is 39 seconds.)
Organizations to Support
- Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, miwrc.org
- Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, miwsac.org
- Mending the Sacred Hoop, mshoop.org
- Safe Harbor Regional Navigators, tinyurl.com/MNSafeHarbor
- American Association of University Women, sexual misconduct in schools, aauw.org/issues
- Zonta Organization, global coalition involved in ending gender-based violence, zonta.org
- Lutheran Social Services, compassion for families, elders, and people with disabilities, lssmn.org
- Crow Wing County Sexual Assault Services, crowwing.us/526/victim-assistance
Deeper Learning
- MMIW Task Force report to Minnesota Legislature, tinyurl.com/MMIWReport
- Governor’s Public Safety Budget highlights, tinyurl.com/MN2022Budget
- “The Garden of Truth: Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota,” tinyurl.com/GardenofTruth
- “Strategies to Restore Justice for Sex Trafficked Native Women,” October 2019, by Chris Stark, tinyurl.com/StrategiestoRestoreJustice
- “The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America,” by Andrés Reséndez (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)
