Gender-based Violence Resources
Healing/Trauma reporting is made possible by NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families.
If you are in immediate danger, call or text 911.
Suicide Prevention
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 800-273-8255 (English and Spanish available)
- Text MN to 741741, Minnesota’s suicide prevention and mental health 24/7 crisis texting services. (Average wait time is 39 seconds)
Sexual Assault, find Minnesota advocates by county
- RAINN: Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network, 24/hr crisis line 1-800-656-4673, rainn.org
- Day One Crisis for emergency housing or shelter, 24/hr crisis line 1-866-223-1111 or text 612-399-9995, dayoneservices.org
- Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 612-209-9993, mncasa.org
- Rape Help MN, rapehelpmn.org (multiple languages available)
- SOS Sexual Violence Services, Ramsey County, 24/hr crisis line 651-266-1000, tinyurl.com/SOSRamsey
- Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, 651-646-4800, miwsac.org
Trafficking
- National Human Trafficking Hotline, 24/hr crisis line 1-888-373-7888 or text “Be Free” to 233733, humantraffickinghotline.org
- Breaking Free, 651-645-6557 (after hours call 651-219-9287), breakingfree.net
Domestic Violence, find Minnesota programs by county
- National Domestic Violence Hotline, 24/hr crisis line 1-800-799-7233, thehotline.org
- Cornerstone, Statewide, 952-884-0330 (interpreters available), cornerstonemn.org
- Violence Free Minnesota, Statewide, 24/hr crisis line 866-223-1111, vfmn.org
- Mid-Minnesota Women’s Center, Brainerd, 218-828-1216, womenscenteronline.org
- Alexandra House, Anoka County, 24/hr crisis line, 763-780-2330, alexandrahouse.org
- Domestic Abuse Project, Hennepin County, 612-874-7063, mndap.org
- Sojourner Project, West Hennepin County, 952-933-7422, sojournerproject.org
- Women’s Advocates, Saint Paul, 24/hr crisis line 651-227-8284, wadvocates.org
- Women’s Shelter and Support Center, Rochester, 24/hr crisis line 507-285-1010, womens-shelter.org
- Advocates for Family Peace, Itasca County, 24/hr crisis line 1-800-909-8336, stopdomesticabuse.org
Culturally Specific Programs
- StrongHearts Native Helpline, 24/hr crisis line 1-844-762-8483, strongheartshelpline.org
- Phumulani Minnesota African Women Against Violence, phumulani.org
- Esperanza United, confidential 24/hr bilingual crisis line 651-772-1611, esperanzaunited.org
- Asian Women United of Minnesota, 24/hr multilingual crisis line 612-724-8823, awum.org
- American Indian Community Housing Organization, 24/hr crisis line 218-461-8505, aicho.org
Mental Health
- COPE, 612-596-1223, healthyhennepin.org/stories/cope
- NAMI, 1-800-950-NAMI, namimn.org
Organizations for Support & Involvement
- Global Rights for Women, globalrightsforwomen.org
- Men as Peacemakers, menaspeacemakers.org
- Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force, mnhttf.org
- Transforming Generations, transforminggenerations.org
- Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, miwrc.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
- Gender Justice, genderjustice.us
- The Advocates for Human Rights, theadvocatesforhumanrights.org
- Find Minnesota Women’s Press Directory listings at womenspress.com/directory
Deeper Learning
Books
- “Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement,” by Tarana Burke (Macmillan, 2021)
- “Believing: Our Thirty Year Journey to End Gender Violence,” by Anita Hill (Penguin Random House, 2021)
- “The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America,” by Andrés Reséndez (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)
- “Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement,” by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (AK Press, 2020)
Web Resources
- Domestic violence survivor stories, iamunbeatable.com
- U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report, tipheroes.org
- Florin Roebig Trial Attorneys guide to defining human trafficking, florinroebig.com/what-is-human-trafficking
- A healthcare approach to recognizing trafficking
- MMIW Task Force report to Minnesota Legislature, tinyurl.com/MMIWReport
- Governor Walz’s 2022-23 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
Related Stories
- MWP Conversation with Esperanza United
- MWP Conversation about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives crisis (MMIR) with Senator Mary Kunesh, Nicole MartinRogers, Mary Sam, and Sheila Lamb
- April 2021 special issue about MMIR
- Editor’s Note: Prior to becoming MWP publisher, Mikki Morrissette created these stories about sex trafficking
