May 5, 2022
1:00 pm
May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in the United States. Indigenous women, girls, trans and two-spirit+ people experience violence, sexual assault, go missing, and are murdered at the highest rates of any ethnic group. This epidemic of injustice has become known as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirits+ (MMIWG2S+) crisis. In response to the crisis, the Center for Native American Youth created the Remembering Our Sisters Fellowship.
The Remembering Our Sisters Forum will provide an opportunity for individuals to 1) hear directly from youth leaders about their work in the MMIWG2S+ movement, 2) learn more about the fellowship, and 3) discuss how leaders and philanthropy can support in addressing the crisis while centering youth voice and policy recommendations. During the forum, the Remembering Our Sisters Fellows will release the 2022 Remembering Our Sisters Policy Recommendations.