Over the last two decades, dedicated Indigenous leaders, families, organizers, activists, and organizations have worked in vital ways to shine a light on the ongoing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) epidemic – and the thousands of women and girls who have been disappeared or murdered on Turtle Island (North America).
Today, the movement is growing, not only to bring awareness to the issue, but also to create change in governmental and law enforcement systems that will finally begin to bring justice and prevent more stolen relatives. As we gather to learn more about MMIW and the movement to bring justice for our Indigenous sisters and the families who miss them, let us ask how the Church might start to support these critical efforts.
FCNL’s Portia Skenandore Wheelock (Oneida) will be a featured speaker at the Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium. Tune in for her lunch time session, entitled, “MMIWG: Policy and Advocacy” on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 12:00 p.m. CST.
This two-day event is hosted by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and features a number of sessions exploring the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and how people of faith can respond. There is no cost to attend.