Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) 2025
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This month, we call attention to the widespread epidemic of sexual violence, its impact on everyone in our communities, and emphasize the importance
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This month, we call attention to the widespread epidemic of sexual violence, its impact on everyone in our communities, and emphasize the importance
March is Women’s History Month! This month, we celebrate the generations of women who have shaped our world, and the generations of women to come who will follow in the
On Monday, February 24, 2025, The Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) attended a press conference at the Minnesota State Capitol to address the potential and felt impacts of
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) announced that the annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) March will take place on February 14, 2025 from 11am-2pm. This march
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) invites you to attend the 2025 Restoring the Sacred Trails of Our Grandmothers Annual Conference, April 22-24, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bloomington, MN. This year’s theme
In addition to January being National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, this month is also National Stalking Awareness Month. Both trafficking and stalking are major crimes that often disproportionately impact our
January is National Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month. As defined by the Office for Victims of Crime, human trafficking is a form of “modern-day slavery in which traffickers use
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) was honored to receive the 2024 Bush Prize: Native Nations alongside Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI). In partnership with the Bush Foundation, Good
Led by the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC), in partnership with Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) and National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), and funded in October 2024 by the Office
This October marks 40 years since the passage of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), the primary federal funding source dedicated to supporting emergency shelters and services for