Conference - Protecting Native Children Who Disclose Sexual Abuse During Custody Disputes

From the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition:

Save the Date: November 8-9,2010

National Conference:

HONORING OUR SACRED TRUST: Protecting Native Children Who Disclose Sexual Abuse During Custody Disputes

Mystic Lake Event Center

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Reservation - Shakopee, MN

Click here to register!

Click here to apply for a scholarship to attend. (Deadline for scholarship applications is Oct 15)

National Conference Goals:

•  Identify appropriate and effective cultural/tribal responses for children, battered women, who disclose sexual abuse during custody disputes
•  Identify intersection between child sexual abuse and domestic violence (ICWA and non-ICWA cases)

This National Conference will be useful for:

Judges

Attorneys

Advocates

Guardian Ad Litem

Civil Legal Assistants

Court Appointed Special Advocates

Child Protection Workers

Sponsored by: Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, the Tribal Law

& Policy Institute, and Mending the Sacred Hoop

CEU's will be offered for attendance

For further information please contact:

Minnesota Indian Woman’s Sexual Assault Coalition

1619 DAYTON AVE, SUITE 303, SAINT PAUL, MN 55104

Phone: 651-646-4800 Fax: 651-646-4798

Toll Free: 877-995-4800

www.miwsac.org

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Coalition Information19 Dayton Ave. Suite 303 St. Paul, MN. 55104
Phone: 651-646-4800
Fax: 651-646-4798
Toll Free: 1-877-995-4800

The Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) is a statewide tribal coalition with individual and program membership from across the state. MIWSAC was founded in October of 2001 through funding from the US Departmentof Justice, Violence Against Women Office. MIWSAC incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) non profit organization in 2004. As one of 22 Tribal Coalitions around the country formed to address sexual assault and domestic violence in American Indian Communities, we focus specifically on ending and preventing sexual violence.

Our statewide membership is comprised of American Indian and Alaska Native women and allies who bring with them extensive cultural knowledge and long histories of working in sexual assault and/or domestic violence programs. They are the heart of our Coalition and provides direction in our strategic planning, goal setting, and all other major programmatic decision making. This collective decision making reflects our tribal values and strengthens the vision of the work we do on behalf of all survivors. MIWSAC strives to reclaim the traditional values that honor the sovereignty of our women and children by incorporating culture and spirituality into every aspect of program operations.