MIWRC

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Patina Park, President/CEO of MIWRC has accepted a position with the Walz/Flanagan Administration as Director of Tribal State Relations. We wish her all the best as she transitions to this new adventure in her life.

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It's finally happening! Oózikiye - MIWRC's overnight drop in center for women - is opening tonight.
Wopila to all our supporters and so much gratitude to the Pohlad Family Foundation for their generous gift and @GovTimWalz 's @LtGovFlanagan MN Winter Homelessness Initiative

[Rock What You Got™ @RWYGmn]

Meet our 'Lifting Women Through Community' panelists: Patina Park is Mnicoujou Lakota & the President/CEO of the @MIWRC_MN, a nonprofit agency dedicated to furthering anti-violent social movement progress grounded in Indigenous values. #ROCKWHATYOUGOT: Women's Summit Sep 13

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Mark your calendars: MIWRC is hosting an Indigenous Comic Book Workshop from August 12-14! Learn about character development, storylines, and how to bring it all together in your very own comic book! This free workshop is for ages 12+.

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The Loring Nicollet Alternative School raised $1200 for MIWRC at their annual Cabaret talent show in May! A huge thank you to all the generous students who put on such a wonderful event as well as to everyone who attended!

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Join us in our work at MIWRC as an AmeriCorps VISTA! Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/XSL7NE0uK1

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We are hiring! Check out https://t.co/69XfSZN5HP to see the available Treatment Director, Clinical Director, and combined Clinical/Treatment Director positions

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We are hiring a Clinical/Treatment Director to oversee all aspects of MIWRC's culturally-grounded Clinical Mental Health Services, including Nokomis Endaad.. If you are interested, contact HR Director Sue Kincade at [email protected] for more information and to apply.

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It was an honor to be asked to speak about our community and humbled to share the air with Sam Strong.

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An enlightening discussion @MPRnews about homelessness and Native Americans in Minnesota. The tribal secretary of @RedLakeNation and the director of the MN Indian Women’s Resource Center shared their insight. Listen: https://t.co/rr2TgYyym5

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Support local artist https://t.co/TYmGwy1iuQ and MIWRC this weekend at the Art Splash Art Fair at South Central College in North Mankato from 11-4. 20% of proceeds from ant MMIW red dress item will be donated to MIWRC.

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The Running For Our Lives - MMIW Marathon Team completed the Deadwood Marathon and raised $3500 for MIWRC and two other organizations. Thank you to the team and to all who donated! You can learn more about them here: https://t.co/84WuH454TS

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Volunteers needed to serve food and help provide childcare for our Education on Child Protection for American Indian Families event on June 12th at MAIC from 4 PM to 7:30 PM. Contact Hannah at [email protected] to find out more!

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It's almost the weekend, but don't forget that it's the last day to apply for our VISTA positions! Check which projects are still available here:
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Happening tomorrow! Hope to see you there!

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On May 30th at 6pm at First Covenant Church, the Loring Nicollet Alternative School is hosting their annual talent show fundraiser, and they have selected MIWRC as the beneficiary! Come support these kids and MIWRC's work!

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Join us on Wednesday, June 12th from 4-7:30 PM for a workshop on Child Protection for American Indian Families. All families are welcome! There will be a dinner, a panel for audience questions, resource tables, and gifts. Children are welcome and childcare will be provided.

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Another fun #REDTalk has been produced! Takayla Lightfield from DIW and Elizabeth Taylor-Schiro from @MIWRC_MN discuss the Family Spirit Home-Visiting Program, which incorporates Native traditions into a parenting intervention. #ShapingTribalFutures https://t.co/G8qMrzu50j

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“This is the first march of many, (...) and instead of marching around murdered and missing indigenous women, we’ll be marching around who we are as beautiful and resilient women.” -Patina Park of @MIWRC_MN https://t.co/R2EQ25pPPZ

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“Whatever we can do to start doing to raising that awareness and start addressing that with solutions, is exciting.”

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"I commit myself, as the director here, that this is the first march of many," said Patina Park, executive director of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, to a crowd Saturday morning who gathered for the first-ever Indigenous Women’s March.

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"'In a given community, I have to count on two hands the number of people whose family members have been missing or murdered,' Park says. 'I don’t know anyone personally who hasn’t experienced violence against themselves or a family member.'"

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