MMIWR Family Advisor Workgroup
To further our collective work to strategically advance the movement for the safety of Indigenous women, including seeking justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR), we must center the voices of women and families impacted by violence. To this end, the NIWRC has partnered with family members of MMIWR to honor their loved ones, uplift their truths and experiences, and provide recommendations to strengthen Tribal, state, and federal responses to violence in Tribal and Native Hawaiian communities.
In partnership with NIWRC, the MMIWR Family Advisor workgroup builds on a national public education and grassroots organizing campaign to increase understanding of the crisis of MMIWR, based on Indigenous values and teachings of respect for Indigenous women. Related awareness materials:
- MMIW Toolkit
- Restoration Magazine MMIW Special Edition
- MMIW Poster: "No More Stolen Sisters" by Nick Alan Foote and Kelsey Mata Foote
- Speaking Our Truth special series: Families Taking Action in the Face of MMIW (2023)
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women National Day of Action: Uplifting the Voices of MMIW Surviving Families (2022)
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Day of Action: Uplifting the Voices of MMIW Families (2021)
