In Solidarity of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
About the program
Speakers: Ángelina Cofer, SAIC & A Long Walk Home, and Kiora Burgess-Matthews
Poster Text: In collaboration with the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, join us for a timely lunchtime chat on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and how their organizing and advocacy has informed our advocacy and organizing of missing and murdered Black women and girls.
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A Long Walk Home
Chicago, United States
WebsiteA Long Walk Home is a Chicago-based national non-profit that cultivates the next generation of leaders committed to gender equity and racial justice.
Founded in 2003 by sisters Salamishah and Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home works with artists, students, activists, therapists, and community organizations and cultural institutions to elevate marginalized voices, facilitate healing, and activate social change.
Twenty years before #MeToo, A Long Walk Home emerged as a leading organization in the United States using black feminist justice approaches to combat gender violence and racism. A Long Walk Home has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, and on MSNBC.