Wear Red for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – May 5th

From our friends at the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC)

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Today we wear red for our relatives. Red for visibility. Red for justice. Because Native women are not invisible — and their stories deserve to be told.

#MMIWR is a crisis that touches every Tribal community in this country. 95% of cases go uncovered by mainstream media. Homicide is roughly the third leading cause of death for Indigenous women ages 10-24. The data is staggering. The silence is not acceptable.

Learn more: https://www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awareness

Fact sheet (attached): https://www.niwrc.org/resources/resource-tool/fact-sheet-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-relatives

#WhyWeWearRed #NoMoreStolenSisters #NoMoreStolenRelatives #MMIWRNationalWeekOfAction