MMIWP: Remember who we are meant to be
Do you ever wonder where you might be, or where your life might go if racism wasn't around? Well, I know a lot of people that do. And for those that don't, I urge you to look inside yourself, and see who you could be... that is who you're meant to be. The life and pleasures that we are so inclined to, and take advantage of daily are things you and I can help others achieve. If we use our creativity to beat the odds, we can do anything. Did you know that, according to the National Institute of Justice, there is in short, "no reliable count of how many Native American go missing or are killed each year." In short, meaning, a lot of Native women are killed per year, and there is no understanding as to how many. I don't know about you, but sounds like a load of malarky. In addition, almost half of American Indian and Native Alaskan women said they experienced violence, including, 14.4% of those women saying that they experienced sexual violence (within that categ...