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AKNWRC hopes you have a safe Memorial Day filled with pride, warmth, and togetherness!. We ask that you help us remember and honor those who have sacrificed their lives for our Country.

In observance of Memorial Day, AKNWRC offices will be closed today, May 25th, and will reopen tomorrow, May 26th.
#MemorialDay #aknwrc

Happy Mother's Day! AKNWRC would like to wish all Mothers, Grandmothers, and Aunties a Happy Mother's Day filled with love and happiness.

#happymothersday #motherhoodissacred #protectthematriarchy #mothersday #AKNWRC

Good Morning! Today's webinar will feature National Partners: Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition & Pouhana O Nā Wāhine and will begin at 10:30 a.m. Please find a copy of the informational flyer attached.

Thank you for your participation and support for all missing and murdered indigenous women, survivors, and families. Today's webinar will wrap up our #AlaskaMMIWWeekofAwareness. We have enjoyed spending these mornings together, and thank you for your time.

Please register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

#mmiwalaskaweekofawareness

Good Morning! Today's webinar will feature Federal Partners: Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska USAO, and will begin at 10:30 a.m. Please find a copy of the informational flyer attached.

We appreciate your consideration in participating and support for all missing and murdered indigenous women, survivors, and families, and look forward to seeing you this week.

Please register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

#mmiwalaskaweekofawareness

Good Morning! Today's webinar will feature Tribes and Tribal Partners: The Native Village of Dot Lake & the MMIWG2S+Alaska Working Group, and will begin at 10:30 a.m. Please find a copy of the informational flyer attached.

We appreciate your consideration in participating and support for all missing and murdered indigenous women, survivors, and families, and look forward to seeing you this week.

Please register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), It is a day to remember and honor the mothers, sisters, daughters, aunties, and other family members stolen from us through violence. It is also a day to recommit ourselves to ending the violence against Native women and girls. Continue the call for action to end the MMIW crisis. Alaska continues to be one of the most dangerous states for violence against Indigenous Women and has the 4th highest MMIP cases nationally. WE MUST END THIS CRISIS!

The AKNWRC invites you to wear RED with us TODAY! Please be sure to share a photo, and use hashtags #MMIW #MMIWActionNow #NoMoreStolenSisters #MMIW2026 #redforMMIW #MMIWAwareness #EndMMIW and tag #aknwrc in your posts!

Good Morning! This is a reminder that the webinars each day will begin at 10:30 a.m. AKST, and we encourage questions and discussion.

Today's webinar features Scotty Barr; Father of the late Ashley Johnson Barr. Please find a copy of the informational flyer for today attached. We appreciate your consideration in participating and support for all missing and murdered indigenous women, survivors, and families, and look forward to seeing you this week.

Please register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

AKNWRC invites you to join us in wearing RED TOMORROW, May 5th, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).

Please be sure to share a photo, and use hashtags #MMIW #MMIWActionNow #NoMoreStolenSisters #MMIW2026 #redforMMIW #MMIWAwareness #EndMMIW and tag #aknwrc in your posts!

We would like to remind you about the upcoming MMIW Alaska Week of Awareness with the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center and its partners. We appreciate your consideration in participating and support for all missing and murdered indigenous women, survivors, and families, and look forward to seeing you this week.

Each day will begin at 10:30 am AKST, where we encourage questions and discussion. Today's webinar will feature the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center to open our weeklong awareness events.
If you have yet to register you can do so using this link
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

We would like to remind you about the upcoming MMIW Alaska Week of Awareness with the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center and its partners. We appreciate your consideration in participating and support for all missing and murdered indigenous women, survivors, and families, and look forward to seeing you this week.

Each day will begin at 10:30 am AKST, where we encourage questions and discussion. Today's webinar will feature the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center to open our weeklong awareness events.
If you have yet to register you can do so using this link
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

We would like to remind you about the upcoming MMIW Alaska Week of Awareness with the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center and its partners. We appreciate your consideration in participating and support for all missing and murdered indigenous women, survivors, and families, and look forward to seeing you this week.

Each day will begin at 10:30 am AKST, where we encourage questions and discussion. Today's webinar will feature the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center to open our weeklong awareness events.
If you have yet to register you can do so using this link
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

AKNWRC and our partners cordially invite you to attend our 2026 ALASKA MMIW Week of Awareness, taking place virtually May 4-8, 2026, from 10:30 - 11:45 AM AST each day.

The goal and purpose of this week-long series is to amplify solutions and community-based approaches to the MMIW crisis. Each day will feature partners doing exceptional MMIW advocacy and prevention work across Alaska and nationally, showcasing successful programs, resources, and collaborative initiatives that are making a meaningful difference in our communities.

Virtual Event Series: May 4-8, 2026
We are hosting daily virtual events throughout the week, with each day focused on different aspects of the MMIW crisis and the great work across Alaska that is being done to address this crisis:

Time: 10:30-11:45 AM Alaska Standard Time (Daily)
Platform: Zoom (link will be provided upon registration)

How to Participate
Register: Please register at
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

May 5th was officially designated as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in 2017 in memory of Hanna Harris, a Northern Cheyenne tribal member who was murdered in 2013 on her 21st birthday. This date has grown into a week of national action to honor the lives of those lost, support survivors and families, and unite our efforts to end this crisis.

- The statistics regarding MMIW in Alaska are deeply troubling: Alaska has one of the highest rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the nation, with Indigenous women representing nearly 40% of all reported missing persons cases while making up only 16% of the state's population.
- Alaska Native women experience violence at a rate 10 times higher than the national average.
- In rural Alaska, the murder rate for Alaska Native women is up to 10 times higher than the national average for all women.
- Limited law enforcement presence in remote communities means that many Alaska Native villages have little to no immediate protection or response capability.

If you have any questions please email tribaljustice@aknwrc.org
#MMIWAlaskaWeekofAwareness #MMIW #MMIWAlaska #aknwrc #mmiwawareness

AKNWRC and our partners cordially invite you to attend our 2026 ALASKA MMIW Week of Awareness, taking place virtually May 4-8, 2026, from 10:30 - 11:45 AM AST each day.

The goal and purpose of this week-long series is to amplify solutions and community-based approaches to the MMIW crisis. Each day will feature partners doing exceptional MMIW advocacy and prevention work across Alaska and nationally, showcasing successful programs, resources, and collaborative initiatives that are making a meaningful difference in our communities.

Virtual Event Series: May 4-8, 2026
We are hosting daily virtual events throughout the week, with each day focused on different aspects of the MMIW crisis and the great work across Alaska that is being done to address this crisis:

Time: 10:30-11:45 AM Alaska Standard Time (Daily)
Platform: Zoom (link will be provided upon registration)

How to Participate
Register: Please register at
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XT4DWMY4Sx2NDY5c-r8w2w

May 5th was officially designated as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in 2017 in memory of Hanna Harris, a Northern Cheyenne tribal member who was murdered in 2013 on her 21st birthday. This date has grown into a week of national action to honor the lives of those lost, support survivors and families, and unite our efforts to end this crisis.

- The statistics regarding MMIW in Alaska are deeply troubling: Alaska has one of the highest rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the nation, with Indigenous women representing nearly 40% of all reported missing persons cases while making up only 16% of the state's population.
- Alaska Native women experience violence at a rate 10 times higher than the national average.
- In rural Alaska, the murder rate for Alaska Native women is up to 10 times higher than the national average for all women.
- Limited law enforcement presence in remote communities means that many Alaska Native villages have little to no immediate protection or response capability.

If you have any questions please email tribaljustice@aknwrc.org
#MMIWAlaskaWeekofAwareness #MMIW #MMIWAlaska #aknwrc #mmiwawareness

April 29th is Denim Day. There is never an excuse for rape. Help us to honor survivors. Here are a few ways you can get involved:
- Anytime you hear victim blaming, call it out.
- Post a selfie or a group photo in your denim on social media, captioned with why you wear denim, please tag #aknwrc
- Consider donating to a local organization providing supportive services to survivors

Victim-blaming protects the person causing the harm. Blaming survivors for what happened to them is harmful and never acceptable. Survivors should never be blamed for an abuser's behavior. Below are examples of victim-blaming and what you can say instead.
- Boys will be boys.
- What were you wearing?
- Why didn’t you report them to the police?
- Why didn’t you fight back?
- Were you drinking?
- Are you sure that's what happened?

Examples of what to say instead of victim-blaming are
- No one had the right to do that to you.
- Placing clothing in a bag can preserve evidence if you choose to report later.
- Would you like to seek emergency services?
- I hear you, and I believe you.
- It’s not your fault.
- Can I get you anything?
- Do you want to talk to anyone or just sit together?

#DenimDay #DenimDay2026 #April29#SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth #SAAM#victimblaming

April 29th is Denim Day. There is never an excuse for rape. Help us to honor survivors. Here are a few ways you can get involved:
- Anytime you hear victim blaming, call it out.
- Post a selfie or a group photo in your denim on social media, captioned with why you wear denim, please tag #aknwrc
- Consider donating to a local organization providing supportive services to survivors

Victim-blaming protects the person causing the harm. Blaming survivors for what happened to them is harmful and never acceptable. Survivors should never be blamed for an abuser's behavior. Below are examples of victim-blaming and what you can say instead.
- Boys will be boys.
- What were you wearing?
- Why didn’t you report them to the police?
- Why didn’t you fight back?
- Were you drinking?
- Are you sure that's what happened?

Examples of what to say instead of victim-blaming are
- No one had the right to do that to you.
- Placing clothing in a bag can preserve evidence if you choose to report later.
- Would you like to seek emergency services?
- I hear you, and I believe you.
- It’s not your fault.
- Can I get you anything?
- Do you want to talk to anyone or just sit together?

#DenimDay #DenimDay2026 #April29#SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth #SAAM#victimblaming

April 29th is Denim Day. There is never an excuse for rape. Help us to honor survivors. Here are a few ways you can get involved:
- Anytime you hear victim blaming, call it out.
- Post a selfie or a group photo in your denim on social media, captioned with why you wear denim, please tag #aknwrc
- Consider donating to a local organization providing supportive services to survivors

Victim-blaming protects the person causing the harm. Blaming survivors for what happened to them is harmful and never acceptable. Survivors should never be blamed for an abuser's behavior. Below are examples of victim-blaming and what you can say instead.
- Boys will be boys.
- What were you wearing?
- Why didn’t you report them to the police?
- Why didn’t you fight back?
- Were you drinking?
- Are you sure that's what happened?

Examples of what to say instead of victim-blaming are
- No one had the right to do that to you.
- Placing clothing in a bag can preserve evidence if you choose to report later.
- Would you like to seek emergency services?
- I hear you, and I believe you.
- It’s not your fault.
- Can I get you anything?
- Do you want to talk to anyone or just sit together?

#DenimDay #DenimDay2026 #April29#SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth #SAAM#victimblaming

Reminder: Wednesday, April 29th, is Denim Day.

Denim Day was founded to promote recognition that what a person is wearing is never a justification for sexual assault. It began after a judge told a woman that her tight jeans meant she helped her attacker take them off, thereby making the act consensual. Show your support to survivors and raise awareness about the dangers of victim-blaming by wearing denim on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.

Learn more at www.denimdayinfo.org
#DenimDay #April29 #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth #SAAM #victimblaming #aknwrc