MISSION AND GOALS

Support Families and victims where there is an injustice, we seek to advocate for resolution. An official Mission will be soon developed and approved.

At the second meeting, all four committee members were present to discuss at minimum the prioritized goals;

1. Continue the MMIP/MMIWG annual public event

2. Develop solid structure of committee which includes all the provided services, outlining policies, procedures, designated responsibilities, internal structure, public facing documents, and accountability to the funding agencies and the Village of Solomon Council.

ABOUT

The Village of Solomon has been a longtime advocate for Missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, their Tribal Resources Director had taken on an annual public event hosted in Nome, Alaska on May 5th annually in advocacy and awareness efforts. Oftentimes the Village of Solomon seeks additional support in coordinating the public event which also included requesting donations to order shirts/sweaters or stickers so that the advocacy and awareness is worn or highlighted more than just one day a year. May 5th is recognized as the National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day, primarily focusing on Women and Girls, VOS likes to include all indigenous peoples.

Over the last few years, the national awareness surrounding the lack of justice and lack of acknowledgement surrounding tribal nations and their missing, several federal efforts began opening the door in support of tribal nations with federal funds, such as the Dept of Justice, offi ce of victim services tribal allocation set aside funds.

During public events the VOS Tribal Resources Director had been approached by families to work with and on behalf of these families whop had faced injustice of form.

After working with and on behalf of local Nome families, the VOS staff discussed the ongoing efforts with the VOS Traditional Council, where President Timbers requested the establishment of a committee. During this time, the VOS Dept. of Justice Victim Crime tribal set aside budget was revised to include the development and management of a justice committee, then a solicitation was announced publicly.

To make a donation and support the efforts of the Committee, please use this donation box to securely contribute direct to the committee fundraising efforts

PURPOSE

To develop additional, supportive resources to existing resources in program development for the Nome based area to later expand into the Region reach for victims of crime, MMIP cases, preventative measures, mitigating re-offenders, spread awareness and educational materials for all ages, host advocacy events, host healing circles, work directly with program staff and partners, develop strategies to mitigate staff turn-over, develop a sustainability plan for staff, advocates, managers, and resource packages for target demographics (indigenous population), develop appropriate and sensitive training materials/partners to ensure staff are prepared and can manage such cases/incidents, develop and enforce advocate to case ratio, identify all partnerships, comply with all funding reporting requirements, meet regularly to maintain stable program services in all capacities.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

● Referral Services (navigating resources)

● Emotional Support to clients and families

● Court Accompaniment

● Assistance and support for DV/Protection Orders

● Guidance/Referral and support for fi nancial assistance applications

● Facilitated/Guided discussions with law enforcement agencies with Families

● Record Retrieval Assistance i.e. case fi les, court documents, police records, ROI’s, medical, financial, etc.

● Advocacy including but not limited to; media assistance, fliers, events

● Education

● And others, as needed by the client