May 5th marks the National Day of Awareness for MMIP, or Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. A crisis that has affected Indigenous communities around the world, but especially here in North America beginning with European settler-colonization. I work in Tribal services and a lot of my immediate role is facilitating talking circles that address the pipeline of violence that leads to MMIP.

If you’re a settler on this land, as most of us are, there are a few things we can do support:

🪶 Talk About it. Advocacy starts with conversation.
🪶 Donate to orgs doing the grassroots work like domestic violence shelters, SA advocacy groups, and cultural support providers.
🪶 Decolonize. Learn about the land you’re on, read Indigenous voices, teach your kids non-revisionist history, uplift initiatives that support the cause.

MMIP does not occur in a vacuum. It is a result of centuries of occupation and land theft, and it’s up to us to stop the cycles of colonial violence.