#silentnomore

[roserumbles]

Invisible No More: Bringing Attention to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in the U.S.

The disappearance and murder of Native American females in the United States is a complex and ongoing issue that has received increased attention in recent years. According to data from the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), Native American women and girls are disproportionately affected by violent crime, including homicide and abduction.

The exact number of missing and murdered Native American women and girls is difficult to determine, as many cases go unreported or are not properly documented. However, a study by the Urban Indian Health Institute found that in 2016, there were 5,712 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls reported in the United States. Additionally, a report from the National Institute of Justice found that Native American women are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault and rape compared to other women in the United States.

There are several contributing factors to the disappearance of Native American females, including poverty, lack of access to resources, and systemic racism. Many Native American communities are located in remote or rural areas with limited resources and law enforcement presence. This can make it difficult to investigate and solve cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Additionally, there is a long history of systemic racism and discrimination against Native Americans in the United States, which has led to distrust of law enforcement and government institutions. This can make it difficult for Native American women and girls to come forward and report crimes, and can also result in cases being mishandled or ignored.

Efforts are being made to address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, including increased funding for law enforcement and victim services, as well as community-led initiatives aimed at raising awareness and preventing violence. However, there is still much work to be done to ensure the safety and wellbeing of Native American females in the United States.

[darkobssessions]

LET THESE WORDS BE YOUR SALVE TODAY, YOUR REMINDER OF WORTHINESS, YOUR HOPE

If someone no matter who they are, even parents, professors or medical professionals is making you feel less than about yourself they are nothing and no one, not someone worthy of respect, not someone of status, not someone worth listening to.

If they are using their power or position to bully or belittle you they are the very lowest of the low. I hope you know that you can turn them down or walk away and that their arrogance and ignorance, their aggression and intolerance is a sickness of the soul.

And you deserve better.

This is for the people who are stuck in these circumstances, whose legal matters lie in the hands of abusers, whose degrees are on the other side of s*xually assaulting scumbags, whose self esteem is hanging on the thread of insults of those that brought them into the world.

You are worthy, you are capable, you aren't crazy and we will DO BETTER at calling this out and speaking about it when it happens to us, so we can better support you and encourage you.

Our silence is our complicity. If we see something we will say something.

If we are struggling, we will talk about it.

If you've been looking for a sign to get out of there, this is it.

We are not going to be doing this anymore.

Their actions as abusers are coming for them. We won't deliver the blows only the domino tipping that will start an avalanche.

[pmcguffin]

The women in the kitchen…

The Wednesday night Bible study was moved to Thursday nights, and we boarded the “home-groups” train that was trending in those days.  Everyone was grouped according to which Elder’s house was proximal to us. Logistics, naturally -the Elders were engineers.

I was impatient for that first Thursday.  This former Catholic could barely tolerate Sunday services where the preacher takes one verse of scripture and fiercely expounds on it for too long, with an intensity that often yanks him right out of his jacket in the frenzy over all that hellfire and damnation. Nope. All that fired-up hollering from the pulpit never “edified” my spirit.  The idea of calm contemplative study appealed to me, and I imagined intimate gatherings where deeper thought and honest sharing would foster closer friendships. Hungry for meaningful interaction and eager to participate, I looked forward to studying and growing with this lively little band of earnest Bible scholars. 

Thursday came.  I stepped into a spacious living room, settled on a large floor pillow, and rested against an ottoman.  The atmosphere was casual and subdued, and so far, it felt pretty good.  After the initial prayer, we opened our Bibles to the chapter of focus in this series of study, and before I knew it, I was happily engaged in a lively discussion.  One deacon leaned my way as he spoke, inviting me into a dialogue. He was erudite, eloquent, with a keen intellect and a wonderful sense of humor, and I genuinely liked him.  Never condescending, he offered his perspectives while validating mine as we looked to the practical applications of the scriptures at hand, and I appreciated his wisdom.  It was good, feeling connected and valid, but the moment was short-lived.

Once the study had finished, the women retreated to make coffee.  The men remained.  I stayed... until I noticed a raised brow with a directional glance toward the kitchen. Oh. I got it. I stood and slipped through the door to find the Women in the Kitchen caught up in animated chatter about diaper rash ointment and -I kid you not- whether it is worth the effort to wash and reuse plastic sandwich baggies. They lost me the moment I was told that my input wasn’t relevant because, until I have a baby, I can’t possibly understand... anything, apparently.  Well, I understood this:  the Women in the Kitchen were not my tribe.

I eased back into the living room and sidled onto the sofa armrest.  The men were discussing the current socio-political climate, the Church’s place in the world at large, practical ways in which we could best minister to our community, and whether to address our need for more space by expanding or moving... the big picture. 

A ton of ideas, some lofty goals, and a good measure of healthy debate were happening in that living room full of men, with me precariously perched on an armrest -the only woman not in the kitchen.  They didn’t miss a beat.  No one noticed.  None of the men moved to make room for me on that sofa.  Not one.  Yet there I sat like a glaring neon sign blinking in the face of their purposeful disregard.  Refusing to take the hint, I remained, invisible, silently swallowing swells of rage as those men planned our future and decided our places within it without any input from us -the Women in the Kitchen and me.

On the drive home, I was confronted with my behavior.  Why couldn’t I sit quietly like the other wives, refrain from joining the discussion, and stay with the Women in the Kitchen where, I suppose, I belonged?  I wanted to scream, “Why aren’t the Women in the Kitchen invited to stay and encouraged to participate in the discussion?”  Instead, I tightened my jaw and muttered, “They weren’t talking about anything interesting, and since I’m not a mother, no one cares what I have to say.”  He asked me to try.  I bit my lip.

He doesn’t get it:  no one wants me, but the exclusion by the men is more than oppressive; it is insulting.  The Women in the Kitchen are their wives, the mothers of their children, and the ones who keep life going forward against all that would interfere.  They are the anchors in their homes, the very hearts of their families, and it will be the Women in the Kitchen without voices who will bear the weight of the burden of the men’s decisions.  Although the Women in the Kitchen are not seated at the table for discussion, they will be expected to strategize the sacrifices from their household budgets to provide the contributions which will finance the men’s plans (imagine washing and reusing disposable sandwich baggies --do the men even know their wives do that?)  The Women in the Kitchen will be “holding down the fort” while the men devote their evenings away from their families to manage all the projects and ongoing church business.  After preparing breakfast to ignite the morning and ushering everyone to the day’s destinations, they’ll be parenting solo until late into the evenings when the children are asleep.  Finally, as the men eventually return home, the Women in the Kitchen (veiling their own weariness) shall cheerfully serve their husbands a carefully reheated dinner. 

Imagine.  Though they are the ones who create the very propulsion that provides the momentum to move the work forward, The Women in the Kitchen have no voices.

None, because the Women in the Kitchen are not invited to that table... except to serve it.      

[avalonspringsfarm]

End gun violence. Reduce it. Something. The brutal taking of innocent lives is so painfully wrong, and there’s so much it. We should be able to, and we can do, better than this. #thisiswhoiam #endgunviolence #silentnomore #speakingtruth #avalonspringsfarm #peace #kindnessispowerful #worktogether https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCKfoGJ0sn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pokingholes-cptsdwarrior]

They will try to silence us. They will say we are crazy, out of control, living in the past, and the latest, I need to "grow up". We need to keep using our voices. It's sooo obvious it's working! I feel like the abusive types are noticing that they aren't getting away with as much of their shit like they used to, because we are out here talking about how they do it. I mean, you know how it seems like they all behave so similarly, like they've all been given the same play book? Haha! It's facking working!!! And they're so mad! 😆🖕 Grey rock always from now on. Block and delete. No supply for those *******. 😋😊✌❤🦋 Follow @pokingholes_cptsdwarrior for more Photo Credit: @yasminbrooke1 Check out my healing journey on my YouTube channel and my blog. ✌❤🦋 ▶️ Link in bio @pokingholes_cptsdwarrior #shareyourstory #silentnomore #toxicfamily #dysfunctionalfamilysystem #blacksheep #scapegoat #cptsd #cptsdrecovery #cptsdawareness #cptsdwarrior #cptsdsurvivor #complexPTSD #cptsdsupport #complexptsdawareness #complextrauma #DevelopmentalTrauma #childhoodtraumasurvivor #childhoodptsd #dissociation #depression #anxiety #socialanxiety #sharingmystory #myhealingjourney @pokingholes_cptsdwarrior https://www.instagram.com/p/CRnejn4MujQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[people-asplaces]

I'm a survivor of a violent crime, another number in a widely unknown yet devastating statistic, and I'm luckier than most. I carry the sometimes unbearable weight of my suffering, and wrestle with the hopelessness and the sorrow I feel for those who haven't seen a speck of justice. Those who have not and may never get to tell their story, or see a brighter day. I hurt for every woman and girl who never got to feel hope, and for them I am going to start talking.

[alfapoet]

#silentnomore — Alfa #sadquotes #sad #yoga #thirdeye #deepthoughts #brokenheartquotes #heartofapoet #sadgirlhours #poetry #wordoftheday #poetryislife #love #romanticpoetry #alfapoet #alfa #tumblrquotes #deepquotes #breakupquotes #love #qotd #thursday #spilledink #poetry #poets @alfa.poet @alfa.poet https://www.instagram.com/p/CGCptbwB9_O/?igshid=ph33xl74wj7w

[kvirup]

Indya Adrianna Moore is a non-binary person best known as Angel on the TV show "Pose". 

Moore speaks about the difficulties that transgender and gender-variant people face, while drawing attention to topics often overlooked by the LGBT+ activists. Through their platform, they are advocating for transgender and gender-variant sex workers, homeless and racial equality. 

We have chosen Moore for our #TransgenderVisibilityDays because of their contribution to non-binary visibility.

Indya Adrianna Moore je rodno nebinarna osoba najpoznatija po ulozi Angel u seriji "Pose".

Moore progovara o poteškoćama s kojima se transrodne i rodno varijantne osobe susreću, skrećući pozornost na one koje širi LGBT+ pokret često izostavlja. Kroz svoju platformu progovara o trans i rodno varijantnim seksualnim radnicama_cima, te problemu beskućništva i dodatne opresije povezane s rasnim različitostima.

Odabrali_e smo Moore za naše #DaniTransVidljivosti zbog doprinosa vidljivosti rodno nebinarnih osoba.

[emersonarmanii]

#Repost @melaninlifepodcast @download.ins --- KAREN-ISM is RACISM. These are the cases that prove the detriment of White women falsely accusing Blacks of crimes they didn't commit. I move that the act of Karen-ism is a punishable offense and it's time to pursue legal ramifications. #blacklivesmatter #melaninlifematters #melaninlifepodcast #icantbreathe #stopracism #stopkillingus #silentnomore #melaninrich #melaninmillionares https://www.instagram.com/p/CBlrdO0AZo0/?igshid=h5ttz02z1hl1

[modeljusticelee]

Pictures from our Stop the Violence Memorial Walk Event yesterday put by our Domestic Violence Nonprofit Justice for Rosaura! #JusticeLeeAKAKuulemeStephens #Model #Actress #Singer #PublicSpeaker #Advocate #Veteran #Survivor #NOMORE #EndSystemicDV #SeeItSaySomething #EndTheViolence #DomesticViolenceAwareness #NotAVictim #BreakTheSilence #SilentNoMore #StrongerThanEver #TakingAStand #ThingsThatMatter (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pIy6pBVAf/?igshid=1pjnw23x3xh97

[purplefire250]

Do you ever feel like you have something to say, but no way to possibly fathom the language and voice in which you must speak it’s weight?

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[spellbindingsisters]

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[tlsmith21]

This ain't no game!!! #truth #supernatural #buythefield #buythestadium #education #reformation #revival #revolution #facts #passion #loveyourself #now #silentnomore #sundayisnotenough https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YY9GonzPn/?igshid=m125a7ordmlf