Project Beacon - Omaha

Konrad Iron Horse is a 14 year old Oglala Lakota male, missing from the Lincoln area. He was last seen Friday, August 23, 2024, getting into a car in Lincoln. If you have any information please contact Lincoln Police Department at 402-441-6000

Missing Native Person: Sadie Jefferson Littlethunder, age 25.
Last seen in Sioux City, Iowa on June 27, 2024.
If you have any information, please contact Winnebago Police Department at 402-878-2245.

Have you seen this child? Nikeya Jeanette Wright Missing From: Omaha, NE. Missing Date: July 26, 2024. Nikeya was last seen July 26, 2024. She may go by the name Keya.

Our technical assistance site needs a new logo!

MIWSAC is looking for a new logo design! We are seeking a graphic artist with the skills and experience to design and create our new logo and style guide, based on feedback from our membership, partners, community members and stakeholders.

Visit miwsac.co/logorfp for more information, including the full RFP. To apply, please email your completed proposal, including narrative and application, to Becki Jordan, Communications & Design Specialist, at [email protected], by 5pmCT on September 4, 2024. Native artists are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Human Trafficking: It Happens Here Although slavery is commonly thought to be a thing of the past, human trafficking still exists today throughout the United States and globally. Human traffic...

Did you know that...
In 2021, 10,359 situations of human trafficking were reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking hotline involving 16,554 individual victims.
***THEY ARE ONLY A FRACTION OF THE ACTUAL PROBLEM***
Polaris Project

FBI looking for missing teen Liliana Munguia DES MOINES, Iowa — The FBI is asking for help locating missing teen, 17-year-old Liliana Munguia who flew to Des Moines. Munguia was last seen leaving her father’s home in Arizona on Au…

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Did you know that in addition to Native Americans, the other most vulnerable populations for human trafficking are the LGBTQ+ population, persons with disabilities, undocumented immigrants, runaways and house less youth, and low income individuals.
US DOJ

The Typology of Modern Slavery Polaris’s research team analyzed the data and developed a classification system that identifies 25 types of human trafficking in the United States.

We stand with the global fight to .

Today is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Child s*x trafficking affects every community and state in the United States.

It's our responsibility to stop it: missingkids.org/blog/2024/your-role-in-child-s*x-trafficking-prevention

👀Did you know that, on average each month 900 individuals are sold for s*x in the state of Nebraska and 675 of these individuals are sold in the Omaha metro area. Statistically over 20 people will be sold for s*x in the Omaha area, (Women's Fund, 2017).

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?
If you see something, say something. Nebraska State Patrol tip line (not help line)
1833 757 5665

This is a support group that's open to women and those identitying as female🌞Light snacks provided.

New updated group and time!

Out in the heat for a good cause! Stay hydrated

Public service announcement and MMIW/P Resource Map created by MIT students and the Waking Women Healing Institute to help locate agencies, non profits, grassroots, and organizations that provide direct services to families & survivors of violence.

Waking Women Healing Institute: Resource Map This is a growing map of MMIW/P resources available across Turtle Island to help groups and families quickly locate agencies, non-profits, grassroots, and other organizations that provide direct services to families of MMIW/P and survivors of violence. The map was co-developed by Waking Women Healin...

Project Beacon Omaha will be tabeled up at the Red Sky Nation pow wow in an effort to provide educational resources, awareness of HT, and to bring awareness of the intersectionalities between HT and MMIP.

PSA please share!

New updated group and time!

Updated flier for missing youth from Lincoln, NE

JAYCE FREEMONT
Missing from: Omaha, Nebraska
Last contact: March 15, 2024
Race: Native American
Age: 14
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 140 pounds

Jayce was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black sweatpants and was carrying a backpack with multi-colored stitching.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Jayce, please contact the Omaha Police Department at 402-444-5818.

Hi everyone, there will be no Thursday support groups for the next 2 weeks. We will resume on June 20 from 3 to 4:30.

Hanhanna wasté, good morning 🌄
There will be no support group this Thursday 5/30/2024 due to employee training. We will resume next week.

Violence against Native American women is rooted in colonization. 3 out of 5 will be physically assaulted in their lifetime.
"If you are a trafficker looking for the perfect population of people to violate, Native (American) women would be a prime target. You have poverty. You have people who have been traumatized. And you have a legal system that doesn't step in to stop it" (Sarah Deer, attorney & author of "The Beginningand End of R**e: Confronting S*xual Violence in NativeAmerica").
Project Beacon is here to help. We offer support groups for those at risk or who have experienced any form of abuse every Thursday from 3 to 4:30 at Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition.

PSA: free and open to the public

Today's OVC Round table discussion went well with MIWSAC and other leaders from Indian Country who are doing important work for HT and MMIP in their communities.

Mark your calendars for upcoming monthly webinars from the National Tribal S*xual Assault Resource Center! Learn more and register at miwsac.org/events.