Remember Pretty Bird Woman House(PBWH)? The Lakota Sioux women’s shelter the progressive netroots raised $87,000 to buy them a new house when their old one was destroyed by arson? Many of you expressed an admiration for PBWH Director, Georgia LittleShield – a woman who had managed PBWH through threats of closure due to lack of funds, burglary, threats of violence and even arson. She faces down rapists in court, convinces hostile police to enforce domestic violence laws, literally enters homes to rescue battered women.
Georgia LittleShield is coming to Netroots Nation to tell you about life is like for women and children on an Indian reservation in one of the poorest parts of the country. She’s here to tell you how you – the netroots – can help change things. And Georgia isn’t coming alone. She’s bringing her posse.
WHAT: Examining the Maze of Injustice: Our Nation's Failure to Protect Indigenous Women From Violence panel discussion
WHEN: Friday Morning, 9:00am
WHERE: NETROOTS NATION!
Most importantly... WHO:
Georgia Little Shield is the Director of Pretty Bird Woman House (PBWH), a domestic violence and sexual assault shelter for women and families. PBWH is located on the Lakota Sioux Standing Rock Reservation that straddles North and South Dakota. Georgia is a survivor of domestic violence. She left a career in nursing to aid other survivors of domestic violence. She provides a front-line view of the struggles against injustice by Native American women.
Amanda E. Flott is a Field Organizer for AIUSA's Midwest Region, covering IA, NE, KS, MO, ND, and SD. She works closely with local and student groups, helping to sustain and build current Amnesty International membership, while searching for new areas in her rural states to promote AI activism and volunteer leadership. Previously she worked at the oldest statewide peace organization in the USA, Nebraskans for Peace, as the Omaha Coordinator. Amanda brings a variety of leadership experience to her job and holds multiple BA degrees from the University of Kansas.
Tinnekkia Williams-Three Legs is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tinnekkia moved to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Reservation in 2002. A poet, author, mother of four wonderfully energetic boys, she is a survivor of domestic violence, rape, and sexual abuse. She strives to make and ensure positive change in ending violence against women and children. Tinnekkia sits on the Board of Directors for Pretty Bird Woman House, the only on-reservation Domestic Violence Shelter for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and Bridges Against Domestic Violence. She is also serves as a Stop Violence Against Women Campaign Coordinator for Amnesty International.
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The panel will cover not just Pretty Bird Woman House, but the plight of Native American women everywhere in North America. Amanda Flott and Tinnekkia Williams-Three Legs will talk about the groundbreaking Amnesty International report MAZE OF INJUSTICE: THE FAILURE TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE and what has changed since the release of the report in 2007.
This panel is going to be incredible - if you have any interest in feminism, human rights or equal justice under law, this is the panel to see!
There will also be a joint Amnesty International/Pretty Bird Woman House table in the exhibitor hall - right next to the Street Prophets table. Come see us and learn more, get a copy of the Amnesty report and buy a bracelet or a car magnet to help support Pretty Bird Woman House!
Can't wait to see you in Austin!!