Transgenerational Trauma-Native American

Original airdate: 11/26/21

Episode Type: Panel 

Hosts:

Jill Bellefeuille 

Cristine Davidson

Education and Cultural Coordinator with Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assult Coalition

Description:

The release date of this episode is on Native American Heritage Day on November 26th, 2021. November is now recognized as Native American Heritage Month. The focus of our first-panel episode is Transgenerational Trauma in the Native American Community. Recognizing that Native American Heritage was disrupted through the series of cultural assimilation of Native Americans into mainstream European-American culture. Including the acts of the assimilation policy 1951 - 1962. Our panel discusses how the traumatic events and experiences by ancestors have been passed on through transgenerational trauma. Concluding with the need for healing and the hope for inner peace. 

People Waiting to Help:

• Mending The Sacred Hoop | Domestic Violence Prevention | Duluth, MN (mshoop.org)
• Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition
• StrongHearts Native Helpline
  • Call or text 1-844-762-8483

Links Discussed in this Episode:

Domestic Violence in Indian Country | Mending The Sacred Hoop | Duluth MN (mshoop.org)

decolonising-the-mind-article.pdf (nsw.gov.au)

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org

Domestic Violence & Mass Shootings

Episode Type: Professional

Host: Lisa Geller

Links for Lisa Geller:

• Twitter for Lisa Geller

Links for Johns Hopkins:

• Twitter for Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

Description

Nearly 70% of the mass shootings in the US have a domestic violence connection. A victim of domestic violence is 400 times more likely to be killed when there is a gun involved. Lisa Geller, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; discusses the intersections of domestic violence and mass shootings. Lisa provides context to this discussion through a historical context and concludes with policies and actions we all can take to reduce gun violence, specifically in domestic violence cases.

People Who Are Waiting to Help You

• Emergency: 911
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788
• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483
• National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
• Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247
• LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
• National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929
• SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
• Crisis Text Line: Text 741741
• National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
• Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

Links Discussed:

• Paper: The role of domestic violence in fatal mass shootings in the United States
• Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
• Program for those who have used domestic violence, DVRC

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org

To the Peril of My Soul

Episode Type: Victim/Survivor

Host: Rosanna (Rosie) Overcomer

Link for Rosie: 

Instagram rosies_tribe

Description:

Rosie reflects on her time living in Gloriavale, a religious cult. Gloriavale is located on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Rosie uses her voice to bring awareness to those still living in Gloriavale, and support for those who have left. Rosie shares her experience of being born into a cult, finding the strength to leave, and her journey in healing in hopes of helping others.

Links Discussed:

• Support trust https://www.gloriavaleleavers.org.nz/
• Resource link https://www.gloriavaleleavers.org.nz/resources/
• Gloriavale documentary https://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/gloriavale/

People Waiting to Help:

New Zealand

• Safe to Talk(external link) sexual harm helpline: 0800 044334, text: 4334, email: support@safetotalk.nz
• Rape Crisis: 0800 88 33 00
• Women's Refuge(external link): 0800 733 843
• Shine domestic abuse services(external link) free call: 0508 744 633 (9am and 11pm)
• Hey Bro helpline(external link) - supporting men to be free from violence 0800 HeyBro (439 276)
• Family violence information line(external link) to find out about local services or how to help someone else: 0800 456 450
• Oranga Tamariki line(external link) for concerns about children and young people: 0508 326 459, email: contact@ot.govt.nz1737,
• Need to talk?(external link) Free call or text: 1737 for mental health support from a trained counsellor
• Youthline(external link): 0800 376 633, free text: 234, email: talk@youthline.co.nz
• Shakti - for migrant and refugee women - 0800 742 584 - 24 hours
• Elder Abuse Helpline: 0800 32 668 65 - 24 hours, text: 5032, email: support@elderabuse.nz
• Psychiatric Emergency- 0800 920 092 
• Talk Counselling line 24/7 - 1737

People Waiting to Help in the United States:

• Emergency: 911
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788
• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483
• National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
• Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247
• LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
• National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929
• SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357)
• Crisis Text Line: Text 741741
• National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
• Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org

Episode Type: Professional

Host: Dr. Laura Sinko

Description: Dr. Laura Sinko, sexual assault nurse examiner and assistant professor of nursing at Temple University, shares her work supporting and amplifying the healing journeys of survivors of gender-based violence.

People Waiting to Help in the United States:

• Emergency: 911 • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 • National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788 • National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 • Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247

• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483

• LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564 • National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 • SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357) • Crisis Text Line: Text 741741 • National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237 • Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

•Online survivor healing and community building platform: https://ourwave.org

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

Links Discussed in this Episode:

• Dr. Laura Sinko's biography https://cph.temple.edu/about/directory/laura-sinko
• Our Wave https://ourwave.org
• Short clip "Finding The Strength To Heal" https://discover.ourwave.org/exhibit/finding-the-strength-to-heal
• Coaching for Change https://www.menaspeacemakers.org/coachingforchange
• University of Minnesota-Duluth Restorative Justice and Sexual Harm https://rjp.d.umn.edu/resources/restorative-justice-and-sexual-harm

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org

Healing is a Journey

(First aired December 24th, 2021)

Episode Type: Victim & Professional 

Host: Brandon Jones

Event/Training Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference April 23-25, 2023 in Duluth Minnesota USA. 

Links for Brandon Jones:

• Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health
• JEGNA Consulting

Description: In this episode, Brandon Jones, Executive Director of the Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health (MACMH), shares his personal journey in healing. Brandon shares about the complex trauma he experienced in his youth, and how he found healing through formal education and therapy. Brandon further discusses how he utilizes an empathetic approach to help others on their own healing journey, as well as working towards helping the community by repairing harm passed down and ending the cycle of abuse. 

People Waiting to Help in the United States:

• Emergency: 911 • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 • National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788 • National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 • Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247

• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483

• LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564 • National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 • SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357) • Crisis Text Line: Text 741741 • National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237 • Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org

Introduction To StrongHearts Native Helpline

Episode Type: Professional

Host: Lori Jump, Chief Executive Officer

Links for StrongHearts Native Helpline:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strongheartsdv/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/strongheartsdv
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strongheartsdv/
• YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCow_N_KfB-k99FJeip2yxNg

Description:

Taking a Native-Centered Approach to Domestic and Sexual Violence.

People Waiting to Help in the United States:

• Emergency: 911 • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 • National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788 • National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 • Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247

• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483

• LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564 • National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 • SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357) • Crisis Text Line: Text 741741 • National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237 • Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

Links Discussed:

• Sliver of a Full Moon
• Alaska Daily
• Don't Buy it Project

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org

2023 Twin Ports Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Episode Type: Professional

Host: Mel Alvar

Mel Alvar works as the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator for PAVSA (Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault) in Duluth, Minnesota. Mel has a BAS in Public Health and has been doing community advocacy/education in the Twin Ports since 2004 and an advocate with PAVSA since 2013. As a Safe Harbor Regional Navigator, Mel is a point of contact for 5 counties and 3 tribal reservations in Northeast Minnesota for training, technical assistance, case consultation, referrals, and building capacity for walking alongside individuals/families impacted by commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking.

Links for January 2023 Twin Ports Human Trafficking Awareness Events:

2023 Trafficking Awareness Events

Facebook and Instagram @DuluthMNTraffickingAwareness

Links for Mel Alvar:

• PAVSA
• Mel's Podcast
• Traveling Beads

Description:

Mel discusses the 2023 Trafficking Awareness Events in the Twin Ports of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Touching on what is human trafficking, ways communities can help support folks through the human approach, and learning the facts of human trafficking. 

People Waiting to Help in the United States:

• Emergency: 911
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788
• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483
• National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
• Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247
• LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
• National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929
• SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357)
• Crisis Text Line: Text 741741
• National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
• Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

Other Links Discussed in this Episode:

• Let's Talk About Body Boundaries
• Defend Young Minds
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• Fight Child Abuse YouTube
• Thorn Research

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org

The Reality of Family Court

Episode Type: Survivor and now, professional/advocate

Host: Tina Swithin

Links for Tina Swithin

• One Mom's Battle
• Alienation Industry
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Tiktok

Description:

So many of us go into the family court system believing that we just tell the truth and unfortunately, that does not end well. While yes, we do need to be truthful and honest, we are forced to navigate a system strategically if we want to truly protect our children and that does not come naturally to most. We are in a court system that prioritizes parental rights over child safety - and the "alienation industry" has infiltrated an already broken system and pushed it into a state of crisis. As a result, we are currently planning 50 protests across the United States (one in each state) during 2023 with the first one in Sacramento on January 17.

People Waiting to Help in the United States:

• Emergency: 911
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788
• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483
• National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
• Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247
• LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
• National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929
• SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357)
• Crisis Text Line: Text 741741
• National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
• Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

Discussed in This Episode:

• National Safe Parents Organization
• Doctor Ramani YouTube
• Angelina Jolie Speaks on the Violence Against Women Act

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org