Winchester Academy program set for March 28
Andrea Lemke-Rochon will present “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 28.
As of 2016, the National Crime Information Center has reported 5,712 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls.
However, the U.S Department of Justice missing persons database has only reported 116 cases.
Why is this? Native women go missing three times – they go missing from their families, they go missing in the media, and they go missing in the data.
Indigenous women are murdered at 10 times the rate of all other ethnicities. 84.3% of indigenous women have experienced violence. More than half of indigenous women experience sexual violence.
Lemke-Rochon, a member of the MMIW WI Task Force, will share a personal and historical perspective about this tragic epidemic that impacts native families.
She speaks in memory of her cousin, Rae Elaine Tourtillott, who was murdered on the Menominee Indian Reservation when Rae was just 18 years old.
St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church is this program’s sponsor.
Hosted by Winchester Academy, the virtual program will be live-streamed via Facebook Live, YouTube and WIN-TV, and can be heard on WILW 96.3 FM.
The hybrid format also provides for limited seating in the Waupaca City Council Chamber, with masking required for unvaccinated persons.
Reservations may be made via email to [email protected] or by telephone to 715-258-2927.
Audience members may submit questions to the speaker via Facebook or by phoning 715-942-9917 during the program.