BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//173.236.194.207//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Alaska Native Women'\;s Resource Center X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://www.aknwrc.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0900 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:AKST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-1236@www.aknwrc.org DTSTAMP:20240328T090112Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
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W e are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 17 th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultat ion to be conducted in person September 21–23\, 2022 in Anchorage \, Alaska. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 national emergency and uncertainty about future medical trends\, the Department of Justice will continue to implement measures to protect the safety and heal th of tribal leaders and others who attend this consultation in person. At tendees do have the option to attend virtually for the streamed portions o f the consultation\, virtual attendees will also need to register. All attendees – whether virtual or in-person – must register for the conf erence.
\nThe public is invited to attend. However\, only t ribally elected and appointed leaders or their authorized designees are au thorized to provide testimony. Testimony may be prerecorded and viewed dur ing the event\, provided live during the event\, and submitted in writing. The Chickasaw Speaker Management team is available to assist tribal leade rs with testimony preparation\, to include recording support.
\nThe Office o n Violence Against Women (OVW) is a grant-making agency in the U.S. Department of Justice. Under §903 of Title IX of the United States Department of Justice Reauthorizati on and Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005)\, OVW is responsible for conducting annual government-to-government consultation with the leaders of all federally-r ecognized\, Indian tribal governments on behalf of the United States Attor ney General.
\nThe purpose of consultation is to solicit recommendat
ions from tribal government leaders on the following topics:
\n(1) Admi
nistering tribal funds and programs\;
\n(2) Enhancing the safety of Ind
ian women from domestic violence\, dating violence\, sexual assault\, homi
cide\, stalking\, and sex trafficking\;
\n(3) Strengthening the federal
response to such crimes\; and\,
\n(4) Improving access to local\, regi
onal\, state\, and federal crime information databases and criminal justic
e information systems.
For hote l reservations\, travel information and additional resources\, visit the c onsultation website at https://www.ovwco nsultation.org
\nThe official letter of invitation can be found HERE
\nFor Questions Regarding
Registration\, Submission of Testimonies\, Contact:
\nTribalConsultation@sup
port.eventPower.com
For General Questions\, Contact:
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\nTrib
alConsultationSupport@chickasaw.com
Tickets: https://www.ovwconsultation.org/Atten d/Register?mc_cid=9a705fd3f6&mc_eid=0a75ca9568.
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