Media alert: Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota

Minnesota Indian Women Sexual Assault Coalition

MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Lonna Hunter, lhunter@miwsac.org • 651/646-4800 or 651/442-3253
WHAT: Public release of the ground-breaking report
Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota
Based on personal interviews and stories of 105 Native women in the Twin Cities, Duluth, and Bemidji, this firstever study of prostitution and trafficking of Native women in Minnesota will be released by the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) and Prostitution Research & Education. The report was produced with generous support from the Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Women's Foundation of Minnesota, and Tides Foundation.

WHEN: Thursday, October 27

 2:00pm press conference with report authors Melissa Farley and Nicole Matthews (call-in number below)

 2:30pm public event with report authors and community leaders, honoring ceremony and reception

WHERE: William Mitchell College of Law Auditorium (Room 245) • 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul

SPEAKERS: Report authors

 Melissa Farley, Director, Prostitution Research and Education, San Francisco Women's Centers

 Nicole Matthews, Executive Director, Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC)

 Sarah Deer, As [...]

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