A panel of experts on the how the criminal justice system responds to violence against Native women, and cases of missing and murdered indigenous women, will convene at the Nebraska College of Law at noon on November 5. They will have a discussion and question and answer session, moderated by Interim Dean Anna Shavers, that is free and open to the public. Their discussion is part of the 2019 Human Trafficking and Migration Initiative, and presented by the Nebraska College of Law and the Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.
Three out of four panelists are Native women, and the panelists represent a diverse set of professions within the legal and criminal justice system. Colonel John Balduc, Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol, will provide a law enforcement perspective on the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women in Nebraska. Leonika Charging, an attorney at Bigfire Law Firm and an Executive Board Member of the Indian Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association, will lend her expertise on tribal governance and jurisdiction to the discussion. Judi Gaiashkibos is the Executive Director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs. In this role, she advocates at Unicameral, and across various government agencies for expanded rights and protections for Native Nebraskans, and will provide the a public policy perspective on the legal issues surrounding missing and murdered indigenous women. Rounding out the panel is Kirby Williams, who works as the Domestic Violence Outreach Coordinator for Legal Aid Nebraska, who will provide perspective on the legal issues that service providers to Native victims of violence encounter in their work.
This event is free and open to the public.
More details at: http://humantrafficking.unl.edu/