101: Education As a Tool To Heal from Domestic Violence
10:15-11:15am
General Track 1
Ki Nswe’-Ki Nye;w
Mtg Rooms 3&4
This presentation explores the link between education, domestic violence prevention, and healing. We know that education can have a transformative effect on youth who have grown up in homes with domestic violence (DV), and in many ways, education serves as a protective factor towards ensuring that cycles of violence do not continue. This presentation will also discuss how and why perpetrators of domestic violence often prevent their victims from accessing education to maintain power and control. I will also show that when exiting a violent relationship, many victim-survivors find that education becomes a valuable tool in their healing journey.
Statistically, Indigenous women and youth are the groups most likely to be the victims of domestic violence. As a community, we must stop these painful cycles from continuing into our next generations. Education is one way that we can strengthen our youth and adult DV victim-survivors for the road ahead.
Lead By:
Samantha R Brown (Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa), Community Outreach Specialist, Uniting Three Fires Against Violence
Samantha Brown is Ojibwe and a member of the Crane clan. She is enrolled in the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa. Samantha received her Master of Arts in Education from the University of Alabama and her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from Smith College. She is currently enrolled in the Pane Anishinaabemowin Language Immersion Program at Bay Mills Community College. Samantha is a certified teacher in the State of Michigan. Owing to her passion for sharing knowledge and advocacy, Samantha has held numerous roles in the field of education. Prior to her position at UTFAV, Samantha worked as an elementary teacher, a youth prevention coordinator, and as an education assistant in the Sault Tribe Youth Education and Activities Program. Samantha's personal and professional interests include language revitalization, a return to traditional foodways, and justice for survivors, families, and communities that have been harmed by race and gender-based violence.