Summary: Today on the Idle No More Indigenous Report for part I of II with our guest Ms. Lisa Brunner. Lisa Brunner is a member of the White Earth Ojibwe Nation. Lisa is the Board Chair for White Earth Land Recovery Project. She has worked in the domestic violence and sexual assault field for over 15 years and is the executive director of a non-profit organization whose work addresses violence against Native American and Alaska Native women. Lisa is also a Program Specialist for the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center. Ms. Brunner has advocated on the local, state, national and international levels to bring about change to public policy that maintains the horrific realities of violence against Native women and within our Tribal communities. On a national level she has served on panels and focus groups addressing jurisdictional issues that impact the safety of Native women. Lisa has also served on a panel at the United Nations regarding violence against Indigenous Women of North America. Lisa has participated for five years at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Additionally, Ms. Brunner has served as a Train-the-Trainer for the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) as a “Domestic Violence Indian Country “ Instructor. She has recently assisted FLETC with an Analysis of their DVICTP (Domestic Violence Indian Country Training Program) Curriculum and Curriculum Review and Curriculum Development. Lisa is also a founding member of the National Congress of American Indians, Violence Against Women Task Force. She has also testified at Thematic Hearing on “Violence Against Native Women in the United States” before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Recently, Lisa has testified before the Hearing on “Combating Human Trafficking: Federal, State, and Local Perspectives” before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Please listen live to INM-Indigenous report on the url address @ prn.fm at 6:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Central, 4:00 pm Mountain and 3:00 Pacific time. The Progressive Radio Network is the #1 Online Radio Station. If you enjoy today's show or any prior shows of the INM-Indigenous Report you can rate the program on ITUNES. If you missed any INM-Indigenous Reports prior shows you can listen to the show 24/7 on the prn.fm archive.
