Community Listening Session: Native & Tribal Programs
- June 2, 2022 | 10:30-11:30 a.m.
- Register
- Open to all Native and Tribal organizations
A Message from Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih:
I hope you; your family and staff are safe and well,
On August 5th and 6th, 2021, the Partnership facilitated
listening sessions to hear about the challenges LGBTQ+ and Native
& Tribal communities were experiencing during COVID, how the
Partnership could improve our relationships, and provide
effective technical assistance to meet programming needs. We
were so appreciative of the participants for sharing their
time, their truth-telling, and their compassionate
conversation.
My first nine-months of work was riddled with surprises and
unexpected challenges on top of the ordinary experiences of being
a new Executive Director of the state coalition. During this
time, the Partnership also changed over its Microsoft Office
Suite Word platforms, and unfortunately, in the process, and we
lost a few documents. Regrettably, two of those documents were
the notes from the Native American/Tribal and LGBTQ+ listening
sessions. Although it would have been disappointing and
challenging to lose the notes from any session, it is indeed
heart wrenching as a Black Queer leader of a main-stream
organization with several Native and Queer staff to lose these
specific notes.
While we do recall some important points made from each listening
session, we are not able to recapture all of the valuable
information shared. To this end, the Partnership is offering last
year’s participants—and those who didn’t get a chance to join
us—another opportunity to hear from your organization, so that we
may center LGBTQ+ and Native voices, strengthen our collaboration
and better serve communities. We are extending the invitations
below to try and remedy the situation and get the
Partnership back on course to better listen, respond, and
collaborate with our partners and potential partners in this
work.
We first invite you to complete a short survey containing the original questions asked during the listening session. If you prefer, you can email your responses to the questions directly to Valarie Smith at Valarie@cpedv.org.
Love, faith and intention,
Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih
Executive Director
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
Pronouns: she/her/hers (Why pronouns
matter)
Questions? Please contact Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih, aleese@cpedv.org