by pskadmin | May 16, 2023 | News
By Mary Ameringer The Murder in Big Horn documentary brings to light the epidemic of Missing/Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in and around Big Horn County, Montana. The county sits just outside of Billings, Montana and overlaps with the Northern Cheyenne and Crow...
by pskadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | News
If you were not able to attend the September 8th Amara Honors Event, there is an opportunity to view the recording, donate, and purchase a signed copy of Barbara Amaya’s Book, Nobody’s Girl! We were fortunate to have Andrea Bertone as our Master of Ceremonies. Ms....
by pskadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | News
By Olivia Mania, Legal Intern at Amara Legal Center “The story of Pieper Lewis, an Iowa teenager, is all too familiar . . . Lewis is not the first trafficking survivor to be penalized by the criminal legal system as a result of her victimization. For Lewis and for all...
by pskadmin | Aug 10, 2022 | News
By Sarah Kolick, Former Amara Legal Intern, George Washington University of Law Graduate, Smith College Graduate *All views expressed in this blog are my own and do not necessarily represent those of Amara Legal Center. **Trigger Warning: This blog post contains...
by pskadmin | Jun 23, 2022 | News
The problems creating a toll to the experiences of survivors of sex trafficking is already alarming. But an issue with how it’s looked at is that it frequently ignores the prevalence of marginalized identity markers that end up making an individual more prone to...
by pskadmin | May 27, 2022 | News
Human trafficking is a major concern of world governments and communities. Hundreds upon hundreds of humans are trafficked widely. In the 1990s, the definition of human smuggling and trafficking were not well defined not until the United Nations (2000) adopted the...
