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Assembly adopts resolution designating May 2025 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness month
Summary
The California State Assembly unanimously adopted ACR 39, declaring May 2025 Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Awareness Month and calling for improved data, coordination and policy responses to violence against Native communities.
The California State Assembly adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolution 39, designating May 2025 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness month and urging renewed attention and action on violence against Native communities.
Assemblymember James Ramos, chair of the Legislative Native American Caucus and author of the resolution, told the chamber that state and national data show “84.3 of native women have experienced violence in their lifetime” and that "it's no longer an epidemic. This is a state of emergency within Indian…
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