{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Faunties-on-air.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Faunties-on-air-episode-51-mmiw-qHud8nzg","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Aunties on Air Episode 51: MMIW: Healing Through Taking Space","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d085b5df-9251-4c27-a0e7-2e6952fcb8dc/6033548b-6064-4b10-b52d-e163423bbd0e/aunties_on_air_s2_edit.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In Wabanaki territory and across Turtle Island, our women, girls and two-spirit relatives are the heart of our nations. They carry our stories, our languages, and our future. Yet, the painful reality of the MMIW crisis continues to affect our families and communities deeply. This week, we welcome back a very familiar voice and longtime advocate to the studio, our former Aunties co-host, Lauren Stevens. Together, the Aunties sit down with Lauren for a deeply necessary conversation about grief, resilience, and reclaiming our narrative. We dive into the profound medicine of speaking our stolen relations' names out loud, ensuring they are never made invisible by the systems around us. Lauren shares how utilizing the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) network provides critical, proactive support to keep our people whole and protect our collective spirit before crisis even begins. This is an episode about taking up space, raising our voices, and anchoring ourselves in cultural traditions. True healing happens when we center our Wabanaki values, look out for one another, and refuse to be silenced. "}