Several times during the year, we Share the Plate with organizations and groups outside our walls that we are trying to support. This month, we will share our plate with the Puyallup Tribe Community Domestic Violence Advocacy Program (CDVAP). On Sunday, November 23, we are honored to welcome Tribal advocates Carolyn DeFord and Carmelita Escarcega to East Shore. Carolyn and Carmelita will speak about their work giving voice to domestic violence victims in native communities, and their work helping victims, families, and communities heal from the trauma of violence.
Carolyn DeFord has been an advocate for the issues related to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman & People (MMIWP) for decades. She brought the Faceless Doll Project (originally a Canadian First Nations’ project) to East Shore, including two workshops. The Dolls we created were on display in the foyer and at three local branches of KCLS in 2023.
We hope you will join us on Sunday, November 23, to learn more about Carolyn and Carmelita’s work with the Puyallup Tribe Community Domestic Violence Advocacy Program. Anything you add to the plate that day – or indicate online in November as Share the Plate – will go to the Puyallup Tribe CDVAP. Learn more here .
If you are interested in the work of the Indigenous Connections Team, team members gave a presentation at GA in 2025 that highlighted our work with Carolyn DeFord and other advocates for MMIWP.
You can learn about this and other work in a video of the GA presentation (starting about 37 minutes in):
Indigenous/UU Connections in Justice Work in the PNW