Gender-based violence

This webinar features Olga Trujillo, Director of Education and Advocacy at Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network). The presenter shares a personal experience of domestic and sexual violence and how poverty, language, culture, religious beliefs, and immigration can complicate intervention. 

Please join Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) as we release the Building Evidence Toolkit, a free, bilingual, online tool designed to strengthen the evaluation capacity of Latino-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) working in the field of domestic violence. It was developed in partnership with four CBOs working with unique Latino communities […]

This session will highlight the importance of shifting from language access to language justice, and building systems that support Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals. 

Chicanx have a long history of contributions to the filed of psychology and mental health. Starting from our ancestral knowledge and healing, to the publication of “Chicano Psychology” in 1977 up until our current contributions. This webinar will cover foundational concepts of “Browning” counseling, describe traditional/individualistic concepts in mental health can […]

This plenary will focus on the lived realities of the AfroLatina diaspora and their resiliency in the face of violence and various issues facing communities. Yvette will share her experience and learnings from the field to support survivors of violence through storytelling, poetry, and spoken word. 

This webinar reviews the still-emerging body of research on T-IPV at the intersections of race and immigration with a focus on TransLatinx populations. The webinar relies on interview-based data from T-IPV survivors as well as a condensed review of existing data stemming from the US Transgender Survey. Ultimately, this webinar emphasizes […]

This webinar will describe the importance of culturally responsive methods in engaging survivors of human trafficking to provide necessary supports. This framework is a holistic approach to assess human trafficking underscoring the importance of survivor trust and wellbeing. 

This webinar will describe the importance of culturally responsive methods in engaging survivors of human trafficking to provide necessary supports. This framework is a holistic approach to assess human trafficking underscoring the importance of survivor trust and wellbeing. 

Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) created the national Te Invito campaign, whose purpose is to engage men and boys in the fight against domestic violence. This campaign aims to elevate the voices of Latino men who reject violence and work to model and promote healthy relationships. 

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