Prevention

Esperanza United’s CEO Patti Tototzintle, kicks-off ¡Adelante! A Virtual Celebration of Latin@-Led Advocacy by introducing the convening’s objectives, structure, and highlights. She is joined by barrier-breaking Latinas, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and former Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, to discuss the challenges, successes, and way forward for Latin@ leadership in this movement. This […]

This week, we bring you a collection of stories, focusing on motherhood- the good, the challenging, and those that fall in between. People will share moments of struggle, sadness, joy, and hope, Which some may find difficult to hear. Martha Hernandez-Martinez shares with us the challenges of being a single parent […]

In celebration of Mother’s Day we have invited members of our staff and network to reflect on their experiences having or being a mother and or a mother figure and how that has impacted their work supporting women and girls. This week, Conversations over Cafecito will bring you a collection of […]

For Hispanic Heritage Month, we talk to Tina Figueroa Rodriguez, Program Manager at Community Action Partnerships of Madero County in Fresno, California. As a strong Latina leader, speaker, and inspiration, Tina talks to us about what it means to be in the minority on powerful boards, what differences she saw in […]

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), and every year, Esperanza United aims to raise awareness about domestic violence in connection with partners as a part of the Domestic Violence Awareness Project. As part of this project, national violence prevention organizations work to create unified messaging that will reach a wide […]

The following information is from Te Invito, a toolkit to engage men and boys in the fight against domestic violence. This small excerpt briefly discusses how to be an active bystander. Be an Active Bystander This takes even more courage than influencing other men because it involves intervening when you see […]

The following information comes from Esperanza United’s Te Invito campaign, a toolkit of resources and information to encourage Latino men and boys to prevent domestic violence. This campaign asserts that being an ally to women and girls goes beyond supporting their causes. It is connected with self-reflection because as an ally, […]

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, so we spoke with the mother of a family that has participated in our Fuerza Unida Amig@s program, and she told us how it impacted her husband, teenage daughters, and herself as a mother. The original interview was conducted in Spanish by Esperanza United’s […]

Believing in the strengths of Latinas, their families and their communities is a main philosophy of Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza), a national Latina organization founded in St. Paul, MN in 1982 whose mission is to mobilize Latinas and Latin@ communities to end domestic violence. Our belief that strong communities -not […]