Videos

This webinar will focus on federal funding questions that Casa de Esperanza often recieves about the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and the Family Violence Prevention Services Act (FVPSA). We will discuss which funds are available at federal and state levels and how culturally-specific Latin@ […]

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 discusses capacity-building strategies for OVW grantees. This project is supported by a grant from the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, to increase the organizational capacity of rural, tribal, and culturally-specific underserved OVW program grantees and their partners.

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. 

This three-part conversation series will explore the way gender-based violence work has changed for advocates, institutions, and communities in response to 2020’s recent events. 

Our lives have dramatically changed and many of us find ourselves working in unfamiliar conditions. In times of uncertainty connectivity is a lifeline. 

This three-part conversation series will explore the way gender-based violence work has changed for advocates, institutions, and communities in response to 2020’s recent events. The second episode in this series will discuss how advocates working with youth are adapting to recent in-person restrictions. They will highlight remote methods for continuing to […]

This two-part webinar serves as a primer for community stakeholders, advocates, researchers, service providers, and policymakers who interface with Latino sexual assault survivors. Dr. López will share research about how homophobia and racism affect the experiences of gay Latino sexual assault survivors during the reporting process and suggested follow-up care.  […]