Webinar

In this Estamos Aquí / Peer to Peer session, Mentoring and Connection: Owning your Skillset, Esperanza United staff bring back the “Owning Your Skill Set” workshop for advocates. During this session advocates will develop an elevator speech that confidently highlights their skillset. The first part will help advocates understand their skill […]

The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)’s WomensLaw project and Esperanza United are partnering on the Reimagining Enhanced Access and Capacity of the Hotline (REACH) Project. Together, we are enhancing and expanding the capacity of the WomensLaw Email Hotline, which provides free, confidential legal information and support in both English […]

This webinar took place on February 20th, 2024. This was our second Estamos Aquí / Peer to Peer workshop in 2024. During the workshop we discussed the importance of mentorship within the gender-based violence field amongst BIPOC/Latin@ individuals who hold entry, mid, and senior positions. Mentorship allows us to build unique […]

In this Estamos Aquí / Peer to Peer:  Managing up and across nonprofit management session, we  learn how to strategically manage up and across as we explore our own leadership in the nonprofit sector. Join Esperanza United and Jocelyne Cardona, M.A.  as we discuss management skills across teams and nonprofit organizations […]

In celebration of the Day of Women of African Descent on July 25, 2023, Esperanza United, Yvette Modestin with Encuentro Diaspora Afro, and Anne Hernandez, had a conversation about African heritage, history, and roots within Latin America and beyond. “Its important that this day gets celebrated and uplifted as the Day […]

At Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza), we work to mobilize the Latin@ community to build healthy futures. Through this series, ¡Presente! Empowering Latin@ Communities through Civic Engagement, we’ll highlight simple ways that anyone can take action, make change, and create a future you wish to see. In this episode, Esperanza […]

“We believe that for there to be collective impact towards ending gender-based violence in the state of Minnesota, every community must be involved and uplifted. Towards this end, it means that men, masculine and male-identified folks must be engaged as a strategy towards ending gender-based violence. In order to do this, […]

“Latinas are underrepresented at all levels of government, including federal appointments. During this virtual event, we discussed the federal appointments process with former appointees and a representative from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC).” –LatinasRepresent  

In this webinar, Miriam Valdovinos,Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut, will share about the one-on-one interviews she conducted with Latina immigrant women living in Washington State that experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). She investigated how the women’s undocumented immigration status impacted their experiences with help-seeking attempts and behaviors for the […]

This webinar will address systemic limitations on understanding the state of the field by using a comprehensive approach to identify community-based solutions with Latino men and boys. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY in collaboration with Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) conducted a scan of the field to identify […]