Who we are

Esperanza United knows no single organization or person is going to end gender-based violence alone – it will take communities, working together. With that in mind, we are proud to be part of many coalitions, including:

• The Alliance for Immigrant Survivors (AIS) is a national network of organizations, advocates, and allies dedicated to ensuring that immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other gender-based abuses have access to life-saving protections that all survivors of violence deserve. We coordinate the immigration subcommittee of the NTF, ensuring that the needs of immigrant survivors are addressed in policy initiatives and efforts to end sexual and domestic violence.

• The Domestic Violence Resource Network (DVRN) informs and strengthens domestic violence intervention and prevention efforts at the individual, community, and societal levels. DVRN member organizations are funded by the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) Program and consist of two national resource centers, four special issue resource centers, three culturally-specific resource centers, five emerging issue resource centers, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline. We work collaboratively to promote practices and strategies to improve our nation’s response to domestic violence and make safety and justice for all families a priority.

• National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) was established in 1991 as a nonpartisan association of major Hispanic national organizations and distinguished Hispanic leaders from all over the nation. NHLA’s mission calls for unity among Latin@s around the country to provide our communities with greater visibility and a clearer, stronger influence in our country’s affairs. NHLA brings together Hispanic leaders to establish policy priorities that address, and raise public awareness of, the major issues affecting the Latin@ community and the nation as a whole.

• The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (NTF) is focused on the development, passage and implementation of effective public policy to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. We are comprised of a large and diverse group of national, tribal, state, territorial and local organizations, as well as individuals, committed to securing an end to violence against women.

• Violence Free Minnesota (VFMN) is the statewide coalition of programs working together to end relationship abuse. Together, we can end domestic violence. Their mission is to represent survivors of relationship abuse and member programs; challenge systems and institutions; promote social change; and support, educate, and connect member programs. Esperanza United is proud to be one of their 90 members.