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A news update from the National Latin@ Network
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Meet The Team: Rebecca Rodriguez
Rebecca Rodriguez, Manager of Research and Evaluation
Main responsibility: Designs and conducts original research focused on preventing gender-based violence in Latino communities
Where are you from?
I was born in San Antonio, TX and lived there until about 10 years old. After that my parents were farm workers migrating around the Midwest and Eastern United States until we eventually settled down in Ohio when I was 18. So I feel like I'm from many places! Now I live in Atlanta, GA.
Where do you feel most at home?
I feel most at home when I am at a family barbecue! I think that because of all the moving around growing up, home for me is wherever my family comes together to celebrate with food and dance.
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Webinar: Exposing Sex Trafficking in Cantinas and Bars in the U.S.
In case you missed it: A partnership with Casa de Esperanza and Polaris
Thousands of women and girls from Mexico are forced into an underground sex economy in both Mexico and the United States. Human traffickers operate out of cantinas and bars, exploiting victims for profit. Join us for an online panel discussion to discuss findings from the report "More Than Drinks For Sale: Exposing Sex Trafficking in Cantinas and Bars in the U.S.," which explores past and current efforts to fight this form of trafficking, and recommends strategies for the future.
Featured speakers include:
- Ruben Perez, U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston
- Martha Hernandez-Martinez, Casa de Esperanza
- Tessa Couture, data analyst for Polaris and author of the report
- My Lo Cook, director of Polaris's Strategic Initiative, Mexico (moderator)
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Important announcement from USCIS concerning U Visa and VAWA petitioners
Parole for Wait List Approved U Visa Victims and Their Children:
Today the Ombudsman the Department of Homeland Security announced that USCIS will allow waitlist approved U visa victims who are living abroad to apply for humanitarian parole into the Untied States. Importantly these policies will also allow wait list approved U visa victims living in the United States to seek humanitarian parole to bring the family members they included in their U visa application to reunite with them in the United States. More information on this policy and the materials published by USCIS and DHS on parole for U visa victims is available
HERE.
Implementation of VAWA 2000 and 2005 Protections for Self-Petitioning Spouse of Cuban Adjustment Act Abusive Spouses:
The new USCIS policy on VAWA self-petitioning abused spouses and children under the Cuban Adjustment Act is available
HERE.
Special thanks to all of the advocates and to the government officials who worked hard to make these important new policies a reality. Thanks to the National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project for distributing this information to Casa de Esperanza.
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Registration open for In our Own Voices, Inc.
2016 National LGBT POC Health Conference
October 12-15, 2016
Albany, New York
The Desmond Hotel
Special Group Rate Code 12G361
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Now accepting workshop session proposals for NCJFCJ conferences
National Conference on Juvenile Justice
Feb. 12-15, 2017
New York City, New York
80th Annual Conference
July 16-19, 2017
Washington, DC
*Deadline Friday, September 30*
- Do you have a new program in your court that has increased efficiency, filled a void, or promoted child and family safety?
- Do you have knowledge about how the adolescent brain works or how adverse childhood experiences may affect a child later in life?
- Have you conducted research on teen dating violence, racial and ethnic disparity, juvenile drug courts, or domestic child sex trafficking?
- Have you ever wanted to present at an NCJFCJ conference?
If so, this is your chance...
For questions or to return form via email, contact Amy Saathoff, Curriculum Development Manger, at asaathoff@ncjfcj.org by
Friday, September 30.
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September 19, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET
- Their initial set of recommendations for increasing LGBTQ DV survivors' access to support and advocacy. These are aimed at the LGBTQ specific and mainstream DV and fields, researchers and policy makers
- Their report to the FVPSA program office: Creating the Conditions for Change: a Blueprint for increasing LBGTQ Access to DV Advocacy
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Webinar: Spotlight on Communities of Promise: Bloomington, MN
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
This year, VERA has put the spotlight on communities undertaking important efforts to address violence against people with disabilities. September's webinar will feature the groundbreaking work of building a co-advocacy model for Deaf survivors.
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Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities
Application Due: September 30, 2016
Rapid Response Grants for Reducing Violence and Promoting Peace
In August 2016, The Chicago Community Trust, the Joyce Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the Polk Bros. Foundation, the Woods Fund Chicago and other funders joined together in support of immediate intervention to deter violence and promote peace in Chicago neighborhoods.
The Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities is a $300,000 fund created in direct response to the many people and organizations who are proactively working to keep our neighborhoods safe over the Labor Day holiday and through the beginning of the school year. The Fund is not meant to be a quick fix to the complex problem of violence-its targeted grants supplement each funder's intensive and long-standing efforts to develop sustainable, systemic responses to the root causes of the challenge.
- Grants will range from $1,000 to $10,000.
- Grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)3 status, or with a 501(c)3 organization serving as fiscal sponsor.
- Grants must support activities taking place in neighborhoods within the city of Chicago.
- Educational events
- Group or youth activities
- Resident leader stipends
- Recreational activities
- Festivals
- Performances
- Picnics
- Block-level activities, including rental of venues and supplies
- Groups, agencies and organizations whose interests are consistent with the goal to support grassroots, community-based solutions that make neighborhoods safer are welcome to apply.
- Grant funds may not be used to support or advocate for the purchase or use of guns as part of any activity.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted by September 30. If you are seeking funding for activities to take place over the Labor Day weekend, please submit your application no later than August 25.
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Application deadline: October 12, 2016
The Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals to undertake projects that advance reform, spur debate, and catalyze change on a range of issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system. The fellowships are part of a larger effort within the Open Society Foundations to reduce the destructive impact of current criminal justice policies on the lives of individuals, families, and communities in the United States by challenging the overreliance on incarceration and extreme punishment, and ensuring a fair and accountable system of justice.
Fellows receive funding ($58,700-$110,250) primarily through multiple categories, including:
Advocacy Fellowships
The Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships fund lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, researchers, and others with unique perspectives to undertake full-time criminal justice reform projects at the local, state, and national levels. Projects may range from litigation to public education to coalition building to grassroots mobilization to policy-driven research. Advocacy Fellowships are 18 months in duration, may be undertaken with the support of a host organization, and can begin in the spring or fall of 2017.
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Vera Institute of Justice: Program Associate
Program Associate, Justice Involved Survivors, CVS
Vera seeks a Program Associate for its work that addresses the needs of survivors of crime who are formerly or currently incarcerated. Many people involved in the nation's juvenile and criminal systems have also been victimized, whether before, during, or after their incarceration. Barriers exist in victim services and justice systems that prevent these survivors from receiving support to help them navigate these experiences and heal. Vera provides training and technical assistance to victim services agencies, community-based programs that serve ex-offenders, law enforcement, courts, and corrections to better identify, reach, and meet the needs of these survivors. The Program Associate will report to the Center's Associate Director.
Program Associate, Disability and Justice, CVS
Vera seeks a Program Associate for its work that addresses the unmet justice needs of people with disabilities. Children and adults with disabilities, for example, are much more likely than their counterparts without disabilities to experience neglect, abuse, and violent victimization. They are also disproportionately represented in prisons and jails. While 19% of the population in the United Stats has a disability, 36 percent of state and 24 percent of federal adult inmates reported having disability. Research suggests that the line between being a victim and being an offender may be blurred for many people with disabilities. Vera is raising awareness about the justice needs of people with disabilities and provides training and technical assistance to victim services and disability agencies, as well as law enforcement agencies, courts, and jails and prisons to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to services to support their safety and healing and are treated with fairness, dignity, and respect. The Program Associate will report to the Center's Associate Director.
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Generation Progress: Organizing Associate
Generation Progress has an immediate opening for an Organizing Associate. This position requires efficiently managing a large workflow of diverse projects. Applicants should enjoy detail-oriented work and troubleshooting and should also be able to adeptly build and manage organizing relationships across a broad coalition. Generation Progress is the youth advocacy and engagement arm of American Progress. Through field advocacy, journalism, and policy analysis, Generation Progress works with and for Millennials to achieve progressive change. This position will work primarily on the advocacy efforts of the #Fight4AFuture campaign-a nationwide campaign that looks at gun violence and criminal justice through a holistic lens and drives forward solutions that speak to our generation. Young people are shot and incarcerated at rates higher than any generation. This position will take an intersectional approach to addressing these issues. Instead of simply looking at gun violence prevention policies in a vacuum, this person will address contributing systemic factors-such as structural racism and poverty-and their policy solutions in a way that does not perpetuate the cycle of violence.
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| National Sexual Violence Resource Center: Associate Director
The NSVRC Associate Director works closely with the NSVRC Director and other key staff to provide on-site leadership and manage the day-to-day operations of the national resource center. Primarily focusing on internal processes, the Associate Director is available to staff and helps clarify and streamline cross-team processes. The Associate Director tracks grants and deliverables, assists with agency evaluation and improvement activities, and prepares progress reports and grant applications on a regular basis. This position does not initially supervise other positions, but does mentor other staff, provide training for supervisors, and provides supervision in the absence of the NSVRC Director.
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Now accepting submissions
We welcome submissions on a number of topics pertaining to domestic violence, family violence, and gender-based violence. These topics include, but are not limited to:
- Gender-based violence intervention and prevention programs that are culturally specific
- Working with Latin@ youth
- Working with immigrant Latin@s
- Health care and gender-based violence
- LGBTQ Latin@ communities
- Children and domestic violence
- Building Latin@ leadership in Latin@ communities
- Elder abuse
We also welcome photography, video, resources, and other digital material that organizations or people wish to share with our network.
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ABOUT THE NATIONAL LATIN@ NETWORK FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
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The National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities is a network of individuals and organizations committed to improving the health and well-being of Latin@ communities. The National Latin@ Network is led by Casa de Esperanza, a national Latina organization whose mission is to mobilize Latinas and Latin@ communities to end domestic violence. The National Latin@Network for Healthy Families and Communities builds on Casa de Esperanza´s experience working in local communities to support families, end domestic violence, and increase meaningful access to services for Latina@s and incorporates a research center, public policy initiative, and training.
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