APRIL IS
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
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Weekly Update from the National Latin@ Network
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Blog
NLN News
Advocate News
Network News and Resources
Network Webinars
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NATIONAL LEADERS ATTEND THE 'OUT OF THE SHADOWS' CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING TO ADVOCATE AND INSPIRE
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Written by Olivia Garcia, Public Policy and Training Manager, Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network
On March 27, 2019, Justice for Migrant Women and other co-sponsors, including Casa de Esperanza’s National Latin@ Network, hosted Out of the Shadows: Exposing Workplace Sexual Violence Against Farmworker Women and Other Low-paid Women Workers Congressional Briefing. Farmworkers and other low-wage workers, like janitorial staff and domestic care workers, face rampant sexual violence with no options for resource or justice. This briefing brought public attention to their experiences and ways the everyone can help protect all workers.
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The Conversation features article about family detention report by NLN and St. Edwards University
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"Central American women fleeing violence experience more trauma after seeking asylum"
The number of Central American women who make difficult, often harrowing, journeys to the United States to flee
domestic and gang violence
is rising.
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Webinar: Invisible Dangers - Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Strangulation in Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
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May 16, 2019
1:30pm - 2:30pm EST
During the webinar, participants will:
- Learn about the potential hidden dangers of repetitive "mild" hits to the head.
- Learn about symptoms that may occur following a mild traumatic brain injury.
- Learn ways to improve interactions with women who may be suffering with effects of repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries.
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Please take a moment to help us and our national partners update our survey about immigrants' access to violence prevention services.
We invite advocates and attorneys working with immigrant survivors of gender-based violence to participate in a survey to assess the impact of immigration policy changes on immigrant survivors of gender based violence. Multiple responses per agency are accepted.
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Attorney General William Barr announced he plans to eliminate bond hearings for asylum seekers who pass an initial asylum screening interview after entering the United States. However, this new anti-immigrant policy will face legal challenges before it goes into effect.
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Immigration group sees nearly 80 percent spike in reports of 'abusive partners' threatening to call ICE to stop victims from pressing charges
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The statistic was brought to light in a recent report by the ICE Out of Courts Coalition, which is headed by the Immigrant Defense Project, highlighting the impacts of ICE's operations at U.S. courthouses.
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Attorney General William Barr announced he plans to eliminate bond hearings for asylum seekers who pass an initial asylum screening interview after entering the United States. However, this new anti-immigrant policy will face legal challenges before it goes into effect.
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Resources on H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act
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On March 12, Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), and Yvette Clarke (D-NY), alongside House Democratic leadership, introduced
H.R. 6
, or the Dream and Promise Act. H.R. 6 provides permanent status and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recipients who have had their lives thrown into limbo because of the
actions
of the
Trump
administration
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Network News and Resources
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NRCDV's PreventIPV releases one of 7-part series of stories
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The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence has released the first of a 7-part series of stories for the new
Innovation
section of the PreventIPV website. This exciting project features lessons learned from the
DELTA FOCUS
program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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New, free online network for health workers to connect
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CHW Connected Professionals launched a free membership website built for Community Health Workers to engage with their peers and grow their professional network. Join today, membership is free.
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Inadmissibility training by ASISTA
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
2 pm - 4 pm (EST)
Inadmissibility Part II: 212(a)(6) immigration violations, exceptions and waivers
Join Senior Legal Counsel, Laura Flores Bachman and Amy Cheung, for the next webinar in our Inadmissibility Series. Be prepared for an interactive discussion on strengthening your skills and strategies for overcoming various 212(a)(6) inadmissibility through exceptions and waivers established for VAWA, U and T petitioners. Inadmissibility grounds covered will include:
· Smuggling
· Fraud and Misrepresentation
· False Claim to U.S. Citizenship
**This webinar is only free to ASISTA members.
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Putting Community at the Center of Rural Coordinated Response -- OVW Approved Training Institute
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May 13 - 15, 2019
Denver, CO
The goal for this training is to build a learning community among peers working in rural, Tribal, and remote settings. The learning will deepen through networking and problem solving with peers. Participants will derive the most benefit by attending in teams of three or four staff members and/or community partners. Individuals are also welcomed to attend. Please plan your travel so that you can participate for the entirety of the institute.
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Well-Being of Latina Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Receiving Trauma-Informed and Culturally-Specific Services
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The purpose of the current study was to examine the well-being of Latina survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault receiving services from community based, Latina-serving organizations. Despite the critical role that culturally-specific organizations play in supporting Latina survivors from healing, there is a gap in the academic literature base on the impact of these services on Latina survivors.
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Biden Foundation launches Youth LEADS report
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Youth LEADS (Leverage, Energize, and Define Solutions) is a Biden Foundation initiative to combat gender-based violence among youth by providing young leaders with the platforms, network, and organizational support they need to create change. Youth LEADS looks to young people to drive the solutions that will change the culture and end violence in their communities.
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Autonomy is Safety: Using Supported Decision-Making to Facilitate the Safety of People with Disabilities
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May 14, 2019
2 - 3:30 p.m. EST
People with disabilities are more likely to experience domestic and sexual violence than people without disabilities. This webinar will outline the problems with historic responses to violence against people with disabilities and review supportive strategies that can be applied to help people with disabilities live safer, more autonomous lives.
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Webinar series: Improving access to justice for immigrant children and immigrant victims -- the court's role
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Part 2: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status -- Best Practices of Drafting Findings
May 14, 2019
1 p.m. EST
Webinar will address best practices for issuing SIJS findings for immigrant children who have been abused, abandoned or neglected by at least one of the child’s parents and will focus specifically on emerging issues and recommendations for what courts should include in well written SIJS findings.
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By:
Samanta Schweblin
The brilliant stories in
Mouthful of Birds
burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary collection featuring women on the edge, men turned upside down, the natural world at odds with reality. We think life is one way, but often, it's not -- our expectations for how people act, love, fear can all be upended. Each character in
Mouthful of Birds
must contend with the unexpected, whether a family coming apart at the seams or a child transforming or a ghostly hellscape or a murder.
Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications, leaving your pulse racing, and the line between the real and the strange blurs.
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OVW Fiscal Year 2019 STOP Formula Grant Program
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Deadline
May 8
The Services * Training * Officers * Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program (STOP Formula Grant Program) supports communities, including American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native villages, in their efforts to develop and strengthen effective responses to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
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Deadline
May 9
Funds are now available to support the development and operation of nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions.
Eligible applicants are limited to: recognized tribal coalitions and organization(s) determined by OVW to be qualified to apply to incorporate and operate a tribal coalition in areas where Indian tribes are located but no tribal coalition exists.
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OVW Fiscal Year 2019 State and Territorial Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Coalitions Program Solicitation
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Deadline
May 10
This grant program supports the critical work of state and territorial domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions and is a set-aside program under OVW’s STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program. These organizations play an important role in advancing the goal of ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. This program also includes a statutory set aside from the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP), specifically for state and territorial sexual assault coalitions (34 U.S.C. § 12511(d)).
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Deadline
May 14
Funds are now available to support a national clearinghouse that provides training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women.
Eligible applicants are limited to: national, tribal, statewide or other nonprofit organizations with the capacity to provide nationwide training and technical assistance; and institutions of higher education.
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Casa de Esperanza: VISTA volunteer
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This position is responsible for managing the volunteer program. Specific activities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Providing direction, coordination, and consultation for all volunteer functions within the organization; enhance and maintain the infrastructure of the volunteer program; expand the agency’s capacity to achieve its goals through volunteer participation and retention; develop position descriptions and training guides for volunteer positions
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Institute for Women's Policy Research: President
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IWPR seeks a President who can build on IWPR’s 31 years of work in advancing the status of women through accurate, widely respected policy analysis focused on how policy initiatives affect women. IWPR’s new President must have a vision for IWPR’s future growth and success, a collaborative style, media savvy, thorough training and experience in how a wide range of policy initiatives affect women, and exceptional fundraising skills.
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Now accepting blog 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
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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National Latin@ Network, a project of Casa de Esperanza
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