MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
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Art donated by Jose Juan Lara, Jr., MS
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Weekly Update from the National Latin@ Network
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House Judiciary Crime subcommittee Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA-37) and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) have just introduced H.R.1585, the bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019! This important legislation reauthorizes VAWA grant programs and makes modest yet vital enhancements to existing law. Among other things, H.R.1585:
● Invests in prevention;
● Ends impunity for non-Native perpetrators of sexual assault, child abuse co-occurring with domestic violence, stalking, sex trafficking, and assaults on tribal law enforcement officers on tribal lands;
● Improves enforcement of court orders that require adjudicated domestic abusers to relinquish their firearms;
● Improves access to housing for victims and survivors;
● Protects victims of dating violence from firearm homicide;
● Helps survivors gain and maintain economic independence;
● Updates the federal definition of domestic violence for the purposes of VAWA grants only to acknowledge the full range of abuse victims suffer (does not impact the criminal definition of domestic violence);
● Maintains existing protections for all survivors; and
● Improves the healthcare system’s response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
Then
call your SENATORS
and tell them the Senate needs to introduce a bill
WITH THE PROVISIONS
in H.R.1585 - half-measures such as a straight reauthorization are not acceptable, nor are rollbacks of existing protections for survivors!
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Feinstein, Grassley Call for Investigation of Sexual Abuse Against Unaccompanied Minors
“We respectfully request that you open an investigation into the alleged widespread and long-term pattern of sexual abuse against unaccompanied children in HHS facilities and reports that these cases of sexual assault are not being appropriately investigated,”
the senators wrote.
“Immigrant families and children kept in federal custody deserve to be treated with basic human dignity and respect, and should never be subjected to these forms of abuse.”
The letter follows the senators’
July request
that HHS and the Department of Homeland Security investigate allegations of abuse at immigrant detention facilities.
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WHAT DO YOU SEE? ENCOURAGING YOUTH TO CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS THROUGH ART
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Written by: Wing Young Huie, Independent Artist, Photographer, Writer
I’ve been photographing the complex realities of American society for 40 years. Although I’ve exhibited in galleries and museums nationally and internationally, my best-known projects were public installations that transformed major Twin Cities’ thoroughfares into epic galleries, reflecting the everyday lives of thousands of its citizens in the midst of some of the most diverse concentrations of international immigrants in the country, providing a collective window and mirror of the them who are really us.
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Contrary to President Trump’s claim that “large-scale unlawful migration” across the southern border constitutes a “
national emergency” that requires building a wall, research suggests that undocumented immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border is actually the lowest it’s ever been in the past 25 years. The
Center for Migration Studies (CMS) has issued a report with this conclusion, which reinforces the findings of a similar report released by the
Pew Research Center in November 2018.
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FY19 FYSB Grant Reviewer Recruitment
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The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is gearing up for its FY19 Discretionary Grant Reviews and has incorporated a Reviewer Recruitment campaign designed to allow for widest dissemination of efforts and to secure the most qualified reviewers to support its program grant reviews.
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Network News and Resources
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SPSSI 2019 Conference -- Fighting injustice: The power of research, policy, and activism in challenging times
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San Diego, CA
June 21 - 23, 2019
Early bird registration ends May 10.
The burgeoning interdisciplinary perspectives and methodological diversity within the social sciences position us to meet the pressing needs of our times. The SPSSI 2019 conference theme acknowledges the present challenges and re-affirms our collective belief in the power of social science research to inform policy and activism that can meet those challenges.
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Join the Bandana Project Campaign for SAAM
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Justice for Migrant Women invites you to partner on this year’s Bandana Project Campaign during Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April. The Bandana Project is a public awareness campaign aimed at addressing the issue of workplace sexual violence against migrant farmworker women in the United States.
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Applications for People Over Pride (POP!) Camp Closing Soon
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POP! Camp is an intensive 4-day LGBTQ API training camp for youth ages 14-20 to grown into organizers and activists.
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Media toolkit released to protect TPS & DED holders, & DACA recipients
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This week is huge in light of the Judiciary hearing happening featuring TPS and DED holders and DACA recipients.
FWD.us has created graphics and messages for social media for each of these important remedies. Please share widely!
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Supporting Organizational Sustainability Institute
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The Supporting Organizational Sustainability Institute (SOS Institute), is an interactive 2.5-day training for OVW grantees to enhance their organization’s capacity and infrastructure.
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Story Collector: Fee Waiver Denials on Humanitarian Cases
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ASISTA is collecting stories where fee waivers for applications related to VAWA self-petitions, U visas, T visas, SIJS and other humanitarian protections have been denied, including motions to reopen/reconsider and appeals.
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Adobe encouraging International Women's Day images with templates
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For users who have Adobe Spark, Adobe has created easily customized templates to create graphics to put on your website or social media in commemoration of International Women's Day.
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Effectively Supporting Survivors with Mental Health Disabilities
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March 12, 2018
2 - 3:30 p.m. EST
This webinar will explore strategies for service providers when working with people with mental health disabilities as well as potential solutions to overcome common concerns and ensure access to a wide range of services for all survivors.
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Beyond Shelter: What Do Domestic Violence Survivors Need?
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March 20, 2019
1 p.m. EST
Safe Horizons will join NCADV to explore ways to enhance services to survivors of domestic violence utilizing emergency shelter programs. For survivors in crisis, domestic violence shelters offer safe refuge. But beyond shelter, what do domestic violence survivors need? Is there more that can be done to meet the needs of residents and their children?
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March 13, 2018
3 - 4:30 p.m. EST
This trans-inclusive webinar defines what it means for services to be comprehensive, trauma-informed, and gender responsive for women; identifies issues to consider when working with women, including women who are pregnant or parenting; and discusses how to apply gender-responsive care in the delivery of behavioral health treatment and recovery services in order to improve outcomes for women and their families
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March 14, 2019
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
In order to effectively serve survivors of intimate partner violence and lead successful programs, it is important to have a strong organizational infrastructure that is aligned with the organization’s mission and core values. Presenters will highlight promising organizational practices and leadership styles that are key in maintaining and leading a healthy/successful organization.
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Preserving the Right to Parent: Custody Issues for Survivors with Disabilities
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April 16, 2019
12 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
This webinar will provide an overview of some of the unique difficulties survivors with disabilities may face in child custody and welfare cases - and provide suggestions for improvements to the system to ensure that survivors with disabilities are not separated from their children because of their disability.
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Suggested Reading Corner: Women's History Month
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Celebrate Women's History Month with us
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Google Editorial Feature: 10 Inspiring Latinas Who've Made History
This collection of culturally impactful Latinas talks about icons such as Ellen Ochoa, Selena, Sonia Sotomayor, Dolores Huerta, and more!
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By: Eleni N.Gage
When Maria Vazquez returns to Nicaragua for her beloved grandfather's funeral, she brings with her a mysterious package from her grandmother's past -- and a secret of her own.
Lushly evocative of Nicaragua, its tumultuous history, and vibrant present, Eleni N. Gage's
The Ladies of Managua
brings you into the lives of three strong and magnetic women, as they uncover the ramifications of the choices they made in their pasts and begin to understand the ways in which love can shape their futures.
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Deadline
March 14
Funds are now available
to address campus safety. The funds may be used for a range of activities including: developing and strengthening trauma-informed victim services and strategies to prevent, investigate, and respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
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OVW Fiscal Year 2019 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Solicitation
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Deadline
April 11
Through this grant program, Indian tribes receive support and technical assistance for planning and implementing changes in their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) and funds to exercise the jurisdiction. The program encourages collaborations among tribal leadership, courts, prosecutors, attorneys, defenders, law enforcement, probation, victim services providers, and other partners to ensure that victims find safety and justice and that non-Indians who commit crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection orders in the Indian Country of the tribe are held accountable.
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OVW Fiscal Year 2019 Research and Evaluation ***UPDATED*** Solicitation
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Deadline EXTENDED TO
April 11
The purpose of the Research and Evaluation (R&E) Initiative is to research and evaluate approaches to combatting domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. By generating more knowledge about strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, communities that benefit from VAWA funding will be better equipped to align their work with practices that are known to be effective, and they will be more capable of generating empirical knowledge on the efficacy of new and promising ways of doing things. R&E is designed to support researcher-practitioner partnerships and a broad range of research and evaluation methods, including qualitative, mixed-method, and quasi-experimental, and experimental designs. Because OVW has very limited funds to support research and evaluation, this initiative prioritizes topics for which a stronger evidence base would help OVW grantees use federal funds most effectively.
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OVW Fiscal Year 2019 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program
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Deadline
April 24
The Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (SAS Formula Program) was created by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, as amended by the technical amendments to that Act. The SAS Formula Program directs grant dollars to states and territories to assist them in supporting rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or tribal programs that provide direct intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault, without regard to age. For additional information about this program see
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/grant-programs and
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/vawamei/saspformulamain.htm.
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APA Family Support Services: Bilingual Case Manager (English/Cantonese)
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This position is responsible for providing case management/family advocacy referred by CPS (Child Protective Service), SafeStart and other agencies, Child and Family Team meetings, Supervised Visitation Services, and facilitating SafeStart groups.
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FYSB/ACF/HHS:
Supervisory Policy Program Specialist
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The Family and Youth Service Bureau (FYSB) is now hiring a Supervisory Policy Program Specialist. The position is located in Washington, District of Columbia. One key responsiblity: Providing key advice to ACYF senior management and FYSB leadership and division directors in providing policy development guidance related to FYSB's work (i.e., runaway and homeless youth, adolescent pregnancy prevention, family violence prevention).
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APA Family Support Services: Bilingual Case Manager (English/Tagalog)
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This position is responsible for providing case management/family advocacy referred by CPS (Child Protective Service), SafeStart and other agencies, Child and Family Team meetings, Supervised Visitation Services, and facilitating SafeStart groups.
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Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network: Policy and Training Manager
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Deadline to apply: March 14
Public Policy and Training Manager will help advance the implementation of Casa de Esperanza’s public policy and training initiatives, consistent with the NLN's philosophy, values and mission.
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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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