APRIL IS
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
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Weekly Update from the National Latin@ Network
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Blog
Policy Alert
NLN News
Network News and Resources
Network Webinars
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MEET THE TEAM: MAKEDA TOURÉ
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Makeda Touré is Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network's new Project Specialist.
Makeda's main responsibilities are to provide administrative support for NLN staff, provide technical assistance for webinars and podcasts, provide logistical support for conferences and meetings, and work with the communications team to support effective and timely communications.
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SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT OPPOSING THE USCIS TIP FORM TODAY
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You have 8 days left to comment on the administration’s
proposed tip form
that would allow anyone from the general public to anonymously report purported immigration fraud.
Recognizing that perpetrators will exploit a survivor’s immigration status as a tool of abuse, Congress created special immigration protections in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to provide survivors with a pathway to immigration status independent of the abuser. Abusers and perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence will often threaten to report survivors to immigration enforcement agencies and have them deported if they call the police, go to court, or reach out for help. For this reason, Congress also created critical confidentiality protections to help safeguard information shared by survivors.
The proposed USCIS tip form represents another tool for abusers and perpetrators of crime to weaponize the immigration system against survivors, without consequence or repercussion.
Take Action & Stop the Threat to Immigrant Survivors' Access to Safety
You still have until April 16 to submit a comment in opposition to the USCIS Tip Form
. AIS partners and allies have developed resources to help you speak out against the proposed form.
- Comprehensive fact sheet - Developed by ASISTA, ILRC, and the Arab American Institute to provide you with more information about the tip form.
- Template comment - Use this template comment as a starting point for writing your own individualized comments.
Remember:
As maximizing the number of unique comments is critical,
please individualize your comments with your own reasons and experiences as to why the proposed rule would harm immigrant survivors so that they may be counted as a unique submission.
In addition, to the extent possible, your comment submission should be in your own words and based upon your agency’s concerns and interests. The goal is to maximize the number of unique comments to have the greatest impact.
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Webinar: #MeToo? Sexual Harassment and Low-Wage Immigrant Workers
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April 25, 2019
1 - 2:30 p.m. EST
During this webinar, participants will learn about the prevalence of sexual harassment in agriculture, the legal process for making complaints about workplace harassment and discrimination, and practical remedies available to immigrant and migrant survivors and their advocates.
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Network News and Resources
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SAAM 2019 resources and materials to raise awareness
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Resources include:
- factsheets
- posters
- social media graphics
- coloring pages
- supplies
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Registration open for 2019 Institute for New Juvenile and Family Court Judges
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April 22 - 26, 2019
Reno, NV
The Institute for New Juvenile and Family Court Judges is designed specifically for state and tribal judicial officers who are new to the juvenile and family court bench or who are returning to the bench after other assignments and desire a refresher course.
This intensive 4½ day program, previously known as Core College, is designed so participants can leave with increased knowledge, practical tools, and an essential foundation of best practice to use in the cases coming before them.
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Blog: How to Get Consent -- and How to Ask for It
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NO MORE is proud to join the National Sexual Violence Resource Center in celebrating Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) with their
I Ask campaign
. Asking for consent is healthy, normal, and a necessary part of everyday interactions—and that includes in personal relationships.
The truth is that is feels easy to use consent in small everyday interactions, versus our most intimate and often most vulnerable moments. We
explored this last year
after Babe.net published a piece
detailing an anonymous woman’s account
of being violated by the comedian Aziz Ansari. That piece tipped off an important, and sometimes frustrating, online and offline discussion of what consent means and how to ask for it—or even whether or not it’s needed.
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DOJ eliminates funding to ASISTA
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For 20 years (first at the National Immigration Project and now at ASISTA), DOJ supported our work on behalf of immigrant survivors of domestic and sexual violence. DOJ has now eliminated the funding stream that supported this work, so ASISTA is facing an imminent and significant budget deficit over the next two years.
Here's how you can help:
OVW grantees: Do not despair!
ASISTA will reach out to you in the coming weeks to discuss how we can work together to ensure you continue to receive ASISTA’s support. If you have ideas you'd like to share, please email us:
questions@asistahelp.org
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Healing Informed Care for Survivors from Historically Marginalized Communities
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April 23, 2019
2 - 3:30 p.m. EST
Sexual Assault, domestic violence, systematic oppression and other forms of trauma can take a toll on the body, mind, and spirit. Survivors and advocates alike need time to breathe, relax and re-orient themselves with their authentic self. This interactive webinar is designed to provide participants with techniques to slow down and reconnect to their strength, creativity, and spirit.
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The Impact of Violence, Trauma, and Racial Oppression on Survivors
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June 14, 2019
2 - 3:30 p.m. EST
This interactive webinar will highlight the complexity and various forms of violence experienced by historically marginalized communities, strategies for intervention and intersectional responses being employed by advocates and educators working with survivors from African American, Muslim and Native American populations and undocumented college age Immigrant women.
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Seminarios web sobre el acceso lingüístico en español con NRC
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El Centro Nacional de Recursos para el Alcance a Víctimas (NRC) es una institución totalmente comprometida con el acceso lingüístico y su objetivo es relacionar a los proveedores de habla hispana con herramientas, apoyo y capacitación en español.
Haga clic en el título del seminario web para inscribirse:
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18 de abril
9 de mayo
31 de mayo
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Ordinary Magic: Working with Survivors of Violence
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Registration closes May 9
May 16, 2019
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EST
Resilience builds our ability to overcome risk, oppression and adversity to succeed in life. Researchers have been studying resilience for about 50 years and find that resilience is everywhere. It only takes ordinary interactions to help build or bolster the magic of resilience. That resilience helps people overcome the challenges in their lives while we try to change the conditions that create those challenges. This webinar will explore how we can work with survivors in a way that continues to build their resilience.
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By: Javier Zamora
"This dramatic and hope-filled poetry debut humanizes the highly charged and polarizing rhetoric; assesses borderland politics, race, and immigration on a profoundly personal level; and simultaneously remembers and imagines a birth country that's been left behind.
Through an unflinching gaze, plainspoken diction, and a combination of Spanish and English, Unaccompanied crosses rugged terrain where families are lost and reunited, coyotes lead migrants astray, and "the thin white man let us drink from a hose / while pointing his shotgun."
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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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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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AACI Asian Women's Home: Client Advocacy Manager
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The Client Advocacy Manager is responsible for day to day oversight of case management and response services for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. This includes supervising a team of case managers, monitoring program activities, creating strong partnerships with community stakeholders, and providing leadership as part of the management team of AWH. The Advocacy Manager reports to the Associate Director of Wellness Services.
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ACLU Foundation: Paralegal, Reproductive Freedom Project
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Located in New York City
The Paralegal will attend regular staff meetings and will have the opportunity to learn about current threats to reproductive rights and justice in states across the country and the legal landscape for challenging them, as well as opportunities to expand access to reproductive health care.
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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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