Weekly Update from the National Latin@ Network
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Policy Alert
NLN News
Network News and Resources
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OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY CHANGES FOR SURVIVORS AT THE BORDER
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Findings emerging from these data point to several policy implementation and practice recommendations:
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BIPARTISAN FVPSA REAUTHORIZATION BILL INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE
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A bipartisan bill (
S.2259
) to reauthorize and improve the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) was introduced in the Senate on July 24
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by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Bob Casey
(D-PA). It contains many of the key enhancements advocated for by Casa de Esperanza National Latin@ Network and the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence.
Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) since 1984, FVPSA is the main federal funding source dedicated to providing resources to over 1600 shelters and other organizations to improve support, protections, and prevention efforts to address domestic violence and dating violence.
For a fact sheet on the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019,
click here.
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SAVE THE DATE: Enhancing Culturally Responsiveness in the Courts Training
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October 29-30, 2019
Baltimore, MD
The Enhancing Cultural Responsiveness in the Courts Training is an interactive training for court staff focusing on the importance of enhancing cultural responsive approaches that increase access for survivors of family violence and sexual assault from diverse communities.
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Invisible Bruises: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Black/Afro-Latina Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
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This article by current and former Casa de Esperanza staff and partners focuses on the intersectionality of race, gender, and violence in the lives of Black/Afro-Latinas who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. In it, we propose a racially and culturally specific, trauma-informed approach that draws on the strengths of survivors and centralizes their voices and how to intervene.
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Building Strong Partnerships and Collaborations
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August 7, 2019
1 - 2:30 p.m. EST
This webinar will explore explore what healthy collaborations look like and how you develop more equitable partnerships and approaches within your organization to support stronger and more sustainable organizations. This webinar is geared toward organizational and program leaders who have the responsibility of developing collaborations with others.
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How do you Build Survivor Centered Spaces for LGBTQ++ People of Color?
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August 15, 2019
1 - 2:30 p.m. EST
This webinar will teach you basics on working with LGBTQ++ survivors of color and how to make your organization welcoming and supporting for them. We will review broad concepts as well as specific policy and practice changes.
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California Judge Blocks Implementation of Trump’s New Asylum Rule
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A federal judge in California blocked the implementation of a new rule yesterday that would have prevented most immigrants who arrive at the U.S. southern land border from qualifying for asylum in the United States. This decision came just hours after a D.C. court ruled in the opposite direction.
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The House Votes on TPS for Venezuela as ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ in the Country Escalates
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On Thursday night, the House brought the bill back to a floor vote and passed TPS designation for Venezuela. Although this vote only required a simply majority, bipartisan support for the effort picked up between Tuesday and Thursday as the bill gained 4 votes in favor, including 2 from Republicans. The ball is now in the Senate’s court to bring their companion bill to a vote before they leave for summer recess on August 2.
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Trump Implements Nationwide ‘Send Them Back’ Immigration Policy
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
announced on Monday morning that it would vastly expand “expedited removal,”
a provision of the law that permits the agency to rapidly deport certain individuals without an opportunity to see an immigration judge. Under the expansion, DHS can rapidly deport undocumented immigrants in the United States who crossed the border without a visa and have not resided in the United States for at least two years. This amounts to a nationwide “
send them back
” immigration policy.
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U.S. Census publishes outreach toolkit for Census 2020
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This toolkit helps advocates identify community members who need to be reached, and provides tips and tools on how to reach them using culturally relevant approaches and information.
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Network News and Resources
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Toolkit to Assist People Facing Expanded Expedited Removal
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The Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Stanford Law School in partnership with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center created the attached toolkit to help advocates provide advice in light of the expansion of expedited removal.
This toolkit aims to help explain expedited removal to community members and to help create case-by-case advice on how to respond to ICE contact in light of this policy.
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CSAJ invites you to join peer exchange calls
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Join CSAJ's Peer Exchange Calls, Part of Our Consumer Rights Initiative and Access to Justice Projects
Peer exchange calls are a space primarily for advocates, attorneys, and practitioners to build community and share their experiences with issues that they, their organizations, and their clients are facing. Do you ask questions like:
- What are other organizations doing around consumer and economic justice?
- Are other advocates/attorneys using strategies that could help my work with survivors?
- I’m new to this issue, but know it’s a big need in my community – what can I learn from others?
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Seeds of Liberación: A leadership development program for TGI youth
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SOL prepares young TGI (Transgender, Gender non-conforming, and Intersex) people to transform themselves, their communities and our world!
In the Fall/Winter of 2019, the TransLatin@ Coalition and Gender Justice LA will bring together 15 TGI young people to participate in a 3-month leadership program. SOL will mobilize the TGI community in Los Angeles through individual & community healing, leadership development, relationship building and organizing.
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Network Webinars & Podcasts
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Economic Advocacy IS DV Advocacy IS Economic Advocacy: Learning About and Learning From Trans Economic Empowerment Programs
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August 6, 2019
3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
Economic vulnerability increases vulnerability to domestic violence; and experiencing domestic violence is frequently impoverishing. This is true for all survivors of domestic violence. However, transgender people, especially trans people of color, face pervasive discrimination in education, employment and housing along with unacceptable rates of intimate partner violence.
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FY19 HUD CoC Program Competition: What Domestic and Sexual Violence Programs Need to Know
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August 7, 2019
1:30 - 3 p.m. ET
Every year HUD releases funding to communities across the country to support and sustain programs providing housing and services to those facing homelessness, including individual and families fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and human trafficking.
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How to Be a Chicana Role Model
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From the award-winning author of Chicana Falsa comes a humorous new novel about a young Chicana writer who is struggling to find a way to embrace two very different cultures, without losing touch with her own true identity.
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Human Trafficking Leadership Academy
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Applications due: August 16, 2019
HTLA is an opportunity to collaborate with up to 11 other fellows who come from diverse backgrounds, traditions, cultures, and experiences. HTLA Class 5 fellows will use trauma-informed principles, survivor-informed practices, knowledge and understanding of culture/tradition in Native communities, and knowledge of health and wellness in Native communities. Selected candidates for Class 5 will work together to address the project question:
“How can culture be a protective factor in preventing trafficking among Native youth?”
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Texas Council of Family Violence: Policy Coordinator with the Program Policy Sub-Team
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The Policy Coordinator works on the Program Policy Sub-Team of the Policy Team within TCFV, reporting to the Policy Manager or Policy Director. This Policy Coordinator will focus on supporting the development and implementation of best practices for service provision to survivor of family violence with a focus on the intersections of mental health and trauma informed advocacy and implementation of voluntary service models. They will also provide support, training, and technical assistance to agencies and professionals that directly advocate for survivors of family violence, including state and federal laws around service provision to survivors of family violence.
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Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault: Executive Director
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The Executive Director will be a visionary leader who works with the Board of Directors to carry out the mission and goals of MNCASA. The Executive Director is responsible for the strategic planning, implementation, and ultimately the results of the organization including funding and financial support, highest quality of client programs and services, and for managing financial budgets and operational results.
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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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