CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ADVOCACY
Culturally specific advocacy rests on a foundation of designing programs to serve ethnic- or identity-specific groups taking into account their identity, language, history, and contexts of historical marginalization and oppression; with advocates drawing on their knowledge of, and connection to, their community’s social, political, cultural, and gender issues.
Culturally-specific community-based-organizations address community-specific types and dynamics of gender-based violence, working to counteract various forms of stigma within communities and discrimination within systems, recognizing the importance of connection to community and the healing value of cultural and/or spiritual practices, collaborating with systems so they are not barriers but gateways to services, and identifying and addressing historical trauma.
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This page contains links to resources and technical assistance centers for advocates and service providers who are supporting Latinx/Latina/Latino survivors and their communities.
ESPERANZA UNITED
Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) is a leader in the domestic violence movement and a national resource center for organizations working with Latin@s in the United States. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, Casa de Esperanza’s mission is to “mobilize Latinas and Latin@ communities to end domestic violence.”
Esperanza United is home to the National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities (NLN), a national project that operates on four pillars:
- training and technical assistance, to practitioners and activists throughout the United States and Latin America;
- public policy initiatives that engage a network of individuals and organizations to influence national policy while providing critical policy alerts and education to the public;
- research and evaluation which conducts original research that promotes social justice for Latin@s and those who work with Latin@s within domestic violence and sexual assault prevention;
- communications, which disperses resources and information through various methods of communication including webinars, podcasts, and social media engagement.
