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Voces Latinas

Voces Latinas. 37-63C 83 rd Street, Suite 1B Jackson Heights, NY 11372 718-593-4528 www.voceslatinas.org. Mission & Goals.

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Voces Latinas

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  1. Voces Latinas 37-63C 83rd Street, Suite 1B Jackson Heights, NY 11372 718-593-4528 www.voceslatinas.org

  2. Mission & Goals • Mission-“to reduce the rate of HIV transmission among immigrant Latinas by empowering, educating, and providing leadership and advocacy training to enable them to make healthier decisions for themselves and their families. • Goals are to: 1) Reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS by ensuring Latinas are informed about how their behaviors and life situations place them at risk; • 2) Empower Latinas to lead and direct change that affect their lives by developing leaders, advocates, and agents of change, among our community; and • 3) Ensure immigrant Latinas have access to services and resources to meet their needs by connecting our emerging leaders with policy- and decision-makers to voice their issues and to fight for resources for their community.

  3. Programs • Workshop series • Saturday Cultural Arts • HIV Testing • Domestic Violence Support Group • Connecting to Services • Emotional Support Counseling • Promotoras (Peer Advocacy) • Computer Classes • Advocacy

  4. Points of Entry to Leaderhsip

  5. Promotoras • 1 year commitment •12 week training •Practicum •Specialty Areas -HIV/STI’s -Violence -Legal •Role -Leader -Mentor -Friend

  6. Promotora Outreach •Isolated Community -Depression -Trauma -Loneliness •High Risk Factors -Violence -Basic Needs -Immigration Status -Cultural Norms -No Reproductive Justice - Lack economic security •Survival Strategies -Waitress/Sex Work -Survival Sex -Solicitors -Private Residence

  7. Successes of the Promotora Model • Immigrant Latinas Identify with Other Immigrant Latinas… • Trust • Access • Retention • Social Support System is the first step to prevention • Advocacy = Empowerment = Voice • Achieve Reproductive Justice • Gain Economic Security • Identify Emerging High Risk Populations

  8. Waitress/Sex Work Outcomes of Promotoras Outreach Outreach Strategies -Identify waitress/sex workers -Identifying Bars/Restaurants (calling upon allies) - Gaining the Trust of Managers -Hosting Condom & Resource Baskets -Consistent Outreach During “High Risk” Time -Gaining Waitress/Sex Worker Trust -Gaining and Maintaining Access

  9. Next Steps to Alternatives Offering Alternatives -Trainings -ESL -Business Skills -Leadership Skills -Coaching Long term Alternatives -Cooperative (managed by Promotoras) -Crafts -Flea Market -Domestic Work

  10. Challenges • Time needed to Gain Trust and Access • Availability of staff and Promotoras for outreach • Ratio between staff and clients • Mental Health Needs

  11. Waitress/Sex Work Waitress/Sex k WFOR aitress/Sex Work Voces Latinas FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Nathaly Rubio-Torio, LMSW 718-593-4528 nrubio-torio@voceslatinas.org

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