Voces Latinas
37-63C 83rd Street, Suite 1BJackson Heights, NY 11372
718-593-4528www.voceslatinas.org
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.
Programs• Workshop series• Saturday Cultural Arts• HIV Testing• Domestic Violence Support
Group• Connecting to Services• Emotional Support Counseling• Promotoras (Peer Advocacy)• Computer Classes• Advocacy
Promotoras • 1 year commitment
•12 week training
•Practicum
•Specialty Areas -HIV/STI’s-Violence -Legal
•Role-Leader-Mentor-Friend
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
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
Waitress/Sex Work
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
Outcomes of Promotoras Outreach
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
Challenges• Time needed to Gain Trust and Access• Availability of staff and Promotoras for
outreach• Ratio between staff and clients• Mental Health Needs
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Nathaly Rubio-Torio, LMSW718-593-4528
Waitress/Sex Work Waitress/Sex k WFOR
aitress/Sex Work Voces Latinas
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