Conversations Over Cafecito

Estamos orgullosos de asociarnos con NO MÁS para lanzar "Hablando de Relaciones Saludables". En este podcast, nuestra Gerente de Comunicaciones Bilingüe, Angelina Cotler habla con nuestra Directora de Prevención y Cambio Social, Ivette Izea-Martínez, sobre esta nueva guía que ofrece consejos, temas de conversación y más para que los padres y cuidadores presenten los conceptos básicos de las relaciones saludables con sus hijos.

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and we're excited to share this podcast by Esperanza United's youth leaders about the challenges and successes of working with youth.

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and we're excited to share a new installment of our podcast featuring Felix Martinez-Paz, our Mens & Boys Engagement Manager, and Pheng Thao, Statewide Coordinator at Minnesota Men and Masculine Folk Network, about the role of men and masculine folk in preventing human trafficking and ending violence.

In this video, our staff share #unacosa they are doing to stay healthy during the holidays. 

En este episodio, nuestra co-directora de defensa familiar y participación comunitaria, Ivette Izea-Martinez, habla con Fanny Fernandez y Rene Labat, educadores de padres y jóvenes de la Alianza Nacional sobre Enfermedades Mentales (NAMI). Fanny y Rene trabajan con la comunidad Latin@ en Minnesota. Discuten la importancia de las conversaciones sobre salud mental, el papel de la comunidad en la prevención del suicidio y algunos de los mitos que se abordan comúnmente en la comunidad Latin@.

In this conversation our Director of Research and Evaluation, Dr. Lillie Macias, speaks with the University of New Haven’s Director of Community Psychology, Dr.Melissa Whitson, about COVID-19 and its impact on gender-based violence.

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the second half of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are celebrating our website’s new Knowledge base, a searchable database of resources that strengthens services for Latin@ survivors. In this episode our Campus Project Program Consultant, Jasmine Uribe and Olivia Garcia, Interim Director of Public Policy explain how to use the Supporting Latin@ Student Survivor guide, a new resource we developed for campus administrators and youth on campus to support Latin@ survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking (DVSAS).

Esta conversación, les presento a Martha Hernández Martínez para hablar de apoyando a sobrevivientes Afro-Latinas. Martha trabaja como señor asociado de investigación en Rainbow Research y tiene una maestría en Asuntos Públicos de la Facultad de Asuntos Públicos en la Universidad de Minnesota con especialización en los Derechos Humanos Internacional de la Mujer y Políticas de Desarrollo y una Licenciatura en Psicología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua. Su experiencia incluye ser proveedora de salud mental para sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica y desastres naturales y colaboró en investigaciones para involucrar a los hombres nicaragüenses en los esfuerzos de prevención del HIV. Su investigación se centra en violencia de pareja íntima, masculinidades, trata de personas, violencia sexual y el impacto de las políticas públicas en la vida de las mujeres. Ella desarrolló una herramienta para involucrar a los hombres latinos en esfuerzos de prevención y colaboró en la creación de un conjunto de herramientas para evaluar los programas de violencia doméstica.

Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by unveiling a new mural inspired by our community. This breathtaking painting was created by a group of Latin@ artists who asked youth, advocates, and community leaders what being a woman and Esperanza United means to them. It now hangs in our Minnesota office to remind us of who we are and our shared mission to end gender-based violence.

True to our new name, Esperanza United is uniting around our diverse heritage as Latin@s and the message behind the mural. Join us by listening to this special episode of Conversations Over Cafecito where we talk about what this mural represents to us.

In this podcast, as part of our series celebrating our new name, “Esperanza United”, we partner with LatinasRepresent to interview Dr. Lisa Magaña on her most recent book, co-authored with César Silva,  ¡Empoderados!/Empowered! How Latinos Transformed Politics in Arizona. 

As a Professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, Dr. Lisa Magaña has authored multiple books including Straddling the Border and The Politics of Diversity and Arizona, Immigration and Latinos & Politics. 

LatinasRepresent is an initiative led by National Hispanic Leadership Agenda. Their mission is to increase Latina participation throughout the civic engagement continuum, inspire more Latinas to seek public service opportunities, and create a more reflective democracy. Their Program Manager Stephanie Lopez joins us in this episode, along with our Director of Communications and Marketing Cristina Escobar. Subscribe to our podcast on Spotify or download a transcript of this episode.