Conversations Over Cafecito

Renee Lopez, a civil rights advocate and long-term member of SAFE's Disability Services Project Advisory Committee, sips her cafecito with us as she talks about the unique barriers and triumphs that she and many people with disabilities experience, as they are statistically the demographic that are most likely to suffer abuse.

Jose Juan Lara, Jr. drinks a virtual cafecito with his long-time friend Maricarmen Garza, JD, who uses her capacity as an attorney to fight for victims of violence in court. She was recently appointed to the Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence for the American Bar Association. She talks to us about what inspired her to pursue a law degree, and leaves a little inspiration of her own.

We sip our cafecito with Rose Luna, CEO of the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault. Rose is one of three Latinas who lead large coalitions in the United States. She tells us about her experience as part of this minority and her perspective of Latinas in leadership roles.

Season 1 of Conversations over a Cafecito explores the meaning of identity. In this episode, we talk with Juan Carlos Areán, Program Director for Futures Without Violence's Children and Youth Program about his identity as a straight cisgender man from Mexico working to end gender-based violence in the United States.

Join us as we talk with youth leaders and advocates from Enlace Comunitario and Caminar Latino as they discuss how organizations can incorporate youth voices in the fight to end violence.

This project was supported by Grant No. 2016-TA-AX-K039 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.