Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 with Despierta!

In observance of National Hispanic Heritage Month and National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, NRCDV staff Patty Branco and Ivonne Ortiz chat with Juliana Lozano, Founder and Executive Director of Despierta, a culturally specific organization in Charlotte, NC, serving Latina immigrants. In this conversation, the panel acknowledges and celebrates Latinidad as a vibrant and rich spectrum of experiences and perspectives. Anchored by the belief that there’s No Survivor Justice Without Racial Justice, Patty, Ivonne and Juliana engaged in a candid discussion about the nuanced ways in which multiple intersections impact survivors’ experiences of domestic violence and how mainstream organizations can build equitable and mutually beneficial collaborations with culturally specific organizations.