Communities of Color Content Topic Results

This Black History Month and always, we learn from the past and honor the legacy of the ancestors. This Technical Assistance (TA) Bundle includes reflections, calls to action, and recommendations for nurturing the well-being of Black advocates and creating supportive, equitable work environments that emphasize accountability and anti-racist practices.

The document describes the discriminatory practices of predatory lending and their impact on African Americans and Latinos in particular. Analysis is offered as to the effects of predatory lending on the already disproportionate wealth gap between African Americans and whites and Latinos and whites. Mortgage lending, auto lending, and payday lending are all concisely reviewed. Advocates may find this document helpful as a primer and tool for prioritizing and acting on issues that affect affordable housing.

This fact sheet from Esperanza United outlines the scope and risk and protective factors of elder abuse in Latin@ communities.

This document is an illustration describing the violence that may happen throughout the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander women during the life stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, adulthood and later life.

This page contains information and suggestions to make domestic violence services more accessible for immigrant women.

This article highlights a culturally-based organizational structure developed from the perspective of culturally specific organizations. Additionally, the article explores cultural foundations for leadership development, management/administration, governance and organizational accountability using a lens that integrates cultural realities and considerations.

Cada hombre puede ser fuerte sin ser violento es una campa–a de educaci—n pœblica para promover la participaci—n de los hombres latinos en la prevenci—n de la violencia domestica. El 8 de Julio del 2013, Enlace Comunitario lanz— anuncios en la radio de servicio pœblico, pancartas y p—sters para aumentar la participaci—n de los hombres latinos en el trabajo de prevenir la violencia domestica. Afiche en espa–ol.

This essay reviews the activism of African-American women in the abortion rights movement, highlighting the past fifty years.

This report offers a comprehensive examination of the “sexual abuse to maternal mortality pipeline” and its markers. Authors offer extensive recommendations for effecting change at the policy, medical, and cultural levels.

This fact sheet offers some statistics about immigration and domestic violence, and describes some of the financial, cultural, and linguistic barriers that may deter immigrant women from seeking services.

This wheel illustrates common tactics used by abusive intimate partners to control and intimidate their immigrant spouse.

The purpose of this toolkit is to help tribal child welfare workers and care providers play an effective role in the prevention of suicide among the children and youth they serve. It addresses key youth suicide prevention questions and contains background reading on the issue of suicide in Indian Country and the use of cultural approaches to prevention and community healing.