Latina Resource Center
The UMOS Latina Resource Center is the only center in Wisconsin that provides
domestic violence supportive services specifically targeted to Hispanic women.
Services
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Crisis Intervention
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Domestic Violence Education
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Women's Support Groups
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Community Education/Outreach
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Bilingual Victims Services
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Legal Advocacy Support
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Children's Services
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Families Served in 2007
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319 women were provide with comprehensive case management services
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319 women were provided with domestic violence information, safety planning,
and prevention information
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250 women were assisted in legal advocacy support services
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82 crisis counseling services were provided
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338 women were provided with resource and referral services
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112 W2 participants impacted by domestic violence were provided with
comprehensive domestic violence services
Brides Walk against Domestic Violence Annual Community Organizing Program
The Brides Walk calls attention to domestic violence in the Latino community.
It engages victims of violence proactively and promotes action against domestic
violence, and broadens support and visibility of the work of the UMOS Latina
Resource Center.
The Planning Committee consists of members of the Latino community, domestic
violence organizations, congressional staff members, local elected officials,
victims of domestic violence and members of the Center's Advisory Committee.
The Brides Walk is a dynamic event, boldly sending a message that the violence
must stop and provides women victims a chance to participate in a way that, for
the first time ever, they can publicly express their feelings, become actively
engaged and share in a powerful experience. Their participation initially may
come in the form of helping to make "wedding favors" that contain safety plans
that are distributed along the walk route, making veils that the "brides" will
wear on the day of the walk, as well as collecting pledges.
Brides Walk 2007 Major
Sponsors include:
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Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton
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Apollo's Bridal
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Spanglish Diseno
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore
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Northwestern Mutual Foundation
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Aurora Healthcare
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Managed Health Services
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JP Morgan Chase
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LULAC National Women's Commission
UMOS Latina Resource Center funding sources include:
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. Office of Justice Assistance
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. Office of Justice Department-Victims of Crime
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. Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
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. Center for Self Sufficiency-Healthy Marriage Initiative
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