Mobilizing the Latino community: The promotora model

Alvarado, Stephanie Mesones

Saturday, March 21, 2015: 2:10 PM-3:30 PM

Room 2 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speakers:
Stephanie Mesones Alvarado, MPA, East Los Angeles Women's Center
Barbara Kappos, LCSW, East Los Angeles Women's Center

Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Participants in attendance will understand the continuum of traditional and non-traditional contextual factors that are deemed critical when working with Latino communities.
Participants in attendance will have an understanding of the Promotora model and why it is a promising strategy for mobilizing Latino communities.

Description:
This session explores a culturally based intervention to mobilize communities by implementing the Promotora model as a vehicle to disseminating information and building awareness of violence against women. The Promotora Model is guided by the philosophy that violence must be addressed in the context of a women’s life, her family and her community. The workshop will describe a model of intervention that addresses the continuum of traditional and non-traditional contextual factors that are deemed critical when working with Latino communities.