1. Voces Latinas 37-63C 83 rd Street, Suite 1B Jackson Heights, NY 11372 718-593-4528 www.voceslatinas.org

2. Mission & Goals Mission- “ to reduce the rate of HIV transmission among immigrant Latinas by empowering, educating, and providing leadership and advocacy training to enable them to make healthier decisions for themselves and their families. Goals are to: 1) Reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS by ensuring Latinas are informed about how their behaviors and life situations place them at risk; 2) Empower Latinas to lead and direct change that affect their lives by developing leaders, advocates, and agents of change, among our community; and 3) Ensure immigrant Latinas have access to services and resources to meet their needs by connecting our emerging leaders with policy- and decision-makers to voice their issues and to fight for resources for their community.

3. Programs Workshop series Saturday Cultural Arts HIV Testing Domestic Violence Support Group Connecting to Services Emotional Support Counseling Promotoras (Peer Advocacy) Computer Classes Advocacy

4. Points of Entry to Leaderhsip Community Workshop Series Computer Class Mentors & Leaders Cultural Arts Program

5. Promotoras 1 year commitment 12 week training Practicum Specialty Areas -HIV/STI’s -Violence -Legal Role -Leader -Mentor -Friend

6. Promotora Outreach Isolated Community -Depression -Trauma -Loneliness High Risk Factors -Violence -Basic Needs -Immigration Status -Cultural Norms -No Reproductive Justice - Lack economic security Survival Strategies -Waitress/Sex Work -Survival Sex -Solicitors -Private Residence

7. Successes of the Promotora Model Immigrant Latinas Identify with Other Immigrant Latinas… – Trust – Access – Retention Social Support System is the first step to prevention Advocacy = Empowerment = Voice Achieve Reproductive Justice Gain Economic Security Identify Emerging High Risk Populations

8. Waitress/Sex Work Outreach Strategies -Identify waitress/sex workers -Identifying Bars/Restaurants (calling upon allies) - Gaining the Trust of Managers -Hosting Condom & Resource Baskets -Consistent Outreach During “High Risk” Time -Gaining Waitress/Sex Worker Trust -Gaining and Maintaining Access Outcomes of Promotoras Outreach

9. Next Steps to Alternatives Offering Alternatives -Trainings -ESL -Business Skills -Leadership Skills -Coaching Long term Alternatives -Cooperative (managed by Promotoras) -Crafts -Flea Market -Domestic Work

10. Challenges Time needed to Gain Trust and Access Availability of staff and Promotoras for outreach Ratio between staff and clients Mental Health Needs

11. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Nathaly Rubio-Torio, LMSW 718-593-4528 nrubio-torio@voceslatinas.org Waitress/Sex Work Waitress/Sex k WFOR aitress/Sex Work Voces Latinas