MUA is one of the few programs founded on the concept that immigrant women themselves are uniquely equipped to find solutions to the problems that most directly affect their lives. MUA’s direct service program is rooted in this philosophy by ensuring that the services we offer – individual and group counseling, support groups, referrals and accompaniment to other community resources, domestic violence and sexual assault intervention, and workforce development programs – are offered and ... Read More
MUA is one of the few programs founded on the concept that immigrant women themselves are uniquely equipped to find solutions to the problems that most directly affect their lives. MUA’s direct service program is rooted in this philosophy by ensuring that the services we offer – individual and group counseling, support groups, referrals and accompaniment to other community resources, domestic violence and sexual assault intervention, and workforce development programs – are offered and implemented by Latina immigrant women. MUA draws on the strengths of our community members to serve as peer mentors, group facilitators, community educators, and counselors.
We achieve our mission by:
- Creating an environment of understanding and confidentiality
- Empowering and educating our members to provide mutual support
- Offering training to build economic security and leadership
- Working in diverse alliances on the local, regional, national, and international levels
- Organizing campaigns to win immigrant, workers’ and women’s rights.
MUA conducts advocacy campaigns for immigrant rights, women's rights, and domestic worker rights, and is a leader in coalitions for racial and gender justice locally, statewide and nationally. MUA is the founder and fiscal sponsor of the California Domestic Worker Coalition, and a co-founder of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Vision:
Collectively, MUA aims to realize the following vision:
- We work so that women are able to live with respect, dignity, and self-determination.
- We organize so that women’s paid and unpaid work will be respected and valued.
- We strengthen immigrant families so that the relationship between parents and children is healthy and immigrant children grow up feeling sure of themselves. ---We promote a better future for immigrant children and youth.
- We struggle to create equal access for all to high quality services, whether in -the area of health, education, housing, or employment.
- We seek a living wage and a safe working environment for all immigrant workers, especially women workers.
- We work to liberate society from domestic violence, war, and other abuses of power.
- We want an economic and political system that creates just conditions at the local and global levels so that no one has to leave their country in order to survive.
- We struggle for the freedom of movement for all; immigration laws based on respect for people; recognition of the tremendous contributions of immigrants; and the right to live free from violence.
- We seek solidarity amongst all races and amongst people of different countries, cultures, and immigration status. We unite with diverse struggles, recognizing that when we unite we build power for everyone.
- We are proud to be immigrants. We celebrate our cultures and languages, we work to conserve them, and we recognize the beauty and value of who we are.
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