Next Generation Blog - My Sister's House

A Woman’s Success

by Casa de Esperanza January 6, 2016 When I was going to do outreach at the Mehal Plaza, I met a lady suffering from domestic violence, who was totally unknown of Casa de Esperanza. Learning from me about Casa de Esperanza services, she seeks shelter within our organization…

Valley Crisis Center Next Generation Update for end of year 2015

by Valley Crisis Center December 22, 2015 CHAN is an interagency network created by Pana Lee of Valley Crisis Center and Sitra from My Sister’s House, in order to provide a safe place for Hmong advocates to meet on a quarterly bases. CHAN has now…

A Safe House, Painted Purple

by Lyia, Weave December 15, 2015 WEAVE has reached out to many communities over the decades but we acknowledge the cultural and linguistic barriers that arise which challenge us to find more creative avenues to have culturally sensitive spaces for victims and survivors…

Tri-Valley Haven

by Vicki Thompson Director of Domestic Violence Services December 9, 2015 Li Zhou, Tri-Valley Haven’s newest case manager, said that domestic violence and sexual assault were never talked about in her Chinese family when she was growing up. In her culture…

Reaching the API Community in Merced and Mariposa

by Valley Crisis Center October 23, 2015 Under the umbrella of Alliance for Community Transformations, Valley Crisis Center and Mountain Crisis Services work in collaboration with their communities to prevent domestic violence and sexual violence by advocating for…

Striving to Provide Culturally Competent Services for API Community

by Haven Women's Center October 23, 2015 In a collaborative effort to provide trauma-informed, culturally-specific services to the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community in Stanislaus County, Haven Women’s Center joined My Sister’s House’s Next Generation Project…

Empower Yolo

by Empower Yolo October 22, 2015 Asians, amirite? What do we know about our Eastern brother’s and sister’s beyond their strange foods and the stereotypes American’s lop onto an entire continent? How about, they are one of the most underserved populations in…

Tri-Valley Haven

by Tri-Valley Haven October 22, 2015 Tri-Valley Haven is located in Eastern Alameda County, one of the wealthiest and least diverse areas of the county. Geographically isolated from the rest of the county by the Dublin Grade, our shelter population is vastly more diverse…

Weave

by Canh, Weave October 20, 2015 Trang has been a victim of domestic violence for several years. Emotionally broken down and financially stripped of all her resources, she finds the courage to connect with an agency she heard about on a local radio station. Trang…