Open Your Heart provided Casa de Esperanza with funding to help purchase food, essential household supplies, and fund hotel vouchers for individuals who are uncontaminated and at high-risk of getting COVID.
Casa de Esperanza is a leader in the domestic violence movement and a national resource center for organizations working with [email protected] in the United States. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota Casa de Esperanza’s mission is to “mobilize Latinas and [email protected] communities to end domestic violence.” Founded in 1982 when a small group of Latina activists created an emergency shelter for Latinas and other women and children who were denied domestic violence services from mainstream services, the organization has grown to become the largest Latina organization in the country focused on domestic violence. Thank you Casa de Esperanza for all that you do for Latina women and children experiencing domestic violence.