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Creando Unidad Entre Las Comunidades Latinas
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| Latinas Unidas was founded in 1992 by Sasa olessi Montano. It was created with the intention of providing local latina women with ongoing life skills, education, crisis counseling, and a supportive network to assist these women in their transition to America. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Latinas Unidas fue fundalo en 1992 por Sasa Olessi Montano. Las primeras reunines del grupo consistian en sesiones de consultoria en temas tales como: violencia domestica, abuso de alcohol y drogas, asistencia de imigracion, asistencia legal y educacion financiera, entre otros. |
OUR MISSION
Latinas Unidas is a one-stop community service program serving the diverse needs of the Latino community in Mercer County. The mission of Latinas Unidas is to empower the Latino community to self-sufficiency and to foster family and community well-being through education, information, training, support services by building bridges within the local community.
MISION
La mision de Latinas Unidas es de habilitar a la comunidad
Latina, a traves de la educacion, informacion, entrenamiento, y grupos de apoyo. De esta forma, podemos
promover el bienestar de la familia en la comunidad.
OUR OBJECTIVES
2000-2001
Objectives
OUR PROGRAMS/ PROGRAMAS
ESL
(English as a second-language)
The lack of ability to communicate in English contributes to the isolation of the Latino immigrant and the development of unhealthy conventional behaviors. Language is clearly an issue for Latinas Unidas clientele. With the implementation of the ESL program, we firmly believe that graduates of the ESL program will have a stronger grasp of the English language that will help them achieve their career, personal and financial goals.
CLASS SCHEDULE :
We currently serve 100 students per semester, 10 to 15 students per ESL class. LEVEL I and LEVEL II classes are held Monday-Thursday from 9.00am to 12 noon, and Saturdays from 9.00am to 1.00 pm, and only LEVEL I on Monday evenings from 5.00pmto 8.00 pm. Classes are offered every six months. The students pay $2.00 per hour of class.
CURRICULUM
The LEVEL I curriculum offers basic English grammar; conversation; reading, writing, and listening comprehension, pre-past evaluation as well as one-on -one assistance as needed
Las clases se ofrecen cada seis meses, en hora rios flexibles y precios comodos.
JOB
PLACEMENT PROGRAM
LIFE - SKILLS TRAINING
Weekly sessions are offered to train Latina women with
basic life-skill techniques concerning the issues they face everyday. workshops
are conducted in Spanish.
Asesoramiento y colocacion de trabajo de acuerdo a sus habilidades y
experiencia. Orientacion a recursos en el area de Trenton y Mercer County.
INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING
Bilingual and bi-cultural counseling for Latina women and their families. This service is provided free of charge.
Consejeria individual y familiar en espanol y en ingles, previa cita.
PARENTING-SKILL
TRAINING
This is a weekly session to discuss topics relevant to
parenting and companionship to provide a forum for the discussion of
personal concerns.
Reuniones para discutir asunto relevate a maternidad.
COMMUNITY
LUNCH
This group meets every Friday to provide an informal opportunity for Latina women to meet and discuss common issues.
Almuerzo comunitario cada viernes, seguido de las charlas educativas.
GET INVOLVED
We need your help! If you would like to volunteer in any of the above-mentioned programs or if you are fluent in Spanish and English , please get in touch with us. We promise it will be an enriching experience. Contact us at 609-396-8291 x 140
SUCCESS STORIES
Here are a couple of success stories of clients who have benefited from our ESL and Counseling Programs.
The first one is the case of "A" (name withheld for privacy reasons), 21 yrs old, who came to this country from Colombia. She enrolled in the ESL classes during the week while she worked in a Bakery in the afternoons. She was always in the back of the store, cleaning or helping other workers. By the time of her graduation from the ESL class she shared her success-story with the class. She was moved to the front desk to take orders on the phone and deal with clientele. "A" improved her salary at work, her self-esteem and her desire to continue college education.
The second one is of a couple M. and E. (name withheld for privacy reasons), married with two children. They were both from Guatemala and were living in the US for the last 3 years. The husband was dealing with issues of distrust and obsession towards his wife. Constant arguments, questioning and yelling were hampering not only the communication between the couple but affecting their children as well. The clients after critical assessment agreed on therapy and on setting goals and plan to work on their issues. both of them met the therapist once a week for 1-hr sessions. They worked on healing their unhealthy childhood memories together and separately. After the fifth session the couple realized that the traumas from the past was really hurting their marriage and their children. They forgave themselves and each other and decided to work out their differences and continue with counseling to rebuild trust and work on their communication.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you want to get in touch with us or need more information about any of the programs :
Program Director: Nidia Fernandez
| We are at: |
| THE YWCA TRENTON |
| LATINAS UNIDAS PROGRAM |
| 140 E. Hanover Street, Trenton, NJ 08606 |
| Phone: 609-396-8291 |
