Survivor-Centered Advocacy in Culturally Specific Communities a Community-Based Participatory Research Project Full Report with Appendices
Survivor-Centered Advocacy in Culturally Specific Communities A Community-Based Participatory Research Project Full Report with Appendices June 2017, Revised March 2019 Written by: Susan Ghanbarpour & Ada Palotai Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence Contributors: Mimi Kim, Orchid Pusey & Alvina Rosales In partnership with the Survivor-Centered Advocacy Project Collaborative: Aracelia Aguilar, Maria Carrillo, Harmit Cheema, Juana Flores, Irene Girgis, Amber Hodson, Tara Holcomb, Maria Jimenez, Mallika Kaur, Lesli Irene LeGras, Beckie Masaki, Carolina Morales, Kao “Tang” Ying Moua, Nuri Nusrat, Riffat J. Rahman, Wendy Schlater, Hyejin Shim and Liz Suk Acknowledgements We thank Cristy Chung and Nancy Wan, former staff of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender- Based Violence, who first dreamed of this survivor-centered advocacy project and whose vision inspired all of us who continued to make it come to life. We are deeply grateful to our Field Research Teams who chose to take on the challenge of making research their own. Most of all, we express our deepest gratitude to the many survivors represented in the research projects featured in this report. We know that this includes many of us who also worked as Project Staff, on the Design Team, and as Field Researchers. Field Research Teams Avellaka is a program of the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians dedicated to educating and organizing for social change, and upholding the La Jolla Tribe’s authority as a sovereign Indian nation to protect its women citizens and create the laws, policies, protocols, and advocacy services to address violence against Native women. Their project, Rainbow of Truth, was led by Wendy Schlater and studied the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ)/2Spirit1 people from tribal communities in San Diego County.
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