Crime Victim’s Empowerment Project
Assists Chicano/Latino/Mexicans survivors of general and sexual Assault. Even though our grants are specifically for our target population, we will provide service to anyone requesting victim services. We provide bicultural and bilingual services, 24 hour crisis line, emergency room advocacy, community education, legal system advocacy, Women’s bilingual support group, immigration guidance, reparation benefit assistance, information and referral services.
LAS COMADRES: Multigenerational support group brings assistance to women. This group provides members the opportunity to utilize their assets, develop life skills and abilities. The participants set their own agenda; they decide the topics to be discussed.
LA HORA COMENTARIA: We host a radio show on KMSU-89.7 FM every Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. in Spanish. This show provides us the ability to educate our listeners on victim issues as well as provide resources that are state and local. http://www.mnsu.edu/kmsufm/index.html
The Multicultural Project
Provides a wide range of services: cross cultural training, cultural consultations, and cultural events such as the Mexican Independence Day (Mankato and St. James, MN), Cinco De Mayo (Faribault, MN), Latino Nights with the Moondogs, and Intercultural Heritage Celebration (Mankato).
INFORMATION CENTER
Provides federal, state, and local information and resources. In 2007, we served 253 callers; forty-five contacts were from social service agencies needing information to provide culturally appropriate services. Due to the high need for distributing mass information to the Spanish speaking community, we were able to secure three hours on Saturdays at KMSU in Mankato.
LATINA/LATINO NETWORKING GROUP
Formal networking groups for area providers that either serve the Latino population or is Latino. San Juania Flores is the original founder of the Latina/Latino Networking Group. Her goal was to unify area providers to better serve the community.
List server: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/la-mano/ Moderator: Francisco Gonzalez, Co-founder of LA-MANO, Inc.
Find us on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/LA-MANO-Inc-Multi-ethnic-non-profit-NGO/221977853736?ref=sgm
Four Directions Interpreting and Translation Services, F.I.T.S.
Provides interpreting (oral language target conversion) and translation (written language target conversion). We have 13 languages represented, 98% interpreters and translators are members from the immigrant and refugee community.
In 2009 we provided 647 interpretation in the Greater Mankato Area. We provide interpretation for 13 agencies and 4 non-medical interpretations. We have assisted community members with 10 legal document translation.
Top language request in the Greater Mankato Area:
*Nuer
*Somali
*Spanish
*Vietnamese
*Anyuak
*Acholi
*Arabic
*Chinese
*Amharic
*Russian