2012 - UNIDOS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

2012 - UNIDOS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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ANNUAL REPORT
“UNIDOS’ mission is to provide a bridge to a safe environment through assessment, direct support,
referral, education, training and collaboration to break the cycle of domestic violence in Latino
communities, one family at a time.”
WHAT WAS NEW IN 2012?
In 2012, UNIDOS’ team and Mujeres Adelante Leadership group
expanded services, activities and partnerships through Dane, Rock,
Walworth and surrounding counties, such as: Sexual Assault
Recovery Program (SARP), Association for the Prevention of
Family
Violence
(APFV),
Supporting
Families
Together
Association, Wisconsin Women’s Correctional System, Fitchburg
Days Event Committee, Joining Forces for Families and Madison
College.
The expansion of services for victims of Sexual Assault in multiple
counties allowed us to open the doors to new partnerships and get
to know a lot of new colleagues opening the doors for more Latino
families to receive services in those counties.
MUJERES ADELANTE (WOMEN
MOVING FORWARD) LEADERSHIP
GROUP IN 2012
Also, UNIDOS diversified the Board of Directors team with the
addition of Jill Groblewski, Steve Pereira and Anne Fischer.
More than 25 Latino women
participated in the Mujeres Adelante
Leadership Group activities in 2012.
There were a variety of events where
more than 75 families from Wisconsin
participated, such as: Walk a Mile in
Madison, Bride’s Walk in Milwaukee,
VI Mujeres Adelante Conference in
Madison, Wrap Around the Capitol in
Madison, Computer Classes in
Spanish in Madison, Free to Discover
in Madison and others.
UNIDOS Board of Directors & Madison Mayor, Paul Soglin
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2012 – UNIDOS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
In October 2012, UNIDOS received the “Community Organization of the
Year” in Dane County during the Heritage Month Luncheon Celebration
from La Movida Radio Station 1480AM.
NEW PARTNERSHIP: LAMBDA THETA PHI LATIN FRATERNITY INC.
The young Latino men from the Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc
joined UNIDOS’ team and its efforts of education, direct support and
prevention in the Latino community of Dane county.
In November 2012, they coordinated and organized our 1 st Turkey
Staff as of December 31, 2012:
GiveAway for participant families of UNIDOS programs. A total of 22
families received a turkey and other Thanksgiving Dinner items.
Veronica Lazo, Bilingual Outreach Advocate
Cecilia A. Gillhouse, Executive Director
Board of Directors as of December 31, 2012:
Gricel Santiago-Rivera, President
Ananda Mirilli, Treasurer
Nadia Noboa-Chehade, Secretary
Marsha Mansfield
Anne Fischer
Steve Pereira
Jill Groblewski
(Top right) Members of UNIDOS’ Board of Directors, staff and Mujeres
Adelante in the La Movida 1480AM Heritage Month Celebration
Luncheon Award.
(Bottom left) Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc. members and
UNIDOS Executive Director Cecilia Gillhouse participate in the First
Turkey GiveAway
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THANK YOU!
FUNDING SUCCESSES!
MUCHAS GRACIAS!
This year, UNIDOS was funded by grants from Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families (DCF) and funds from the Department of
Justice Assistance throughout Association for the Prevention of Family
Violence (APFV), by contributions from Community Shares of
Wisconsin (CSW) and private donors.
Many individuals volunteered their time to perform a variety of
important tasks, such as helping facilitate support groups, art therapy
sessions for children, face painting during the Children’s Day, clerical
work and outreach activities, such as: Fiesta Hispana, Fitchburg Days,
Mujeres Adelante Conference and End of the Year Celebration.
UNIDOS received approximately 650 volunteer hours from January to
December.
We wouldn’t be able to continue our work
and services without the support of people
like you. If you want to be part of this change
and success story, you can help in many
ways:

We need many volunteers for
child care, interpretation and
answering the phone
 Snacks and beverages for our
children
 Office Supplies
Otherwise, you can always help out by
donating to support our programs.
HOW? There are a few friendly ways to
do it:
 Send a check to our office at 128
East Olin Avenue, Suite 201
Madison, WI 53713
 Donate through JustGive.org
 Donate through the Community
Shares of Wisconsin “Your
Workplace Giving Campaign”:
www.communityshares.com
In 2012, UNIDOS received $ 24,704 in contributions from
private donors, fundraising events, and Community Shares of
Wisconsin campaign. These funds were designated to support
UNIDOS activities, such as: support groups, Mujeres
Adelante Leadership Groups and direct services to victims of
domestic violence in Dane, Rock, Walworth and surrounding
Counties.
UNIDOS’ staff at the “Fitchburg Days Festival” in Fitchburg, WI
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“17 Years of
Services in the
Latino Communities
in Wisconsin”
What UNIDOS provides to our community:
Direct services to domestic violence and sexual assault victims through referrals,
support groups conducted in Spanish, leadership training and development for survivors,
and needs assessment.
Education, training and assistance through community education, provider training
and technical assistance in cultural awareness, community organizing around domestic
violence and sexual assault (DV/SA), working with immigrant survivors of
DV/SA and legal advocacy.
If you need copies of this Annual Report please
contact us at the following address:
UNIDOS Against Domestic Violence
Attention: 2012 Annual Report
128 East Olin Avenue, Suite 201
Madison, WI 53713
You can reach us at
Phone: (608) 256-9195
Fax: (608) 256-1223
Toll Free: 1.800.510.9195
www.unidosagainstdv.org
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