Latinx Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15-October 15 and recognizes and celebrates the contributions of the diverse Latinx, Hispanic and Latino-identified communities from around the world.
Headquartered in Los Angeles for the last fifty years, Peace Over Violence has a rich history and involvement with the Latinx community. POV started its Latina Services program in 1991 to provide linguistically and culturally appropriate services within the Latino Community. The program was comprised of a partnership between agency staff, volunteers, social service and community based organization partners that competently addressed the linguistic and cultural needs of the Latino community. The program continued to expand and POV went on to conduct monolingual crisis intervention trainings, counseling services, self defense classes, and community trainings.
Since its inception 30 years ago, the Latina Services program continues to see an increase in demand for services from the monolignol Spanish community. POV Staff proivides supportive services to the Latinx community across all of our programs from our hotline, case management services, advocacy, accompaniment, counseling and in our work with prevention education. Through these services and partnerships with other services providers, the program responds to many bilingual, bi-cultural and monolingual Spanish survivors in the Los Angeles and West San Gabriel Valley.
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Program Highlight: Counselor Advocate Training
Peace Over Violence’s Counselor Advocate program trains volunteers with essential skills to answer the 24/7 LA Rape and Battering Hotline and provide supportive counseling, information, referrals and advocacy services to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and their significant others (family and friends). Volunteers commit to a 72 hour training and one year of service as a part of this program. This intensive training includes presentations from speakers dedicated to serving the Los Angeles community like LAPD officers/detectives, LA County district attorneys, partner organizations, and staff from POV. This year the Fall 2021 Counselor Advocate Training class is completely virtual and composed of 17 volunteers, 10 interns and 3 staff. Because of these dedicated volunteers and others, POV’s hotline and advocacy services are able to continue providing these 24/7 critical services to our community.
For more information on this volunteer program and future opportunities, please visit peaceoverviolence.org/volunteer.
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POV’s People: Where are they now?
Throughout this year, we will be highlighting individuals or groups that have impacted our work over the last 50 years.
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Rashad Beal
Former POV Prevention Manager
Rashad Beal is a former Violence Prevention Manager with POV from 2017-2020. He worked in the Prevention department and helped facilitate the Schools Over Violence curriculum with middle school and high school students in central and South LA. He also implemented the Boys/Men's group Men Over Violence focused on ways male identified people could help end violence against others within the community.
"My favorite part of working with POV was the lessons I learned from women and being able to do a lot of self reflection on the ways I had intentionally or unintentionally caused harm to people and find ways to reach out to other boys and men in a language they could understand"
Rashad now lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and 3 children and is still working with and mentoring young adults with City Year Dallas as an Impact Manager within the Dallas Independent School District.
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Clifton Trotter
Former POV Youth Violence Specialist
My time at POV was a tremendous experience for my personal and professional growth. As a Youth Violence Specialist, I was able to take on various hats in the area of training design and development, facilitation, and program development. Some of the highlights included managing the Engaging Men Program, a program designed to recruit young males in South LA in the movement to end domestic and sexual violence through theater performance. I gained so much valuable experience in this role especially in the area of program development and leadership.
Additionally, I co-facilitated and co-designed the DV Training for the Los Angeles Kings, which helped to hone my skills in the area of training design and delivery. Furthermore, the foundational training I received and daily interactions with staff helped to expand my breath of understanding around gender violence, helping to make me a better person and ally.
It’s worth mentioning that my understanding of equity can be attributed to the training I received from POV regarding the Roots of Violence and Gender Inequity. Currently, I’m the Equity Director of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority, in this role I help to develop and lead the agency’s initiatives regarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. I’m confident to say that my foundational learning and experience at POV helped to prepare me for this role. I can’t say enough of how beneficial POV was for my personal growth and career trajectory. I’m happy to call myself a POV alumni.
“ POV is a class act organization with the power to advance movements and create future leaders.”
-Clifton Trotter
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We recently launched a fundraising campaign to support our new space and increased demand for services. As our world continues to change, Peace Over Violence remains a constant. For 50 years POV has served the community and been a leader in sexual and domestic violence intervention and prevention programming. Check out the campaign here.
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By Katie Benner
The Justice Department sued Texas on Thursday over its recently enacted law that prohibits nearly all abortions in the state, the first significant step by the Biden administration to fight the nation’s most restrictive ban on abortion and a move that could once again put the statute before the Supreme Court.
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By The Times Editorial Board
Anyone expecting the Rand Corp.’s report on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to provide a last-word, full accounting of deputy “subgroups” (or gangs, cliques, frats, etc.), including membership rosters and complete catalogues of improper conduct, was in for a disappointment.
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By Sommer Hill
We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, starting today until October 15, with special programming across NPR podcasts, playlists and social media reflecting on the diversity of the Latinx community and highlighting our latinidad. We also have two curated playlists and the Tiny Desk Concert (A.K.A "El Tiny") will be featuring different genres of Latin music. Many of our podcasts feature Latinx stories all year long, not just this month. Check them out and celebrate with us! Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
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By Miguel Salazar, Isabelia Herrera and Gregory Cowles
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POV is hiring!
Looking to join the team at Peace Over Violence? Apply today!
Open Positions:
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Support healing services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
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CONTACT
Metro Headquarters
1541 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213.955.9090 office
213.955.9093 fax
213.785.2684 video
213.785.2749 video
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West San Gabriel Valley Center
892 N Fair Oaks Ave, Suite D
Pasadena, CA 91103
626.584.6191 office
626.584.6193 fax
626.243.7972 video
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