Women Of Color Network Inc

Mission

The mission of the women of color network (wocn inc. ) is to eliminate violence against all women and their communities by centralizing the voices and promoting the leadership of women of color across the sovereign nations, the united states and u. S. Territories.

Causes

Domestic Violence , Family Violence Shelters , Homeless & Housing

Programs

To provide women of color access to information they might not otherwise receive; to challenge systems and institutions that create barriers for women of color and their communities to achieve violence-free lives; to promote the development of women of color led initiatives that are more likely to reach and efficiently serve communities of color; and to examine local, state, federal, and tribal policies and provide opportunities for women of color to organize and exercise their voices regarding issues of violence. Wocn, inc. Has several national projects including: national technical assistance information and resources, specialized technical assistance, national expanding leadership to underrepresented populations continuation project, cultural competency and aspiring ally training, national call to action initiative, national call to action training and technical assistance project, national women of color economic and policy leadership project, wocn stop technical assistance project, leadership education and advancement for professionals (leap) project, #jaggedjustice initiative, mentor project, national research on women of color survivors, and women of color advocates and their programs, and public policy.

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