Voices of Change is a volunteer advocacy group for Center for Domestic Peace that is active in outreach, education, and organizing within the Spanish-speaking community and to other underserved and underrepresented communities in Marin and beyond. The team is made up of domestic violence survivors and advocates working to promote social justice and community accountability around the problem of domestic violence and violence against women.
Voces de Cambio produced an awareness campaign for Center for Domestic Peace in English and Spanish as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Your Voice, My Voice is a video campaign created to increase our communities’ knowledge of domestic violence and how to get help safely. Every day in October, Voces uploaded a new video with information about domestic violence that can be viewed confidentially and easily shared.
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Voces de Cambio is a volunteer advocacy group for Center for Domestic Peace that is active in outreach, education, and organizing within the Spanish-speaking community and to other underserved and underrepresented communities in Marin and beyond.
Voces de Cambio created an awareness campaign for Center for Domestic Peace in English and Spanish as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Your Voice, My Voice is a video campaign created to increase our communities’ knowledge of domestic violence and how to get help.
This video is about Safety Ahead: Healthy and Equal Relating and was produced by Voces de Cambio for Center for Domestic Peace.
Your Voice, My Voice is active in outreach, education, and organizing within the Spanish-speaking community and toward other underserved and underrepresented communities in Marin and beyond.
We adopted four strategies that focus on reaching diverse and traditionally underserved victims.
Members of Voces participated in two webinars by NW Network, which works to end abuse in LGBTQ communities. They learned about the barriers LGBTQ survivors face when seeking services or leaving abusive relationships.
Afterward, Voces held a focus group to share insights and plan future outreach strategies. Their goals include supporting LGBTQ Latinos in opening up to families and communities, while also fostering acceptance and trust within the wider Latino community.
Voces also participated in Marin Pride, hosting a table and distributing resources.
Each October, Voces hosts its annual “Día de los Muertos” event to honor those killed by domestic violence, survivors, and the counselors who support them. The event incorporates Latinx cultural traditions, including an altar and reading of names, and is open to the public.
Voces has also partnered with Community Violence Solutions for a Clothesline Project workshop, where community members created anti-violence messages on T-shirts displayed at C4DP shelters and housing programs.
Voces also presented at a Spanish-speaking Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on the link between alcohol and domestic violence, sharing that 80% of DV arrests in Marin involve alcohol while clarifying that alcohol does not cause abuse but can lower inhibitions.
Over the past few years, Voces distributed more than 1,000 copies of resource materials (USB drives, flyers, brochures, resource cards, etc.).
New USB drives now include the “You Are Not Alone” brochure in four languages (English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Portuguese) and audio content on “Healthy and Equal Relationships” in both Spanish and English.
Voces members attend CCR (Coordinated Community Response) meetings and help partner organizations – such as law enforcement, healthcare providers, and human service agencies – distribute multilingual resources throughout Marin County.
