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Creative Process Partners

Through the active engagement of community and Latina victim advocates and the participatory use of technology to promote the collective creative process, this project produced victim outreach tools that are both culturally competent and respectful of this nation's Latino diversity. The creative process lasted from July 2006 through January 2007.

Fourteen Latina victim advocates and consultants, including twelve agency representatives from state sexual assault coalitions, rape crisis centers, and immigrant rights agencies joined the project's online creative group.

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•	DC Rape Crisis Center, Washington D.C.
•	DeKalb Rape Crisis Center, Georgia
•	East Los Angeles Women's Center, California
•	Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center & Children's Advocacy Center, Georgia
•	Healthy Families MOM Project, Indiana
•	North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
•	North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault
•	Posada Esperanza, Texas
•	Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, SPARC, Florida
•	SafePlace, Texas
•	Sisters of Color United for Education, Colorado

Product Testing

From January through August 2007, 512 victim advocates, Community Health Workers and community members reviewed Existe Ayuda National Outreach Project products.

Among the products tested:

•	The two public service announcement scripts on victim rights
•	The PowerPoint presentation in Spanish for promotoras (Community Health Workers)
•	The PowerPoint presentation for victim advocates
•	The answering machine message script for victim service agencies

In total, twenty-nine agencies across the nation collaborated to help pilot test EXISTE AYUDA project products during conferences, agency meetings and local community gatherings. From these pilot-testing sessions, a total of 714 surveys were received.

Pilot Testing Partners

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Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc., Texas

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California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

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Casa Marienella, Posada Esperanza, Texas

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Center for Family Services/Services Empowering Rights of Victims, New Jersey

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Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services, Inc.

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CORE, El Centro, Wisconsin

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DeKalb Rape Crisis Center, Georgia

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La Piñon, New Mexico

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Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence

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Florida Council Against Sexual Violence

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Gateway Community Center, Texas

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Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center & Children's Advocacy Center, Georgia

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Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault

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Health and Human Services – Office of Border Affairs, Texas

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La Vida, CHASS, Michigan

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Lutheran Church in Laredo, Texas

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New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault

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North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence

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North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault

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Sexual Assault Recovery and Prevention Center (SARP), California

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Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Eastern Connecticut

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Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, Florida

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STARS, El Paso, Texas

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Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

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Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

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The Healing Center, Wisconsin

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The Task Force on Family Violence, Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault

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YWCA of New Britain, Connecticut

Regional Product Demonstration Partners

From February to November of 2009, Arte Sana was able to share the Existe Ayuda products with 115 bilingual Latina victim advocates and allies.

A special thank you/gracias to the following agencies that collaborated with the Existe Ayuda regional sessions by sending key staff to offer valuable feedback on the project products.

Agencies Represented at the Product Demonstration Sessions

Tennessee
•	Kentuky Domestic Violence
•	Citizen Against Spouse Abuse, Inc - Missouri
•	YWCA of Greater Memphis
•	Immigrant Justice Project – Southern Poverty Law Center - Georgia
•	Women's Legal Initiative – Southern Poverty Law Center - Georgia
•	CEASE, Inc.
•	Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
•	SafeSpace, Inc.
•	Partnership for Families
•	The Village/El Pueblo - Mississippi
•	Mattie Rhodes Center -Missouri
•	Bridges of Williamson County
•	Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA) - Virginia
•	Legal Aid Society
•	Safe Harbor -Virginia
•	Child and Family TN
•	Coalition Against Rape and Domestic Violence - Missouri
•	Rappahannock Council on Domestic Violence - Virginia
•	Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
•	HomeSafe Inc.
•	Vanderbilt University

Florida
•	Women's Commission/ Programa Confianza - North Carolina
•	Voces Latinas – North Carolina
•	Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
•	Emory University - Georgia
•	Vistamar Consulting
•	Coalition of Immokalee Workers
•	HOPE Family Services, Inc.
•	Palm Beach County Victim Services
•	MUJER, Inc.
•	PBC Victim Service
•	Crime Victims Resource Network
•	Family Counseling Services of Greater Miami
•	Coalition of Immokalee Workers
•	Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking
•	Rural Women's Health Project
•	Crisis Center of Tampa
•	SPARCC
•	Victim Service Center

California
•	Haven Women's Center of Stanislaus
•	Peace Over Violence
•	San Francisco Women Against Rape
•	Sure Helpline Center
•	North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center
•	The center for violence-free relationships
•	YQCA GLA Sexual Assault Crisis Services
•	Monterey Rape Crisis Center
•	East Los Angeles Women's Center
•	Tri-Valley Haven
•	Family Services
•	Santa Barbara Rape Crisi Center
•	Sexual Assault Crisis Agency
•	SafeQuest Solano
•	Mountain Women's
•	Battered Person's Advocacy - Oregon
•	The Rape Crisis Center - Nevada
•	Consejo Counseling and Referral Service - Washington
•	Henderson House - Oregon
•	Sexual Assault Resource Center - Oregon
•	Amigos Multicultural Services Center
•	My Sisters' Place – Oregon

Iowa
•	IowaCASA
•	Seeds of Hope
•	Sheltering Wings - Indiana
•	ASISTA
•	LUNA
•	D/SAOC
•	Polk County Crisis & Advocacy Services
•	ICADV/MUNA
•	Rockland Family Shelter –New York
•	First Step
•	Crisis Center & Women's Shelter
•	Rape crisis center of cental MA
•	Mujeres Latinas en Accion
•	YWCA of Western Massachusetts
•	Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
•	Council on Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence

Texas
	Enlace Comunitario – New Mexico
	Latino Community Dev. Agency - Oklahoma
	NM Coalition Against Domestic Violence
	San Antonio Police Dept
	Women's Shelter of South Texas
	Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.
	SAVA Center - Colorado
	TESSA - Colorado
	Domestic Violence & Abuse Center, Inc
	Domestic Violence Intervention Services - Oklahoma
	Irving Family Advocacy Center
	STARS Rape Crisis Center
	Mujeres Unidas/ Women Together
	Casa Amiga Centro de Crisis, AC – Chihuahua, Mexico

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