The mission of Voices of Immigrants In Action (VIA) is to promote dynamic
communication addressing the emerging issues of the Hispanic immigrant
communities, as well as mobilizing a multi-level response to factors affecting
HIV/AIDS transmission in Hispanic Immigrant communities in the rural South.
There is a void in HIV/AIDS incidence data that specifically focuses on Hispanic
Immigrants in the South as a unique community. This is critical to quantifying
prevalence and addressing prevention. Both risk factors and health access
barriers for documented and undocumented Hispanics in the region,
combined with the anti-immigrant fervor in the US, exacerbate their potential
risk for HIV infection.
The VIA Initiative illuminates the issues affecting Hispanic Immigrants in the rural South. By disseminating the findings, VIA broadens the data pool, informs health care providers and policy brokers and mobilizes the Hispanic Immigrant community's to take action around HIV/AIDS prevention.
Sign up for in-depth VIA InSites which focus on correlating issues around HIV/AIDS and
rural Hispanic Immigrants in the South. InSites will include policy, data findings and
community education materials. Click here to sign up.| Fact Sheets: |
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| Focus on WomenEnglish Spanish |
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| HIV/AIDS in the Hispanic CommunityEnglish Spanish |
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| Lay-Health Worker Outreach English |
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| Women's Health LiteracyEnglish |
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| Reaching Hispanic Immigrant Women Through Resource "Hubs"English |
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| "Hear the VIA Voices" Bi-lingual, multi-media video |
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| Curriculum for HIV Prevention Workshop for Farmworkers Spanish only |
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VIA Blog
Protect victims of domestic violence
Image courtesy Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence A vote in the U.S. House of Representatives today (May 16) or tomorrow will have serious implications for the safety of victims of domestic violence. Call House Speaker John Boehner at 866-930-3396 and your Representative TODAY to ask that new negative provisions in H.R. 4970, the House reauthorization of [...]
New study on HIV Infection and Correlating Risk Factors
AIDS Behav. 2012 May 6. [Epub ahead of print] A Two-Way Road: Rates of HIV Infection and Behavioral Risk Factors Among Deported Mexican Labor Migrants. Rangel MG, Martinez-Donate AP, Hovell MF, Sipan CL, Zellner JA, Gonzalez- Fagoaga E, Kelley NJ, Asadi-Gonzalez A, Amuedo-Dorantes C, Magis-Rodriguez C. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico. A [...]
Florida farm workers tell how drugs, debt bind them in modern slavery
By Ben Montgomery, Times Staff Writer In Print: Sunday, May 13, 2012 HASTINGS — LeRoy Smith thought he had hit rock bottom when he found himself trolling Atlanta’s gay district, looking to exchange sex acts for a hot hit off a crack pipe. Then he wound up on a Florida farm near the small town of [...]
New Sign On Letter Opposing HR 4970
We again need your urgent action. The House is set to vote on early next week on HR 4970, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act introduced by Sen. Sandy Adams (R-FL) that passed the Judiciary Committee with very harmful provisions that erode protections for immigrant women under VAWA and place immigrant victims [...]
¡ACCIÓN URGENTE! ¡Las vidas de las mujeres inmigrantes están en peligro!
Sobrevivientes inmigrantes de la violencia doméstica podrán perder las protecciones de la VAWA que son importantes para la seguridad Oponga la versión de la VAWA (HR 4970) del representador Adams ¡Ayude salvar VAWA! Antecedentes: El martes pasado, el Comité Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes votó a favor de cambiar [...]
URGENT ACTION NEEDED! Immigrant Women’ Lives are in Danger!
Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence Targeted to Lose VAWA Protections Which are Critical to Their Safety Oppose the Rep. Adams’ version of VAWA (HR 4970) Help save VAWA! Background: This past Tuesday evening the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives voted to radically change the “Reauthorization bill for [...]
House Bill Rolls Back Protections and Places Immigrant Victims in Grave Danger May 10, 2012 What: Members of the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence will be joined by U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky to explain how HR4970, the House Republican version of the Violence Against Women reauthorization bill, guts the historically bipartisan bill and puts women and [...]
Immigration Law is Reminder of the Past
By Kerry Kennedy On April 25, 1963, my father, Robert F. Kennedy, then the U.S. attorney General, came to Alabama to ask Gov. George Wallace to stop discriminating against black people. That morning, Wallace raised the Confederate battle flag over the Capitol, where he and my father would meet. His answer would be “no.” I [...]
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Provides Protections for Immigrant Women and Victims of Crime
For Immediate Release May 7, 2012 Washington D.C. - As the House Judiciary Committee prepares to consider reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), numerous questions have arisen about the important immigration provisions that help to protect victims of domestic violence, trafficking and violent crime. In response, the Immigration Policy Center releases a new fact sheet that provides basic [...]
Religious Groups Speak Out on Detention and Investment in Private Prisons
Religious Groups Speak Out on Detention and Investment in Private Prisons Video
For 20 years, the Rural Women's Health Project (RWHP) has specialized in health promotion and the development of materials that focus on positive health behaviors.... more
The VIA Initiative is a project of the Rural Women's Health Project, in collaboration with the Alianza de Mujeres Activas, the North Central Florida Farmworker Corridor-HIV
Task Force and Rural Medical Services, Inc. Project partners are the Southern AIDS Coalition and Farmworker Justice.VIA is funded in part by AIDS United-Southern REACH/Gulf Coast HIV/AIDS Relief Fund with funds from the Ford Foundation, AIDS.gov and the Florida Promotor Initiative.
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