2006

MUA received its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, formed its first member-led Board of Directors, and separated from fiscal sponsor The Women’s Foundation of California. 

MUA launches a new domestic violence prevention program and partners with the Riley Center to certify 15 MUA members as domestic violence counselors.

MUA joins with allies statewide in a campaign for Household Workers’ Rights.  Household workers from across the state create a list of demands, craft legislation and advocate for a bill that would grant childcare workers overtime compensation and fine abusive employers who fail to pay their employees’ wages.  MUA members travel to Sacramento seven times, meet with 100 legislators, testify in front of committees, and successfully pass the bill through the California Assembly and Senate.  The bill is later vetoed by the Governor.

2007

MUA attends the first US Social Form in Atlanta, Georgia and helps to found the National Domestic Worker Alliance.

MUA publishes "Behind Closed Doors," a study exploring the working conditions of California's Domestic Workers.

2008

MUA members attend the first National Domestic Worker Congress in New York and is elected to serve on the Coordinating Committee.

MUA members conduct a participatory research project to examine the experiences of Latina immigrant survivors of domestic violence in the Bay Area.

2009

MUA hires our first Grassroots Fundraiser, develops a new grassroots fundraising curriculum, and graduates 15 members who form our first member-led Grassroots Fundraising Committee.

MUA releases "Echoes from the Silence: Raising Our Voices" which shares the results from our 2008 study conducted by MUA members that evaluates the barriers that impede Latina survivors from accessing domestic violence services and offers recommendations on how to improve services for Latina immigrant survivors of family violence.

MUA organizes the National Domestic Worker Alliance's first West Coast Congress attended by over 250 workers. A highlight of the Congress is the Household Worker Dignity March.

2010

MUA expands our reach and implements new programs to improve Spanish speaking Latina immigrants access to sexual assault and domestic violence services. Partnering with ESP in Hayward, we bring our innovative peer outreach and domestic violence counseling model into the shelter and to Hayward. Supported by SFWAR we launch ALMA a new Spanish sexual assault crisis line.

In preparation for 2011 Bill of Rights campaign, MUA works with our allies to pass a Resolution in support of California's Domestic Workers through the California Assembly and Senate.

MUA celebrates our 20th anniversary with over 350 members, allies, and donors where we raise over 55,000 to support the organization's work and share our 5 year strategic vision.