Support MUA Leaders

MUA has launched a campaign to raise $10,000 by September 15th to ensure that we have the funds needs to develop domestic worker leadership and mobilize our members and allies to Sacramento. Donate today!

Maria Luna, a MUA member since 1992, is a leader of our Domestic Worker Bill of Rights Campaign. Hear her story and support her leadership of our historic campaign to win labor protections for domestic workers.

Maria Distancia, MUA's Organizing Intern shares her story and the importance of donating today!

Watch more inspiring stories of MUA's leaders at our youtube page!

Save the Date: MUA's Baile en El Rio October 15th

MUA is gearing up for our annual Baile at El Rio, Saturday, October 15 from 4-8 pm. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. To purchase your tickets, donate to the auction, or help with the planning please contact Claudia Gomez.

Give to MUA's On-line Fundraising Campaign

Kent L. has been a MUA Donor and Sustainer for the past four years. MUA Sustainers give monthly donations on-line that help ensure we have resources we need to keep our work moving forward. Hear Kent explain why he supports MUA's work and Campaign for a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. Help us reach our fundraising campaign goal of $10,000 by donating today!

 

AB 889, CA Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, Placed in Suspense by Senate Appropriations Committee!

For the past seven months, MUA members have organized tirelessly for our Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. Hundreds of members have travelled from the Bay Area dozens of time to meet with legislators and share their experiences as domestic workers. AB889 was approved by the California Assembly 49-28 on June 2 and passed out of the Senate Labor Committee 5 to 1 on July 6! After a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committe on August 15, AB889 was put into suspense based on an analysis that our bill is going to cost the state of California $385,000. We know that the cost to the state will be significantly less and we need your calls and emails today to move our bill. Send an email or make a call.

Hundreds Gather for Bay Area CARE Congress

On Saturday, August 20th over five hundred people gathered at Mission High School for the Bay Area Care Congress. Caring Across Generations is a bold new campaign for quality care and support, and a dignified quality of life for all Americans, across generations. The Bay Area Care Congress was a town-hall dialogue that brought together everyday people in a new movement to create quality, dignified care for all. Together, we shared our care stories and our vision for change between seniors, people with disabilities, family caregivers, home care workers, domestic workers, children and families of care workers and people who need care. We committed to taking action together on important state and local campaigns. And we planned our next steps for growing a movement at home. One clear outcome of the Congress is the formation of the Bay Area Care Council which will meet regularly. To find out more or get involved contact Claudia Reyes.

Gracias a Q2 Qumbia Crew

Thanks to the Q2 Qumbia Crew, a collective of community based organizers who support the struggle for justice who aim to create a queer identified dance space, for organizing a great fundraiser for MUA on August 11th at Bollywood Cafe. Over 60 folks came out to dance and raise money for MUA.

Check MUA out on Facebook

For daily updates from MUA like our page on Facebook. To receive our bi-weekly e-newsletter email or call Claudia Gomez at 415-621-8140x301 or claudiagomez@mujeresunidas.net.

MUA Releases 5 Year Strategic Vision

MUA is excited to share the release of our 5 year Strategic Vision which outlines our plans to deepen opportunities for leadership development for veteran and new members within and beyond our organization, improve and expand our direct services, build immigrant women's power, and promote a sustainable and autonomous organization. We are deeply appreciative of the time taken by our staff, Board, and member leaders to shape this vision and their continued efforts to make our plan a success. If you would like to receive a hard copy of our Strategic Vision in Spanish or English - please contact Andrea Lee at 415-621-8140x302 or andrea@mujeresunidas.net

MUA raises over $55,000 at 20th Anniversary Celebration

On October 2nd, over 380 members and supporters of MUA gathered to celebrate 20 years of Transforming Lives and Communities at the Oakland Cathedral of Christ the Light Conference Center. The evening's festivites included Aztec Dancing by Danza Azteca Ziuhcoatl, mariachi by Reyna y su Trio del Mar, a silent auction featuring prizes from over 80 businesses and supporters, and dancing to music by DJ Yorquer. Our program featured emcees Ana Perez, Executive Director of CARECEN, and Pilar Nino, Telemundo Reporter. We honored Domestic Violence Advocate Yolanda Macias, Community Activist Guillermina Castellanos, and Movement Leaders Domestic Workers' United from New York. Thanks to the hundreds of individual donors, organizational supporters, and business sponsors of our event we were able to surpass our fundraising goal! Our anniversary event was just the beginning of our 2011 campaign to raise $200,000 to support MUA's work. Please donate on-line or contact claudiagomez@mujeresunidas.net to find out how you can help us reach our goal.

Watch the 20th Anniversary video.

MUA Launches New Spanish Language Sexual Assault Crisis Line (415-431-ALMA)

On August 18th Mujeres Unidas y Activas launched our new ALMA hotline. This hotline is open to anyone and everyone in our community – 9am-5pm. If you are someone you know has experienced sexual assault or is in crisis, please call 415-431-2562 (ALMA). For more information contact Juana Flores al 415-621-8140 or juanita@mujeresunidas.net

MUA Moves to New Oakland Office

MUA is excited to announce that we have moved to a new office in Oakland and we look forward to sharing our new space with our community allies and donors. Come by and see us: 2783 East 12th Street, Suite 201, Oakland, CA 94601 (cross street is 29th Avenue). We are located 3 blocks from the Fruitvale BART and parking is available in the Safe Storage parking lot. Our entrance is on 12th Street.

MUA releases "Echoes from the Silence: Raising Our Voices"

On Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) will release a new bilingual report, “Echoes from the Silence: Raising Our Voices,” that shares the results from a 2008 study conducted by MUA members to understand the experiences of Latina immigrant survivors of domestic violence in the Bay Area, explore the types of domestic violence services currently offered, and evaluate the barriers that impede Latina survivors from accessing these services. The report also offers recommendations on how to improve services for Latina immigrant survivors of family violence. To request a hard copy or to schedule a presentation by MUA members and staff of the report's findings, please call Ariana at 415-621-8140.

Research Finds Household Workers Earn Poverty Wages, Lack Access to Basic Health Care

Household workers work in private homes performing in-home child, patient, and elder care, housework, and cooking. The release of Behind Closed Doors, a report analysing the household work industry in California, shows workers are primarily female immigrants. While supporting their employers' homes and families, findings show household workers work in substandard and often exploitative conditions, earn poverty wages too low to support their own families, and lack access to basic health care. A participatory research project conducted by members of Mujeres Unidas y Activas and Day Labor Program Women's Collective of La Raza Centro Legal, and the DataCenter.

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