Portfolio Category: historical

Entre Mujeres is a program that empowers Latina high school students to recognize their own personal worth, strengthen their leadership abilities, improve self-confidence, and help facilitate them to make change in their communities. Entre Mujeres, funded by Unidos US, provides monthly meetings, with high school age Latina students for 1.5 hours sessions, throughout the duration...

Fortaleza’s project design reinforces mentoring expectations such as curbing recidivism rate, workforce development, involvement in cultural enrichment activities, and augmenting bonding with peers, family, and community. The Fortaleza Project provides assistance to Latino young adults between the ages of 18-24 transitioning from the Pima County jail to the community. Amistades infuses the project with culture,...

Leaders in Action is focused on actively engaging youth in the community through youth leadership, prevention, and education on substance abuse, STI/HIV/AIDS, suicide, and bullying prevention and providing cultural enrichment. The project serves Latino youth, males and females, ages 15-20 in the Flowing Wells community. Goals for this project include covering topics such as substance...

Los Jovenes is a culturally responsive, bilingual, prevention education project that helps to combat the ravaging epidemic of opioid misuse, funded by the AmeriSource Bergen Foundation. The project focuses on building resiliency skills and increasing knowledge through the exploration and development of protective factors to reduce risk factors associated with substance misuse. The project serves...

The SAMHSA-funded Mayahuel Underage Drinking Task Force project is a community based program designed to prevent underage alcohol consumption, focused on youth between the ages of 12 – 20 in the Latino and multicultural communities in Tucson and South Tucson. The youth-driven activities include focus groups, town halls, environment scans, alcohol public events monitoring,...

Amistades has amplified its existing Latino Capacity Building Workshop Series by adapting its workshop topics to include a more specific focus on Latino men, boys, and their families and integrating new workshops. The Niños Sanos, Hombres Fuertes training series, funded by Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP), has undoubtedly continued to cultivate community support. The series is...

The Noche Oscura Overdose Task Force, through a combination of culturally adapted best practice prevention and intervention strategies, is increasing awareness and prevention of opioid and psychostimulant use in the border community of Douglas Arizona. The focus of this project is to promote collaboration between public safety and public health agencies to ensure that overdose...

In partnership with the Pima County Juvenile Justice Court Evening Reporting Center, Amistades implements a weekly substance abuse prevention workshop for justice involved youth wanting to increase their resiliency skills. Facilitators utilize the Too Good For Drugs Curriculum, a comprehensive substance use prevention curriculum designed to mitigate the risk factors associated with substance use and...

Padres Comprometidos is a Unidos US parent engagement program whose primary outcome is the fostering of a strong connection between schools and parents. Padres Comprometidos builds the capacity of Latino parents to acquire the skills they need to effectively engage with schools and play a leading role in preparing their children for college. The program...

Prevención Sin Fronteras is a trauma-informed substance abuse prevention program in the rural border town of Douglas, Arizona. This program provides three evidence-based curriculums targeting youth vaping and marijuana use and methods to address factors related to low perceived risk of using these substances and the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), trauma, and toxic...