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Minnesota (US State) Coalition for
Battered Women - MCBW
COMMUNITY LEVEL BATTERED WOMEN'S
DIVERSITY ADVOCACY
Addresses issues of diversity of
race, class, age, sexual orientation, language, and immigration status.
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MCBW believes the
systemic oppression of racial, ethnic, and cultural communities supports and
perpetuates gender violence in all communities. In order to end violence
against all women, MCBW has to make room for leadership and analysis of issues
by women who have experienced oppression due to race, ethnicity, and/or
cultural differences. One way MCBW hopes to achieve this objective is by
creating new pathways for voices of women of color to be heard and influential
at all levels of the organization.
In particular, MCBW
seeks to include more communities of color in our public policy work. MCBW has
a strong history of effectively carrying out legislative policy that advances
women's safety and security. Each year we develop and put forth legislative
priorities to help us achieve this goal. However, we want to be more
intentional in crafting legislation and initiating public policy efforts that
incorporate and ensure the safety of all women, regardless of race, class, age,
sexual orientation, language, or immigration status.
In 2011, MCBW convened
six community policy roundtables, plus one additional roundtable in which MCBW
invited community leaders and member programs to attend the White House
Initiative on Asian American & Pacific Islanders’ roundtable. The Community
Policy Roundtable Report summarizes the discussion and recommendations of the
Initiative roundtable as well as the roundtables representing Shelter
Advocates; African Americans; Native Americans; the Immigrant / Asian American
/ Latino communities; Gay / Lesbian / Bisexual / Transgender / Queer (GLBTQ)
communities; and Adults in Later Life (ALL).[1]