We're chatting with a long-time advocate and friend a part of the W.O.M.A.N, Inc. team, Luz Argelia Gómez! A recent graduate of the Wright Institute, she is currently a Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow at the UCSF Division of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ICAP), and professor of Psychology. Argelia has been with us since 2007 and has been a huge part of our Latinx Program, and 24/7 Support Line programs. Join in to hear about her history with W.O.M.A.N., Inc., and...

Who or what does your organization center? Who would you want to be if funding & outside expectations weren't apart of the equation? What strengths do you embody? These are the kinds of questions that help us locate & nurture our core values. In the first installment of this series, we talked about how being intentional about our values supported W.O.M.A.N., Inc. through challenging times. In this episode, we chat about our cultural praxis and the process that brought W.O.M.A.N., Inc....

In this introductory episode, we provide some context around white supremacy culture (WSC), and what inspired this series. Framing the conversation series to come, you will hear a 101 break down of Tema Okun's & Dismantling Racism Works' synthesis of WSC, and how we've seen it show up in past and present crises. Navigating with Integrity is a conversation series mind-mapping crisis response in nonprofit leadership & exploring what it means to dismantle white supremacy culture in our...

Introducing Navigating with Integrity: Mindmapping Crisis Response in Nonprofit Leadership  We're excited to share with you our very first podcast series -- this one is all about mind-mapping crisis response in nonprofit leadership. We'll be breaking down what comes up for us when we're talking about dismantling white supremacy culture in the workplace and navigating all of this with integrity. Read more and locate the mind map here:...

As October approaches, we hope you will join us in observing Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This year’s theme, #communityfeels, is a reflection of our work. With social distancing becoming our current norm, community connectedness feels more important than ever. When we consider how survivors of domestic violence are impacted by the pandemic, that community connection takes on a whole new meaning. Without their community, survivors are susceptible to escalating abuse that happens in the...

We are W.O.M.A.N., Inc., a San Francisco based nonprofit that has been serving the city and larger Bay Area since 1978. W.O.M.A.N., Inc. supports survivors of domestic violence and their loved ones along their healing journeys, bridging value-rich networks designed to address intersections of violence. These conversations will cover topics across levels of practice -- from nonprofit leadership to working with survivors to exploring our collective healing work. Stay tuned for more!