DAMAYAN MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION INC

SOCIAL SERVICES - IN 2024, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM ADVANCED HEALTH AND WELLNESS AMONG OUR UNDER-SERVED FILIPINO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY UNDOCUMENTED AND UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH TARGETED AND WIDESPREAD OUTREACH AND CRITICAL ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS. WE ORGANIZED TWO FREE HEALTH SCREENING EVENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH FILIPINO MEDICAL PROVIDERS, SERVING 200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND REFERRING THEM TO VITAL URGENT AND PREVENTATIVE CARE. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN ITALIAN CANCER FOUNCATION, WE DELIVERD NO-COST BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS TO 30 WOMEN WORKERS, OFFERING POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING EARLY DETECTION. WE REFERRED OVER 150 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CRITICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING IDNYC, NYC CARE, THE INSTITURE OF FAMILY HEALTH, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION, FOR HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND TAX SUPPORT. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONDUCTED TWO MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON SURVIVORS OF LABOR TRAFFICKING, ADDRESSING TRAUMA, BURNOUT, AND ISOLATION STEMMING FROM THE ABUSES IN THE DOMESTIC WORK INDUSTRY, LABOR TRAFFICKING AND FORCED FAMILY SEPARATION.

WORKERS AND IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS - DAMAYAN EMPOWERS FILIPINO MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS AND TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK CITY RO RECLAIM THEIR RIGHTS AND DIGNITY. OUR COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES HELP WORKERS RECOVER STOLEN WAGES, COMBAT LABOR TRAFFICKING, OBTAIN HUMANITARIAN VISAS, AND BUILD COLLECTIVE WORKER POWER TO ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN THE DOMESTIC WORK INDUSTRY. WE CONDUCTED 20+ KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING SESSIONS REACHING OVER 400 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON IMMIGRATION, LABOR, AND HEALTH RIGHTS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS. WE ORGANIZED FOUR LEGAL CLINICS PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND DIRECT ATTORNEY ACCESS FOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS AND UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS. THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE REACHED OVER 5,000 INDIVIDUALS, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND PROTECTIONS. MOST OF OUR DAMAYAN MEMBERS ARE WOMEN DOMESTIC WORKERS WHO WORK AS NANNIES, BABYSITTERS, HOUSEKEEPIERS, AND CAREGIVERS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WERISE NANNY TRAINING PROGRAM, CORNELL WORKSER INSTITUTE, AND CARROLL GARDENS ASSOCIATION, WE LAUNCHED A PEER-LED TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS SEEKING TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS. LED BY TRAINERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AS DOMESTIC WORKERS, THE PROGRAM COVERED SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PEDIATRICS, PREVENTING SECUAL HARASSMENT, HOME AS WORKPLACE, CPR/FIRS AID, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING-EQUIPPING WORKERS WITH BOTH TECHNICAL SKILLS AND LABOR RIGHTS KNOWLEDGE. DAMAYAN REMAINS COMMITTED TO EMPOWER DOMESTIC WORKERS AND RAISE THE STANDARDS IN THE LABOR INDUSTRY. THESE INTEGRATED EFFORTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED PROTECTIONS AND EMPOWERED THE RIGHTS FOR MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS AND TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS WHILE BUILDING SUSTAINABLE WORKER POWER FOR LONG-TERM ADVOCACY AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE.