It’s Time to Speak the Unspoken

Rosa Flores shares her story that resonates with many women of color and the girls they once were. The topic of child sexual abuse is difficult to discuss, but we must because our personal and community healing is at stake.

About the Guest:

Rosa Flores shares her story that resonates with many women of color and the girls they once were. The topic of child sexual abuse is difficult to discuss, but Rosa does this as her personal and community healing is at stake. In dual roles of being the Director of Programs at Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, and Board Member of My Sister’s House Sacramento, she tackles the topics of the stigma of mental health, intergenerational trauma, and the consequences of self-silencing.

Why does AAGOC love them and their work?

Rosa speaks about what often remains unspoken in communities of color. The conversation around child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence is a conservation every woman and girl of color should have on a regular normalized basis. 

The AAGOC’s Data Dashboard

The AAGOC Data Dashboard is based upon the Healthy Places Index, a large data set that translates eight indicators (economic, education, healthcare access, housing, neighborhood, clean environment, social, and transportation) that can determine the health outcomes for those that live in a specific geographic area. 

Girls of Color often live in environments that contain obstacles to their inherent ability to thrive. Rosa’s work as the Director of Programs for the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California seeks to make systemic change in the following areas: healthcare access, neighborhood, clean environment, and social. 

Links to the guest’s work:

• My Sister’s House, Inc. Sacramento My Sister's House (my-sisters-house.org)
• Latino Coalition for a Healthy California LCHC Home - Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Additional resources:

• Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (1986; 99th Congress S. 1200) - GovTrack.us
• Mayo Clinic explores: The Stigma of Mental Health in Communities of Color Mayo Clinic explores: The Stigma of Mental Health in Communities of Color - Mayo Clinic Press
• How the stress of racism can harm your health- and what that has to do with COVID-19 How the stress of racism can harm your health—and what that has to do with Covid-19 | NOVA | PBS

Contact Rosa: www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-flores-9a8319138/

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• LinkedIn (All About Girls of Color Collective)
• Tinesia Conwright | tinesia@detourempowers.org
• Gabriela B. Delgado | gabrielabdelgado@gmail.com 
• Janedra Sykes | janedra@arboretagroup.com

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