With offices in Des Moines, Iowa City, and Ames, this law firm has extensive experience representing minority defendants, particularly those who speak only Chinese, who are victims of human trafficking. The firm is recognized for its immigration services.
Des Moines, IA 50312
This organization’s mission is to cultivate a safe, informed, and empowered community for individuals with any type of hearing loss by providing culturally competent and fully accessible services, advocacy, and education.
The mission of LUNA is to empower, educate, and advocate for victims/survivors of sex and labor trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault, so that they may build futures free from violence and exploitation. Trafficking and domestic violence impact all communities and are a serious problem. However, each community is unique and has different barriers. The staff at LUNA are knowledgeable on the barriers that Latinx survivors face, including legal status, language, and lack of resources. LUNA works alongside the survivor to educate them on the various systems (legal, court, law enforcement, etc) and empower them to make their own decisions about their healing process using a client centered and trauma informed approach.
Monsoon’s mission is to end all forms of gender-based violence and build healthy communities through transformative justice and social change. The organization functions as a resource, advocate, and support for members of Iowa’s API population affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking by providing crisis advocacy; individual and group counseling; assistance involving law enforcement; legal advocacy; court accompaniment; medical suport and advocacy; assistance with housing, education, employment and government benefit applications; information and referrals; a community resource center; community outreach and education; youth internships; and youth programming.
NISAA African Family Service’s mission is to end sex and labor trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault in African Immigrant and Refugee communities by promoting the social, economic, and political self-determination of all women. The organization seeks to build healthy communities through transformative justice and social change.
This organization serves refugees and immigrants statewide with a vast array of services. Major federal grant funding provides an attorney and direct service case manager to immigrants and refugees who have been sex or labor trafficked. The Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Service (TAPS) has staff with extensive victim-centered advocacy experience.
Des Moines, IA 50314