Maitri, Domestic Violence Organization, San Jose Ca

Maitri Toll Free Hotline: 1.888.8.MAITRI

National Domestic Violence Toll Free Hotline: 1.800.799.SAFE

 

 234 East Gish Road, Suite #200, San Jose, CA 95112

Toll Free Hotline: 1-888-8MAITRI
1-888-862-4874
Local Hotline: 1-408-436-8398
Live Hotline Hours: 9am - 1pm (PST)

Maitri's mission is three-fold:

• To help integrate clients into the mainstream of American society, so that they feel comfortable and become full participants in it. Maitri recognizes that the very social and cultural separation or isolation that it's clients experience contributes largely to their problems, and is a hindrance to their solutions.


• To focus efforts on supplementing and complementing existing services, not on duplicating them. To this end, Maitri has developed close working relationships with mainstream agencies and organizations, as well as organizations working with similar ethnic groups.


• To work towards fostering self-reliance and self-confidence in its clients. We believe that a large number of difficulties experienced by Maitri's clients arise out of a real or perceived situation of dependency. This philosophy is encapsulated in Maitri's motto of "Helping Women to Help Themselves" and Maitris mission statement:
   
  Maitri believes that the best human relationships are characterized by mutual respect, open communication, and individual empowerment. To that end, Maitri's activities are designed to help South Asian women make an informed choice of the lives they lead.

Casa de Clara, San Jose Catholic Worker Shelter, San Jose Ca

318 North 6th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
408-297-8330

Volunteers needed:

Our community provides emergency shelter to homeless women and children. We
have been engaged in this ministry for over 30 years. Sadly we are among those
CW houses that has experienced a loss of full-time, long-term community members
in recent years, imperiling our mission of service to a few of the 7000 people
homeless in our area.

Our greatest need is for those who wish to make this a way of life for
several years or more. It is only with such folks that a community can thrive.
We also accept short-term (6 ths -1 yr) members & some students over the
summer,

Most of our scheduled work is in the mornings & evenings and on weekend
days. It may be possible for community members to maintain a part-time job or
take a class during the weekday.

Prior community living, volunteer experience, and understanding of the needs
of homeless women are helpful. Needed skills include cooking, cleaning, house
maintenance, gardening, newsletter production and community out-reach. A
commitment to non-violence, simple living and a faith-based lifestyle are
required. Please have an open-mind & heart , a sense of humor, & lots of
flexibility.

Please email us at: sanjosecatholicworker@yahoo.com

Japan Meets the Monster

Smoke rises in the distance behind destroyed houses in Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan"

If you were a citizen of Northern Japan today; if your house had just been sucked into the sea–how would you be dealing with it? Your clothes and family pictures are floating on the waves. Everything you have worked for is missing: food, shelter, job, car and perhaps some of your people best loved and now gone.

Where would you go? You have so much to grieve for. What will you eat? Your entire fortune is what you are carrying on you. How do you begin to reconstruct a life that, in moments, has been so thoroughly crushed?

http://rowescorner.com/2011/03/17/japan-meets-the-monster/

I Wish There Was A PAW TEAM in San Jose Ca

PAW Team is a volunteer-based organization. Services are provided by volunteer veterinarians, vet techs, and others from the Portland community interested in helping people on the streets and their companion/service animals.



In our early years, PAW Team typically saw from 20-40 pets at each quarterly clinic. Each year that number increased bit by bit, until we were caring for an average of 70 animals at each quarterly clinic in 2009, with a few exceptionally heavy clinics where we treated up to 100 pets. When we began our monthly clinics in 2010, we expected to maintain or even decrease our average of 70 or so pets per clinic, since we would be increasing the number of clinics in each year. However, at our monthly clinics in 2010, we treated an average of 142 pets, with no signs of slowing down. We now have to turn away clients due to lack of funds. There is clearly a tremendous need for these services in our community.

Mexican American Community Services Agency, Inc., MACSA

For over 46 years, MACSA has been recognized as a leader in serving the Latino community. MACSA's mission, culture and core values have guided the organization's culturally proficient service delivery and program development. MACSA's core values are based on mutual respect and cultural appreciation.

 Mexican American Community Services Agency, Inc., MACSA traces its origins to 1964 when a group of community activists joined together to identify ways to help the emerging Latino community respond to injustices such as discrimination, racism, poverty, police brutality, educational inequity, and inadequate access to public services.

MACSA's first director, the late Lino Lopez described the social landscape of Santa Clara County in the 1960's this way, "To the average person the impression is that if people live freely in all sections of the community, then they must live free of segregation and discrimination. This first impression is immediately erased when one looks behind the façade that is customarily erected by the community power structure constructed to give such an appearance... Behind the banks and the supermarkets and behind the landscaped arterial ways there are slums, there are hovels, there are hungry people; the discards of society." Those most affected, according to Mr. Lopez, were Mexican Americans.

Since that time MACSA has remained steadfast and committed to improving the quality of life for youth, families and seniors. MACSA offers programs throughout Santa Clara County, in particular in East and Central San Jose, Morgan Hill and Gilroy. MACSA's commitment to progressive community change is demonstrated through the numerous youth development programs offered at youth centers, schools, library and community sites. MACSA has earned local, state and national acclaim for its "cutting edge" youth programs.

Our Lady of Guadeloupe Church, Food Pantry, San Jose Ca

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish 
2020 E San Antonio St
San Jose, CA 95116
Phone: (408) 258-7057 Fax: (408) 258-8249
A Parish of The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose CA

Food Pantry for Low-income, homeless and unemployed residents in 95116, 95132 and 95135

zip codes and Parish residents. 

FOOD BAGS:  Wed. 9:00 am - 11:00 AM - Thurs., 3:00pm - 5:00pm

 

INNVISION - Commercial Street Inn Shelter, San Jose Ca

Commercial Street Inn Shelter

260 Commercial Street, San Jose, CA 95112
408-271-1630

At this location
55 beds for women & children, including after school tutorial programs.

• Emergency Shelter for women & children only


• Transitional Housing


• Georgia Travis Center (GTC) MultiService Drop-In
  across the street

INNVISION - Julian Street Inn Shelter, San Jose Ca

Julian Street Inn Shelter

546 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA 95110
408-271-0820

At this location
70 beds and rehabilitation services for men & women diagnosed with mental illness.

• Emergency Shelter for those diagnosed with mental illness


• Day Rehabilitation Program


• Food Donations
  Food/Supplies Only
  8am – 6:30pm, daily

Loaves & Fishes - St. Patrick's, Soup Kitchen, San Jose Ca

St. Patrick's

389 E. Santa Clara Street (corner of 9th St.)

San Jose, Ca 95113

408 293-4505

SOUP KITCHEN MEALS SERVED:

Mon., Thurs.: 4:00 pm

Sat.: 4:30 pm

INNVISION-GEORGIA TRAVIS CENTER Shelter, San Jose Ca

Georgia Travis Center

297 Commercial Street, San Jose, CA 95112
408-453-3124

Breakfast: 9:00am - Lunch: 12:00pm

INNVISION WEBSITE>

At this location
The primary gateway to emergency assistance for homeless women and children in Silicon Valley.

• MultiService Drop-In Center
  Open Weekdays 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
  Breakfast, Lunch, Snack – Monday - Friday.


• Family Place Program


• Donation Depot


• Drop-Off Location


• Produce Market


• One-Stop Homelessness Prevention Center

Domestic Violence Video

Just saw this very powerful video on YouTube. I thought you might want to check it out.

Council on Aging Silicon Valley

Council on Aging Silicon Valley
2115 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

visit website>

The Goal of the Council on Aging Silicon Valley (COASV) is to provide leadership in addressing issues that relate to older Californians: to develop community-based systems of care that provide services which support independence within California’s interdependent societies, and which protect the quality of life for older persons and persons with functional impairments; and to promote citizen involvement in the planning and delivery of services

Lets Talk Not Fight - San Jose Community Cares

Safe@work Coalition, Domestic Violence and the Workplace

Domestic Violence as a Workplace Issue

Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women. It impacts one out of every four women. Problems of domestic violence frequently spill into the workplace. Batterers commit 13,000 violent acts against their partners in the workplace each year. Batterers also pose serious threats to the safety of their victims' co-workers. Research shows that their husbands or boyfriends at work harassed 74 percent of employed battered women. Every month, domestic violence caused 56 percent of them to be late at least five times, 28 percent to leave early at least five days and 54 percent to be late for work at least five times. As a result many workers face disciplinary action.

Employment is the key to a domestic violence victim's economic self-sufficiency, but the US General Accounting Office found that one-quarter to one-half of domestic violence victims surveyed lost a job due, at least in part, to domestic violence.

Go to the their website and download a PDF of their entire site.

InnVision Montgomery Street Inn Shelter & Cecil White Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONTGOMERY MEALS
Cecil B. White
358 N. Montgomery
San Jose, CA 95110
(408) 271-5160
Breakfast: Mon. - Fri. 6:00am - 7:00am
Breakfast: Sat. - Sun. 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Lunch: Mon. - Fri 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Dinner: Mon. - Sun. 6:00 p.m.

Doctor: Tues: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Nurse: Thurs: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

At this location
85 beds for men, short & long term housing, including job development programs.

The Cecil White Center is a multiservice drop-in center, offering a variety of basic services to homeless or at-risk men & women including a hot meal, shower facilities, laundry services, clothing, mailing address, and phone access. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served weekdays. On weekends, an evening meal is served. Additionally, clients are provided with job and housing referrals, substance abuse counseling, access to a computer lab, medical services, and health education. CWC serves an average of 300 people a day and 11,000 meals a month.

FOOD CONNECTION, San Jose Ca

Call Food Connection at 1-800-984-3663.

The call is free. The food is free.

Calling From a Cell Phone?
The toll-free Food Connection number routes calls based on the area code of the phone you are using. If you have a cell phone with an area code that is not local, please call direct at either (408) 266-8866 x101 or (650) 610-0800 x101.

Summer Meals: For kids 18 years and younger
Family Harvest: Groceries for families with minor children
Produce Mobile: Fruits & Vegetables
Brown Bag: Groceries for elders
Pantries: Emergency Food
Meal Programs: Hot meals
Food Stamps: $$ for groceries

CityTeam Ministries, San Jose Ca

CityTeam Ministries, San Jose Ca

The Domestic Violence Project of Silicon Valley California

If you or your family have been physically or emotionally abused please read the  Victums Handbook. If you live around Santa Clara County California you can find immediate help here.

If you live elsewhere, our web site is still for you. Then for help in your area call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800 799-SAFE (TDD 1-800-787-3224).

Here Is Their Website.

What is Domestic Violence?

What is Domestic Violence?

Domestic violence is also called intimate partner abuse. Domestic abuse can be broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviour by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, cohabitation, dating, within a family or among friends.

Forms of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence can manifest itself in different forms:

• Physical abuse includes hitting, slapping, throwing objects, using a knife or gun to threaten someone, pulling hair, punching with the fist, etc.

• Sexual abuse includes forced sexual intercourse, being forced to watch or act out pornography, touching genitals by mouth, forcing sex by inserting a penis or an object into a vagina, forced prostitution, etc.

• Emotional abuse includes threat of harm, humiliation in front of others, limiting movement outside a home, etc

• Financial abuse includes being forced to hand over money, being prevented from earning an income, being forced to ask for money for basic needs, etc.

What causes domestic violence?

Domestic violence may start when one partner feels the need to control and dominate the other. Abusers may feel this need to control their partner because of various reasons -- low self-esteem, extreme jealousy, difficulties in regulating anger and other strong emotions, or when they feel inferior to the other partner in terms of education and socio-economic background. Some men with very traditional beliefs may think they have the right to control women because women aren’t equal to men. Victims of domestic violence can develop depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies and feelings of helplessness.

PRACTICAL AND LEGAL SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

You can take preventative measures to stop violence by applying for a protection order against the person abusing you. The Domestic Violence Act 116/1998 makes provision for a person who is being abused to apply to the Magistrate’s Court for a protection order. This is done on application and needs to be granted by a magistrate, if there is evidence supporting allegations of abuse. An order may be requested by anyone who is, or was, in a domestic relationship with the respondent (abusing party). An application for a protection order can be brought on behalf of the applicant by any other person with the applicant’s consent.

Marcia Pires

• Gender: Female


• Location: Right now Johannesburg : South Africa

About Me

I am a married woman for about 19 years, which relationship is based on respect and love, and with a steadfast conviction that whatever I do is by my solely choice and not taken by the urge of the moment, or circumstances or even to please others. I believe in God and I stand for it.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO HER WEBSITE.



 

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.  ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Sacred Heart Community Service, San Jose Ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sacred Heart Community Service
1381 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95110
Phone: (408) 278-2160
Fax: (408) 885-9071

Hours:

Mon-Thu 8 am - 5 pm

Fri 9 am - 4 pm

Sat 9 am - 12 pm

Feed the hungry, Clothe the Needy, Welcome the Stranger.

Bag lunches available every morning at 9:30am until they are gone (usually about two hours). Food box (two bags of food each month).

Another organization that needs donations and volunteers more than ever during this economic down turn, Sacred Heart Community Service provides food, clothes for more than 40,000 people last year. Their vision is a community united to ensure that every child and adult is free from poverty in the South Bay Area.
Sacred Heart serves customers living in the following zip codes (which are subject to change): 95110, 95117, 95125, 95126, 95128 and 95134. Any customer not living in one of the above zip codes can come to Sacred Heart Community Service on a one-time basis for food. We then refer them to Second Harvest for additional services.

CLICK HERE for there website.