Brief History

Began public campaign to establish My Sister’s House as Sacramento’s first agency to address battering in the Asian and Pacific Islander community, and plans to develop a cultural appropriate save haven

Began public campaign to establish My Sister’s House as Sacramento’s first agency to address battering in the Asian and Pacific Islander community, and plans to develop a cultural appropriate save haven

Began public campaign to establish My Sister’s House as Sacramento’s first agency to address battering in the Asian and Pacific Islander community, and plans to develop a cultural appropriate save haven

Incorporated

Became a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community service organization

Inaugural 12-member Board of Directors and 11-member Advisory Committee installed

Received major grant for $150,00 from the California Employment Development Department to implement My Sister’s House “Women at Work Program”, which operates out of the Broadway One Stop Career Center

Opened Sacramento’s first 6-bed safe haven for battered Asian and Pacific Islander women and children

Received a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration for Small Grassroots Organizations to fund the Women at Work Immigrant Domestic Violence Advocacy Project, to help battered immigrant women

Held its first Domestic Violence Training Institute. The Institute gave participants an opportunity to exchange information and learn about violence against women in the immigrant and refugee communities

Held our first annual Run For A Safe Haven at William Land Park. This 5K fun run drew over 1,200 adults and children who competed individually and in over 70 teams.

 Hosted our first “Yes I Can” Conference for domestic violence victims

Produced an organizational video to educate the community about domestic violence and the services provided by My Sister’s House

Held its first dinner thanking our many friends and supporters that have helped to make the organization a success

Began operating a multi-lingual telephone Help Line that is available 24-hours a day to assist victims of domestic violence

Launched our “No Excuse For Abuse” project, which involves printing information about My Sister’s House on shopping bags in Chinese, Hmong, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. The bags are then distributed to various Asian grocery stores in the Sacramento area

The Sacramento Housing Alliance selected My Sister’s House as a recipient of its distinguished advocacy award for the work we have done addressing the issue of domestic violence in Sacramento’s Asian and Pacific Islander community

My Sister’s House was awarded with the Uplifting Human Values Awards

My Sister’s House was awarded with the Phillippine Fiesta Community Best Award

My Sister’s House was awarded with the Soroptimists of South Sacramento Award

My Sister’s House was awarded with the Asian Bar Association of Sacramento Community Service Award

My Sister’s House was awarded a grant to coordinate and implement anti-human trafficking outreach and education in the Sacramento region

My Sister’s House was awarded with the Future 5 Award (Outstanding Non-profit Sacramento Asian Chamber of Commerce)

My Sister’s House was awarded with a national Top Food and Shelter Award

Selected as one of the 46 sites nationally to provide culturally specific domestic violence services

Celebrated its 10th Annual GALA at the Crest Theater

 My Sister’s House’s Executive Director, Nilda Valmores, was awarded with the Congressional victims’ Rights Caucus Allied Professional Award in Washington, D.C.

 Began training neighboring domestic violence organizations on cultural responsiveness

Opened its second shelter – a transitional housing program

My Sister’s Cafe launches as part of our job training program

Moved to new office

Hired its first full-time counselor and starts Spanish-speaking support group

Opened Anti-Trafficking House helping human trafficking victims

Launched sexual assault work in Yolo County, and begins statewide trainings to train other victim service providers on cultural responsiveness

Begins Housing First program to assist survivors in finding stable housing