Her Safety Net
AMINA HASSAN is the founder and executive director of her safety net, a community-based nonprofit serving immigrant women and people of color in the Lewiston-Auburn area. HSN offers a range of health, well-being, and employment assistance services and programs with a special focus on the prevention and recovery from gender- based and sexual violence. Amina’s professional background includes more than a decade of assisting others—as a social worker and case manager, an interpreter, and as an advocate for women and children. This is her big dream.
If I had $1 million dollars, it would be a dream come true. I would use the $1 million to advance the current work of Her Safety Net.
We would recruit a larger, multilingual team of dedicated community workers and offer them all of the training and resources they need to assist more immigrant women dealing with life crises. With a stronger team in place, HSN could achieve its mission to help victims of violence heal, and empower young immigrant women to advocate for themselves and lead safer, healthier lives. A larger, dedicated team of well-trained HSN community outreach specialists could help us break that cycle where discrimination and violence have become normalized, and even accepted.
HSN also could enlarge its educational training programs and its one-on-one counseling. Our programs and outreach can help prevent violence in the first place, which often stems from cultural, religious, and stereotypical misconceptions.
An infusion of cash would give HSN the means to better equip our clients with the psychological tools, support, and knowledge to challenge harmful norms and stereotypes. It would go a long way in helping us foster a safer environment for women and their families in our community, and in empowering immigrant women to lead lives free from violence and discrimination.
If you are interested in volunteering your time or can support with funding email contact@hersafetynet.org. For more information visit hersafetynet.org.
