NARIKA

Narika provides free, culturally responsive job training and financial literacy session targeting both domestic violence survivors, low-income communities, and immigrant and non-immigrant women who have never entered the workforce. The intention of this program is to empower economically disadvantaged women and prevent them from entering or re-entering the cycle of abuse out of financial dependency.

Narika's HEAL Wellness Program is designed to provide a safe space to foster self-care, confidence and mental wellbeing in survivors of domestic violence who are otherwise burdened by childcare, single parenthood, mental health issues and trauma from abuse. Survivors learn crucial wellness practices like meditation, art & dance therapy, yoga, self-defense, theater, and lessons on assertiveness.

Narika recognizes that domestic violence is a complex, deeply-rooted public health crisis borne from many cultural, legal and societal forces. Narika hosts interactive workshops and conducts domestic violence advocacy trainings to empower youth and adults to understand healthy relationships, boundaries, consent, safety planning and the intersections of gender, race, religion, culture, sexual orientation and immigration status on domestic violence. This program emphasizes the South Asian and immigrant communities.

Narika ensures no survivor of domestic violence is food-insecure or unable to provide for their children by providing weekly grocery assistance to survivors fleeing abuse. Survivors and their families receive hot food, groceries, household and hygiene supplies and any necessary educational and work-related items and clothing.