[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 97 (Monday, June 5, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION ON 50 YEARS OF SERVICE

  (Mr. GARCIA of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARCIA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to honor Mujeres 
Latinas en Accion on their 50th anniversary of serving and empowering 
Latinas and their families in Chicago.
  When it was founded in 1973 to offer support to domestic violence 
survivors, there were no other services like this for Spanish-speaking 
women in Chicago. Today, Mujeres Latinas en Accion helps women find 
pathways to safer and healthier lives by providing wraparound, 
bilingual, and culturally sensitive domestic violence and sexual 
assault services, including a 24-hour hotline for crisis counseling and 
advocacy efforts.
  However, the support does not stop there. Their program, Empresarias 
del Futuro, trains women interested in starting and expanding small 
businesses. By obtaining financial independence, they can break the 
cycle of codependency from their abusers.
  Mujeres Latinas en Accion is a force of change. I congratulate and 
thank them for serving our community with compassion, care, and courage 
these past 50 years.

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