03.14.2008
Agenda added for Freedom Network USA Conference. Go to Training Registration .

03.10.2008
Register for National Conference on Human Trafficking. Go to Training Registration to find out more.

11.05.2007
Nationally known speakers coming to train on human trafficking. Go to Training Registration to find out more.

10.10.2007
New trainings are scheduled, specifically around the issues of mental health.

09.13.2007
Space still available for the October 25th interpreter training. Go to Training Registration for more info.

08.20.2007
New training dates available.  Go to Training Registration.

06.25.2007
Welcome to our new website!



Tapestri, Inc. is dedicated to ending violence and oppression in refugee and immigrant communities, using culturally competent and appropriate methods. As advocates for refugee and immigrant families affected by domestic violence, sexual assault and exploitation, we are committed to using education, community organizing, direct services and advocacy to effect change in the lives of these families.

Our name, "Tapestri," symbolizes the different threads of society coming together to form a safe cover to protect its many colored communities.

Domestic violence is violence that happens at home between people who know each other: husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends whether or not they live together, same sex partners, relatives, and parents and their children. A lot of times, the violence is physical, but it can also be threats, isolation, intimidation, harassment, emotional mistreatment, forced sex or making threats with regard to having you or your children deported. read more

Sexual assault is any sexual activity that is against another person's will including: rape (attempted rape), sodomy/aggravated sodomy, child molestation, fondling, sexual harassment, indecent exposure, stalking, peeping toms, and sexual battery. read more

Worldwide, an estimated 1 to 2 million people are trafficked every year. According to State Department estimates, approximately 14,500 to 17,500 women, children and men are brought to the U.S. each year. Millions of individuals, the majority of which are women and children, are tricked, coerced, sold or forced into situations of slavery-like exploitation from which they are unable to escape. read more