NHVAN’s mission is to provide culturally competent advocacy for the health and human services needs of U.S. Hispanic military veterans.
NHVAN’s vision is to create a well-established, organized, active, and strongly connected community of Hispanic veterans by improving communication and advocacy for their health and human services needs that is culturally appropriate.
WHAT WE DO AND WHY:
- Bilingual, culturally appropriate multi-platform advocacy campaign
- Culturally appropriate online materials, publications, resources and events
- Evidence-based empirical research approach
- Highlight health and human services issues affecting Hispanic veterans from a culturally appropriate perspective
- Establish, organize, activate, connect, and support
- Improve communication
- Educate and inform
- Articles series of Hispanic veterans’ interviews for Latina Lista’s Editorial Initiative Articles Series
- Spotlight unique challenges, needs, and stories of Hispanic veterans
- Elevate voices of Hispanic veterans from a positive and pragmatic perspective
- Highlight Hispanic veterans in a positive light
- Spotlight Hispanic military personnel and military-serving organizations
- Assemble and disseminate critical legislative, government, and military initiatives
- Legislative Days with representatives to advocate for health and human services needs
- Town Hall meetings with community stakeholders, including health and human services professionals, to educate and raise awareness
Xiomara A. Sosa, NHVAN Executive Creator and Co-partner
Founder, You Are Strong! Center on Veterans Health and Human Services
Center on Veterans Health and Human Services
Marisa Treviño, NHVAN Media Co-partner
President, Treviño TodaMedia, LLC, and Publisher/Founder of Latina Lista
