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The ASHA Project (TAP) is the phoenix of Asha Family Services, Inc., an African American led community-based, and culturally specific program for domestic abuse, sexual assault and trafficking victims/survivors residing in Milwaukee's central city and surrounding area. The ASHA Project personnel continues 30 plus years of victim services also with survivors housed within prisons. The Asha Project is a unique collaboration within End Domestic Abuse, WI.
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We are partnering with UW-Milwaukee’s College of Nursing and Sisters by Choice: United by Voice to gain data on domestic violence. If you are a Black or Native Woman over the age of 18 call 414-662-3545 and tell them The Asha Project Sent you. You will be compensated with a gift card for your time. 💜
In light of the many recent DV homicides, our Associate Director Shawn Muhammad will be hosting an All Men’s meeting August 19 at the African American Women’s Center. Send to your contacts and spread the word 💛
We at The Asha Project are heart broken 💔💔💔
Desiree Harris was a former advocate of ours. We remember the best of her as we mourn her loss. Her beautiful smile and warm spirit will be greatly missed. She was the 30th DV homicide in Milwaukee this year. May God forever be pleased with her and comfort her family in this time of bereavement.
Join us this Sunday! thank you for organizing this important event!!
Black women history in the African Diaspora.
"Look for the Helpers" - Beautiful poem of recognition, thanks and gratitude to the many Helpers who run alongside survivors by the Madison Poet Laureaute Angela C. Trudell Vasquez - The Big Share kickoff of today's events. Support the work of Helpers today in the Big Share - Our Power Hours are 10am-11 and 2pm to 3pm...your donation gets MATCHED.
"People will respond to the way they are addressed" Maya Angelou.
Did You Know?
Cudjo Lewis or Oluale Kossola is known as the last African survivor of the Middle Passage. In 1860, he and 109 other individuals from a West African region were captured and sold into slavery. They were trekked across the Atlantic ocean and ended up in Alabama.
Cudjo was enslaved for five years before being emancipated by the abolition of slavery. After the civil war, Cudjo and some of the others formally enslaved on the same plantation worked and pulled money together to buy two acres of land in Plateau and named it Africatown.
Africatown was a safe haven for formally enslaved Africans, specifically those who traveled to America on the Clotilda. They developed their own community and norms that represented the cultures of their shared African ancestries. Here they were safe from the extreme racism that was the norm in America at the time, and they could engage with the culture they'd been stolen from. They often only spoke in their native tongues, and never developed a full command of the language of the slavemaster.
At the start of the 20th century, Cudjo became a living resource to scholars and researchers of the time. He offered information and history about the Clotilda Africans, along with traditional stories and folktales. In 1927, he was interviewed by Zora Neale Hurston who would go on to write a fictionalized narrative of his history. Barraccoon, by Hurston, was published in May 2018.
Cudjo died in July 1935, and is buried in the cemetery in Africatown.
NCADV discussion on why victims don't leave.
Good Morning! Due to the power outages in Asha's area, we are unable to receive phone calls. If you need to reach an advocate, you can contact us through our social media channels on Facebook and on Instagram @/theasha.project.
Today is our Open House for the community! Stop by Asha today for free food, resources, and hygiene products! Advocates are on site for any assistance you might need.
1-4pm
3719 W Center St.
Good Morning! This Thursday, Asha will be hosting a small open house for the members of our community. See the flyer below for more information!