Asian Women United of Minnesota

 

P.O. Box 6223

Minneapolis, MN 55406 

Office: 612-724-0756  
Fax: 612-729-0660
Website: http://awum.org

 

Services / Programs

AWUM is made up of women and men who believe in every woman’s right to a life of peace, wholeness and happiness. That includes a life free from emotional, physical, or sexual abuse. Our programs and expertise focus on Asian women and girls, but our mission includes all domestic violence victims.

We offer programs for domestic violence victims and their children, and the community at large. We help empower Asian women and girls to support each other. We also give volunteers and others a meaningful way to get involved in ending domestic violence.

Through our Community Advocacy and House of Peace programs we offer:

• A domestic violence shelter
• Support and care for victims of domestic violence
• Legal and financial advocacy
• A 24-hour multilingual help line
• Employment assistance
• Community advocacy and awareness raising about domestic violence

Mission

Asian Women United of Minnesota will end domestic violence by promoting safe and healthy relationships within the Asian-Pacific Islander community.

Vision

We are the leader in eliminating violence in the Asian-Pacific Islander community, and share the expertise of our best practices with others. Using the strengths of the API community, AWUM will uphold an environment free of violence, promote self-sufficiency for women, and foster nurtured and healthy children and families. Our intention is to fill in a gap by providing domestic violence shelter and support to Asian women, including those of Hmong, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Filipina, Chinese, Lao, South Asian, Korean and Thai descent. However, our domestic violence shelter and other programs are open to all women.