BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP INC

Programs

1. Workers' rights: educates brazilian immigrant workers on the rights of workers in the united states, organizes a workers' council, and offered osha work accident prevention trainings in partnership with the brazilian workers' center. Workers are referred to bwg by other community organizations, hospital social workers, psychologists, but mostly by word of mouth from workers who were once helped by this project. Organizer met in person or by phone with workers complaining about violation to determine if there is basis to pursuing legal action. When needed, cases are referred to the attorney general's office, greater boston legal services (gbls), department of labor (dol), justice at work, or to attorney stacei sobosik. The bwg also works with the mass. Attorney general's office on strategies for implementation of the domestic workers bill of rights, and runs educational meetings for employers on the issue, as well as workshops and trainings for domestic workers. As a member of the national domestic workers alliance, the brazilian women's group benefits from a series of virtual workshops and participates in virtual and in-person actions to advocate for the national domestic workers…

   $59,152 spent$7,680 earned by the program
   23% of program spending

2. Immigrant rights/civic engagement :this program provides services and referrals for immigrants. Bwg organizes weekly live events on its social media to provide legal assistance and information on immigration and on family affairs, health, housing, job placement, among other topics. In 2023, bwg helped 53 students to renew daca eligibility (deferred action for childhood arrivals). Bwg also helped 79 brazilians to renew their brazilian passports and apply for power of attorney. In addition to providing many walk-in services, such as translation of documents, bwg continues to work to find and support immigrants in detention and continues to organize grassroots support for immigration reform, including driver's licenses, the dream act, in-state tuition for immigrant residents of massachusetts, the safe communities act, language justice legislation, and the keep families together - stop deportations campaign. Bwg promotes participation in elections through citizenship classes, voter registration, and ongoing outreach program of community meetings, articles, interviews and public service announcements in the portuguese-language media.

   $43,598 spent
   17% of program spending

3. Health equity and covid-19 relief and prevention:bwg continues to organize vaccination clinics, that are conducted in partnership with the equity now & beyond coalition, the city of boston and massachusetts department of public health. 491 people were vaccinated in 2023. In addition to gift certificates, diapers and baby food, clinics provide information on health care access and other resources, children's books, and snacks.in partnership with health care for all (hcfa), bwg runs outreach and education campaigns to increase access to health care, to alert community members to massachusetts' new "redetermination" requirements, and to provide help applying for masshealth, and enrolling in health plans such as the affordable health plan, and maintaining health insurance. To achieve this goal, bwg has hired community organizers, and has hired and trained certified application counselors.community organizers and the application counselors reached almost 14,000 community members in 2023, supported 500 to successfully enroll or re-enroll in health insurance (mass health, mass health limited, the connector, etc.), and advised many more.

   $95,266 spentof which $18,240 as grants
   37% of program spending

4. Annual brazilian independence day festival:the festival is a week-long program that runs the first week of september, culminating with an outdoor festival at herter park, soldier's field rd, boston. The festival celebrates and promotes awareness of brazilian history and culture by bringing together as many as 7,000 attendees from all walks of life, at least 75% of which are brazilian immigrant families from across new england. The festival supports the community by providing an opportunity for non-profits to distribute information about support they offer to the community. It also provides important opportunities for community building and celebration of brazilian identity and culture, and provides economic opportunities for the community, enabling brazilian-owned businesses to sell their wares and access new clients. The festival is organized in partnership with the massachusetts alliance of portuguese speakers and the consulate general of brazil in boston. All events are free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.other programming:1) vida verde cooperative the co-op provides education on making and using green housecleaning products, encourages healthy work practices,…

   $61,866 spent
   24% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $259,882.