About Us

Mission

MataHari works with individuals and communities that are impacted by family violence, sexual violence, migrant labor exploitation and human trafficking. We have specialized expertise in working with migrants and communities of color.

• We provide culturally relevant and survivor centered counseling, advocacy and group support to those we work with, respecting and honoring the beliefs, social norms and familiar practices, while working with our communities toward safety, healing and empowerment.
• We provide consultation and culturally relevant training, resource tools and support for survivors and their loved ones, communities, service providers and governmental agencies that are safety nets for survivors.
• We organize communities and engage in racial solidarity building work to mobilize for social change and responsible policy and human rights.

Through programs, advocacy, activism and outreach, MataHari works from a foundation of social justice, immigrant empowerment, racial solidarity and community centeredness. We recognize that our communities are impacted by interpersonal, institutional and structural oppression and inequity. We believe that solutions to end violence, intervene and offer safety nets are embedded in our own resources, families, schools and neighborhoods. We are committed to forging creative approaches and renew time tested indigenous ones that break us out of isolation, challenge stagnant practices and energize and catalyze the power that emerges from the synergy of the goodness of humanity.

MataHari is committed to the principals and true spirit of collaboration, sharing, fairness and equity. Our mission is to preserve, create and mediate safe, respectful and empowering spaces and linkages across individuals, disciplines, institutions, borders, class, caste, religion, gender, age, race and color as we work toward ending violence and oppression in our communities.