Carol Gomez
• United States: Greater Boston Area
• civic & social organization
Current:
Board of Directors, Resist Foundation
Founding Director, Matahari: Eye of the Day
Past:
Therapist, Simmons College Counselign Center
Co-Director, Safetynet Program for Trafficked a
Greater Boston Area
Carol Gomez
Address: Greater Boston Area
Current:
- Board of Directors at Resist Foundation
- Founding Director at Matahari: Eye of the Day
- Founding Director/Organizer at Mata
Past:
- Therapist at Simmons College Counselign Center
- Co-Director at Safetynet Program for Trafficked and Exploited Persons
Education:
- Simmons College
- Mount Holyoke College
People Network: 37
Industry: Civic & Social Organization
Websites:
Carol Gomez’s Summary
Carol Gomez is a South Indian Malaysian living in the US involved in anti-violence, immigrant rights advocacy and anti-slavery/trafficking work for the 17 years in the US and in Malaysia.
I founded and direct MATAHARI: EYE OF THE DAY and its projects -Trafficking Victims Outreach and Services (TVOS) network and the South Asian Solidarity Network (SASN). Matahari offers advocacy, community capacity building, critical analysis and community education on rights and empowerment of migrants and communities of color in the US. We work with individuals and communities impacted by family violence, sexual violence, migrant labor exploitation and human trafficking. We organize communities and engage in racial solidarity building work to mobilize for social change responsible policy and human rights.
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 & color as we work toward ending violence and oppression in our communities.
The TVOS Network facilitates the provision of safety, social, legal and other basic human services to survivors of trafficking, to raise awareness of human trafficking as an insidious and growing local and global community problem and to advocate for legislative and other social change to eradicate trafficking.
SASN was formed to create community solutions to address and prevent issues of gender based violence, labor exploitation and economic distress that migrants from the diaspora are faced with in the US. Our mission is to bring together South Asian community members and allies who are committed to social justice, human rights, anti-oppression and anti-violence values/principles. The coalition struggles/organizes against gender based violence, class, caste and color, oppression, sexism, heterosexism, racism, xenophobia, religious oppression, hegemonic nationalism.
Carol Gomez’s Specialties:
Community Organizing, Racial Solidarity Building, Coalition Building, Anti-Oppression Training and Workshops, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention and Intervention Training, Immigrant Rights Organizing, Trauma Basebd Counseling, Crisis Intervention, Advocacy Skills and Practice, Safety Planning, Legal Advocacy, Cultural Relevent Models of Care (Competency), Facilitation and Mediation.
Board of Directors
Resist Foundation
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Board member for the Resist Foundation, which supports progressive social justice organizing .
Eductional Details:
Simmons College
MSW, Social Work, 2004 — 2007
2005 Award for Social and Political Activism
Additional Information
Carol Gomez’s Websites:
- My Company
Carol Gomez’s Honors:
Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance/MOVA Statewide Victim Right's Award for Innovative Models of Service, 2005
Community Activist Award from the MA Commission on Women, 2005
Social and Political Action from Simmons School of Social Work, 2005
Transition House Honoree, 2006
Cambridge Peace Commissions Peace & Justice Award, 2006
Jane Doe Inc - Spirit Award for Activism, 2006
Student Government Award for Social Change Activism, Simmons School of Social Work, 2007