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I am not a secret agent. It just feels like it sometimes at Casa de Paz. We want to tell you about us and the work that we do—just not all of it (for the safety of the residents). We want to introduce you to the women and children who live in our Casa—but we […]

Kim and Alba are new staffers but familiar faces at Casa de Paz. Both women started volunteering in 2019 and were hired in late 2021 to assist residents and help the house run more smoothly. Alba, who is studying marketing management at Cincinnati State, learned of Casa de Paz as part of her scholarship from […]

On December 6, 2021, Father Eric Sundrup, Pastor of Bellarmine Parish, performed a Catholic house blessing in response to a request by Casa de Paz residents. Father Eric involved all residents, through scripture readings, prayers and the sprinkling of holy water in each room. As families proudly guided Father Eric through their temporary home and […]

On a cold February day, Karla sat in the dining room at Casa de Paz talking with Jennifer Linares, the Family Support Coordinator. She described the cascading emotions she felt washing over her on this, her final day as a Casa de Paz resident. Karla had come to Casa de Paz five months earlier with […]

Diane’s Corner   Have you ever heard of conviviencia? The translation is ‘coexist,’ like those bumper stickers you may have seen on a car in front of you at a traffic light. The word convivencia comes from a Spanish historian, Américo Castro, who wrote in the 1940’s about a time in medieval Spain when Jews, […]

Every one of the immigrant women we serve has been on a long journey.  Well, we have too.  It began simply as a dream, back in around 2013 or 2014.  Several women, all from Latin America, one herself a domestic violence victim, began thinking about opening a Casa de Paz.  The domestic violence victim was […]

FROM OUR FIRST 20 MONTHS Opened Doors, January 20, 2020 Renovated Living Space for 5 Families Obtained Necessary Furnishing, Clothing and Food Housed and/or Served 24 Women Housed and/or Served 41 Children “Graduated” 11 Families to Safer, Saner Independent Lives Provided Help to 12 Women on Protective Orders and Other Legal Issues Hired Our First […]

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The term “human trafficking” prompts images of organized criminal enterprises that buy and sell people for commercial purposes. The reality is that most victims of trafficking know their trafficker, often as a romantic partner or relative, which complicates but does not lessen the horror of their suffering. Daniela, a current Casa de Paz client, fits […]