Phumulani: Minnesota African Women Against Violence is a survivor-led, culturally rooted nonprofit on a mission to end gender-based violence within African immigrant communities in Minnesota. Grounded in African values, traditions, and collective care, we aim to restore dignity, rebuild trust, and transform pain into purpose for survivors.
Despite Minnesota’s robust network of high-quality victim service providers, domestic and gender-based violence continues to disproportionately impact women of African heritage. In particular, African American and African immigrant women face systemic gaps in services that fail to meet their cultural, linguistic, and community-specific needs.
Adding further urgency, Minnesota is home to one of the largest populations of African immigrants in the United States. To change this, Phumulani’s goal is to expand and invest in culturally grounded programming for domestic violence shelters and hotlines, as well as to launch storytelling initiatives that uplift the lived experiences, wisdom and resilience of African heritage survivors.
Website: Phumulani: Minnesota African Women Against Violence