Support Groups & Informational Meetings
MUA is holding weekly virtual meetings through Facebook, and Zoom. Topics of meetings range from a support group format to informational workshops on mental health, stress, domestic violence, childhood development, community issues and larger political issues, as well as open topics that allow participants to share their own stories and experiences.
Meeting Schedule
If you know of a Latina immigrant women who should join our program, please encourage her to attend our zoom meetings.
Peer counseling and referrals: We offer emotional and practical support in Spanish and Mam. Please call us Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. 415-621-8140 (San Francisco) or (510) 261-3398 (East Bay), or 415-431-2562 (support line).
Member meetings: Virtual support groups in Spanish, every Monday at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, via Zoom. Call our peer counseling line (M-F, 10 am to 2 pm) or contact us on Facebook Messenger to sign up.
Grupo Mam: Virtual support groups in the Mam language, every second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, via Zoom. For more information and to sign up, please call (510) 905-9334, Mon – Fri between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.
Workshops on healing and wellness: Every Tuesday at 1:00 pm, broadcast live in Spanish on the Mujeres Unidas y Activas Facebook page.
MUA University: Civic and political education workshops in Spanish, broadcast live every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 11:00 am on the Mujeres Unidas y Activas Facebook page.
Zumba classes are offered on Mondays at 6 pm, Tuesdays at 6 pm, Wednesdays at 9 am and Fridays at 6 pm. Offered in Spanish for MUA members. Contact us on Facebook Messenger to sign up — let us know which days you want to attend.
Yoga classes: Once a month 9 am, in Spanish for MUA members. The classes focus on releasing all kinds of tension, and promoting calm and relaxation, either standing, sitting on the floor or sitting in a chair. The poses can be modified to the needs of each person. If you’re interested or have questions, please contact the instructor Ana Lucia, (925)-300-6835.
MUA offers job skills workshops in Spanish every third Tuesday from 3-5 pm, oriented towards domestic workers. Some topics for upcoming workshops are: How to help an expectant mother before and after the birth; Preventing elder abuse; and Managing diabetes in seniors.
Sign up online at: https://bit.ly/ParticipaciónEnMUA.
Child development workshops: Every second Friday of the month, MUA is offering child development workshops in Spanish for moms, grandmothers, and caregivers. These workshops are an opportunity that MUA offers to immigrant women to help us have better relationships with the children in our lives and for us as adults to understand more about child development.
To register for our workshops, call or text Maria de Jesus, 510-395-7825, Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.