{"id":1168,"date":"2026-04-10T18:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/standing-up-for-safer-kitchens-organizing-against-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-el-comite-de-trabajadorxs-de-restaurante\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:11:20","slug":"standing-up-for-safer-kitchens-organizing-against-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-el-comite-de-trabajadorxs-de-restaurante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/standing-up-for-safer-kitchens-organizing-against-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-el-comite-de-trabajadorxs-de-restaurante\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Up for Safer Kitchens- Organizing against sexual and gender based violence \u2013 El Comit\u00e9 de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This Spring we launched our first series of workshops tailored to back-of-house immigrant workers with the goal of expanding safety at work. We leaned into our inner wisdom and the collective\u2019s, to craft the tools and create the confidence to stop harassment as it happens. We have heard for years how women and gender non-conforming people do not feel safe, endure, and resist being the target of co-workers, managers and patrons in kitchens and salons of all sorts. Although society disenfranchises us the most, our own and shared experiences organized create the pathway for change. This series of workshops brought survivors together through laughs and tears.\u00a0 Together, in navigation heavy at times, we converted experiences of shame in collective synergy and pride. We hope this growing network of survivors reaches those who need now the support that only us could bring.\u00a0<br \/><strong>In our first session<\/strong> we focused on the first and most common form of harassment: the jokes and inappropriate comments that shame our bodies and identities. We grounded in consent and the red flags of harassment and escalation and what are the barriers we face daily to stand up for our ourselves. We practiced Assertive Communication and tackled the legal reporting structure inside the workplace.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1065\" src=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-4-717x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-4-717x1024.jpeg 717w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-4-210x300.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-4-768x1097.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-4.jpeg 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1063\" src=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-2-832x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-2-832x1024.jpeg 832w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-2-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-2-768x945.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-2.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1064\" src=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-3-826x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-3-826x1024.jpeg 826w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-3-242x300.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-3-768x952.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-3.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1062\" src=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-1-823x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-1-823x1024.jpeg 823w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-1-241x300.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-1-768x955.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/el-comite-safer-kitchens-1.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In our second session we explored our identities into context and how intersectionality affects the power we have in our workplaces. Under the title: <strong>\u201cWhat do we do when people look down on us?\u201d <\/strong>we mapped our identities, privileges, and disadvantages. We spent time defining the differences between personality, and identifying microaggressions and their effect on our wellbeing. We hurt exploring why it is so difficult for us to respond to the patriarchal systemic context and the disadvantages that we have as immigrant women or LGBTQ+ in kitchens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In our third session 3 we understood that the development of collective power is essential to stop harassment at work. In our workshop named <strong>\u201cCreating bonds\u201d<\/strong> we focused on tools such as the 5Ds of bystander intervention and described ways on how to create solidarity among survivors and even allies in the face of harassment. We organize to keep each other safe!<\/p>\n<p>Racism and harassment are not our fault and there is so much to heal. In our last session of these series we centered on how we heal and care for ourselves and each other. Together, we used affirmations, visualizations and created a <strong>Care Plan<\/strong>. It is so important to identify who is in our network of support, what are the daily activities that help us maintain our emotional balance, and what are the affirmations that reconnect us with our own power to make consent be part of our life at work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our network of survivors grows every day in knowledge and numbers. We are in <strong>South Philly<\/strong> to stay. We know that WE run the kitchens in our city restaurants. Sharing our experiences in a safe space such as these workshops, has brought wisdom and power to our lives. We know that we are not alone and that our growth will make us unstoppable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We are grateful to YES to consent! for listening and helping us materialize these workshops! And to all our sisters working in kitchens who fight every day to maintain their bodies and coworkers safe!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cocinas-seguras-organizandonos-contra-la-violencia-sexual-y-de-genero\"><strong>Cocinas Seguras: organiz\u00e1ndonos contra la violencia sexual y de g\u00e9nero<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Etiquetas: Prevenci\u00f3n del acoso sexual, derechos laborales, justicia de g\u00e9nero<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Esta primavera lanzamos nuestra primera serie de talleres dirigidos a trabajadorxs inmigrantes de las cocinas de restaurantes con el objetivo de ampliar la seguridad laboral. Nos apoyamos en nuestra sabidur\u00eda interior y en la del colectivo para crear las herramientas, y generar la confianza necesarias para detener el acoso en cuanto ocurre. Llevamos a\u00f1os escuchando c\u00f3mo las mujeres y las personas de disidencia de g\u00e9nero no se sienten seguras, soportan y se resisten a ser el blanco de sus compa\u00f1erxs, gerentes y clientes en cocinas y salones de todo tipo. Aunque la sociedad nos priva de derechos, nuestras propias experiencias, organizadas y compartidas, crean el camino hacia el cambio. Esta serie de talleres reuni\u00f3 a sobrevivientes entre risas y l\u00e1grimas. Juntxs, en una traves\u00eda a veces dif\u00edcil, convertimos las experiencias de verg\u00fcenza en sinergia y orgullo colectivos. Esperamos que esta creciente red de sobrevivientes llegue a quienes ahora necesitan el apoyo que solo nosotres podemos brindar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>En nuestra primera sesi\u00f3n, <\/strong>nos centramos en la primera y m\u00e1s com\u00fan forma de acoso: las bromas y los comentarios inapropiados que averg\u00fcenzan nuestros cuerpos e identidades. Nos enfocamos en el consentimiento, las se\u00f1ales de alerta del acoso y su escalada, y en las barreras que enfrentamos a diario para defendernos. Practicamos la Comunicaci\u00f3n Asertiva y abordamos el marco legal de denuncia en el \u00e1mbito laboral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>En nuestra segunda sesi\u00f3n,<\/strong> exploramos nuestras identidades en contexto y c\u00f3mo la interseccionalidad afecta el poder que tenemos en nuestros lugares de trabajo. Bajo el t\u00edtulo: <strong>\u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 hacemos cuando la gente nos menosprecia?\u201d <\/strong>Mapeamos nuestras identidades, sus privilegios y desventajas. Dedicamos tiempo a definir las diferencias de personalidad e identificamos microagresiones y su efecto en nuestro bienestar. Nos doli\u00f3 explorar por qu\u00e9 nos resulta tan dif\u00edcil responder al contexto sist\u00e9mico patriarcal y a las desventajas que tenemos como mujeres inmigrantes o LGBTQ+ en la cocina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>En nuestra tercer sesi\u00f3n<\/strong>, comprendimos que el desarrollo del poder colectivo es esencial para frenar el acoso laboral. En nuestro taller <strong>\u201cCreando v\u00ednculos\u201d<\/strong> nos concentramos en herramientas como las 5D de la intervenci\u00f3n de testigxs y describimos maneras de fomentar la solidaridad entre sobrevivientes e incluso aliades ante el acoso.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Nos organizamos para protegernos mutuamente!<\/p>\n<p>El racismo y el acoso no son culpa nuestra y hay mucho que sanar. En nuestra \u00faltima sesi\u00f3n de esta serie, nos centramos en c\u00f3mo cuidar a nosotres mismes y a les dem\u00e1s. Juntes, usamos afirmaciones, visualizaciones y creamos un <strong>Plan de Cuidados. <\/strong>Es esencial identificar qui\u00e9nes forman parte de nuestra red de apoyo, cu\u00e1les son las actividades cotidianas que nos ayudan a mantener el equilibrio emocional y cu\u00e1les son las afirmaciones que nos reconectan con nuestro propio poder para que el consentimiento forme parte de nuestra vida laboral.<\/p>\n<p>Nuestra red de sobrevivientes crece cada d\u00eda en conocimiento y n\u00famero. Estamos en el <strong>Sur de Filadelfia <\/strong>para quedarnos. Sabemos que NOSOTRXS gestionamos las cocinas de los restaurantes de nuestra ciudad. Compartir nuestras experiencias en un espacio seguro como estos talleres nos ha dado sabidur\u00eda y fuerza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sabemos que no estamos solxs y que nuestro crecimiento nos har\u00e1 imparables.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Agradecemos a YES to consent! por escucharnos y ayudarnos a materializar estos talleres!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Y a todas las compa\u00f1eras en las cocinas que pelean dia a dia por mantener sus cuerpos y a sus compas seguras!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/standing-up-for-safer-kitchens-organizing-against-sexual-and-gender-based-violence\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Spring we launched our first series of workshops tailored to back-of-house immigrant workers with the goal of expanding safety at work. We leaned into our inner wisdom and the collective\u2019s, to craft the tools and create the confidence to stop harassment as it happens. 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