Voices JH’s mission is to engage and uplift the immigrant communities of the Teton region.

We envision a Teton region where immigrant families live at the heart of our community.

Our story begins…

In the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic, 7 immigrant leaders stepped up to ensure their communities had access to public health information and financial resources. Voices JH was born from the commitment and work of Blanca Moye, Ellie Perez, Nicolae Botan, Marcela Badillo, Miriam Morillon, Roney de la Cruz, and Tina Babis.

Our Values

Voices’ values are drawn from words around the world that are untranslatable to English.

  • We keep our promise to always amplify the voices of immigrants in our community. We strive to keep our word, to be honest with our capacity and to communicate impact.

  • We are one interconnected community. “You are my other me. If I do harm to you, I do harm to myself. If I love and respect you, I love and respect myself.” We believe that by empowering immigrants as one of the most marginalized communities in our region, we can uplift the whole community.

  • We practice bringing about balance within ourselves by aiming to develop compassion and self care through a process of reconciliation. We aim to heal within our relationships through mutual responsibility, dialogue and forgiveness, and we center conflict resolution and mediation. We strive to be a facilitator of Ho’oponopono to heal divides in our community.

  • We embrace curiosity as a way of being. We center learning, growth, and openness as a way of addressing trauma within ourselves and in support of others. We are committed to the personal and professional development of ourselves and our communities.

Voices JH acknowledges that indigenous peoples and nations, including the Newe Sogobia (Eastern Shoshone), Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Shoshone-Bannock and Tséstho’e (Cheyenne), have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now called the Teton region.  We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land.