LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Healing in community not only means taking charge of one’s own healing journey, but it also means equipping ourselves with the tools and community support necessary to become community leaders and advocates, enabling a ripple of change in the movement to end sexual violence.

Survivor Leadership Training

Supported by experts from the ‘me too.’ team and movement leaders, Survivor Leadership Training hosted its first class of 14 participants who embarked on a 12-week program exploring concepts including the Historical Context of Sexual Harm, Carceral Feminism and Abolition; Organizing 101, and Media Training. Participants concluded the program by putting their growing knowledge into practice through a community impact project presentation.

Our first cohort of Survivor Leadership Training participants gathered weekly, meeting virtually but developing deep connections as they supported one another as burgeoning leaders and organizers.

HBCU Internship

In the fall of 2022, we hosted two burgeoning survivor-leaders seeking to contribute to the work of disrupting sexual violence on their HBCU campuses. The interns curated activations on their campus to bring awareness to sexual violence that happens within the campus setting.