Empowering survivors of sexual crimes to find their voice, advance their healing and educate others.

 
 

Education | Prevention | Advocacy | Support

Survivors Speak®

Empowering survivors to share their stories through specialized professional training in public speaking and team building, allowing them to advance their own healing while helping to educate audiences of all kinds.

Being part of the Survivors Speak team lets me feel a sense of community. We are connected in so many ways…body, mind and soul. I’ve found people like me. The perpetrator took away my innocence, but he can never take away my spirit.
— Mary Taylor, Survivors Speak Outreach Team

Community Outreach and Advocacy

Engaging individuals in the community, in the legislature, at businesses, corporations and organizations to work together to create real and meaningful change.

We all have a role to play…remember this is personal, there is no such thing as ‘not in my neighborhood.’ Sexual crimes affect us all; our mothers, our fathers, our sisters, our brothers, our friends, our co-workers and our children.
— Donna Palomba, Founder and President, Jane Doe No More

Safe Student Initiative®

Educating students from middle school to college through age-appropriate, survivor-led interactive programs including safe and unsafe touch, sexual respect, healthy relationships, consent, bystander intervention and rape culture.

Our students were moved by how brave the speakers were for sharing their personal stories. Hearing from survivors firsthand will have a lasting impact.
— Katelyn Giulino, Health Teacher, Naugatuck High School

Escape Alive
Survival Skills®

Training women and girls to stay safe physically, emotionally and intellectually through personal prevention strategies, confidence-building skills, awareness tips, and kick, strike and blow techniques.

I can’t say enough great things about this program. I attended with two friends and our daughters and we couldn’t stop talking about what an amazing experience it was. To say we walked away feeling empowered is an understatement. Thank you for giving us an afternoon we will never forget.
— Escape Alive Survival Skills Participant, WCSU Danbury

Duty Trumps Doubt™

Changing perspectives through our trauma-informed video and survivor-led presentations specifically designed to help law enforcement, medical personnel, legal professionals and society as a whole, to better understand victims of sexual crimes.

Everyone was highly impacted by your stories. The team definitely wants to continue our partnership moving forward.
— Sergeant Jason Hyland, UConn Police Department START Team

Spotlight

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Monday, September 13, 2021
Western Hills Golf Course

600 Park Road, Waterbury, CT 06708

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18 Holes for
Men and Women

LAST CHANCE to join us and become a Hole or Friend Sponsor. All other sponsorships are sold.

Click here for
Available Sponsorships

Become a Hole Sponsor for $1000 today. Benefits include:

  • Golf for 2 in the tournament ($350 Value)

  • Logo on the Green

  • Print recognition in event program

 

#voice2change

Simone Biles is a brave leader.

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Know your boundaries.

It’s okay not to be okay. It happens and it takes bravery to admit it, act on it, and take a step back when necessary. Simone Biles did just that by making the decision to pull out of the woman’s all-round gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics citing the need to “protect her mental health”. It was the right decision. Leadership is about knowing when to step forward, and also knowing when to step back. 

Simone Biles was molested by Larry Nassar, her team doctor, throughout her childhood and teen years.

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