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.”
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.”
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.”
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. ”
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.”
Spotlight
Friday, June 4, 2021
6:00 - 9:00pm
Hawk Ridge Winery
28 Plungis Road, Watertown, CT 06795
Outdoor Event under the Tent
$50 per person
Tickets are Limited
Wine • Beer • Food
Live Music • Raffle
All proceeds benefit
Jane Doe No More
Purchase Tickets for Chance Drawing Here (need not be in person to win)
Thank You to Our Sponsors
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Making our Voices Heard
Members of our Survivors Speak Outreach Team participated in panel discussions hosted by Connecticut’s State Representative DiGiovancarlo, Goupil, Palm, Santiago, Quinn, Abercrombie, Comey, and Senator Abrams. Survivors shared their personal stories, highlighting the prevalence of sexual crimes and what is being done to prevent them. Services and resources for victims and their families were shared.
Reach out to your Connecticut Representatives to support these bills —
HB No. 6113 – An Act Requiring the Provision of Information Concerning Child Sexual Abuse
Introduced: Rep. Dathan, Rep. Welander
HB. No. 5700 – An Act Concerning Unauthorized Photography of a Minor by a Registered Sexual offender
Introduced: Rep Phipps
HB. No. 6657 – An Act Concerning Human Trafficking
Introduced: Judiciary Committee
SB. No. 1060 – An Act Concerning Court Proceedings Involving Allegations of Coercive Control Occurring Between Family or Household Members
Introduced: Judiciary Committee
SB. No. 530 – An Act Improving Access to a Sexual Assault Forensic Exam for a Minor Who is a Victim of a Sexual Assault
Introduced: Sen. Flexer, Rep. Johnson
