Mirror Memoirs
Founded in 2016, Mirror Memoirs is a national storytelling and organizing project intervening in rape culture by uplifting the narratives, healing and leadership of LGBTQI+ Black, Indigenous and of color child sexual abuse survivors. We are headquartered in Los Angeles, where our staff and the majority of our members reside.
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CONNECT ·2024 Grants ChallengeForming Community to Heal and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
We will create a cohort of BIPOC LGBTQI+ child sexual abuse survivors working within direct service and advocacy nonprofits in LA County to break isolation and silence, heal together, and receive training and technical assistance to address the endemic rates of child sexual abuse survivorship among their clients and community members. Mirror Memoirs is one of the only organizations empowering advocates to name connections between child sexual abuse and other forms of systemic and historical violence and take action to address this violence.
PLAY ·2023 Grants ChallengeLeave No Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Behind
We will train BIPOC LGBTQI+ child sexual abuse survivors working within direct service and advocacy nonprofits in LA County to ensure their organizations begin to address the endemic rates of child sexual abuse survivorship among their clients and community members. To date, Mirror Memoirs is one of the only organizations in the US led by BIPOC LGBTQI+ survivors that is training organizations to name the connections between child sexual abuse and other forms of systemic and historical violence, and to take action to address this violence.