Healing In Color

LGBTQ+ Survivors Share Their Paths to Recovery Through Photography and Storytelling

This exhibit shares the stories of 40 LGBTQ+ survivors of gender-based violence living on the east coast of the United States who participated in a research study to share what healing looks like and feels like for them. Through interviews, creative activities, and photography, survivors depicted their ex...

Healing Through Self-Expression: A Journey Through Male Survivorship

Lifting up the individual healing journeys of male survivors

This exhibit showcases the healing journeys of men-identifying survivors of sexual violence through various forms of art and self-expression. This exhibit was created in partnership with MaleSurvivor, Men Healing, I am Man, and SAMSN.Each piece featured tells a unique story of a survivor's journey towards...

well, what were you wearing?

Sexual assault is any type of forced sexual contact or behavior that occurs without a person’s consent – yet so often survivors are blamed for their own assault. Well, What Were You Wearing? addresses our preconceptions by documenting the clothing worn by survivors during their assault.In the U.S., a pers...

Finding The Strength To Heal

Finding The Strength To Heal is a short film describing the healing journeys of survivors of sexual assault and other forms of sexual violence based on research conducted by one of our team members, Dr. Laura Sinko. This video discusses the stories of four of the survivors interviewed through her work usi...

Capturing My Healing

Understanding recovery through the eyes of survivors of sexual trauma and other forms of gender-based violence

Healing is not a linear process, but what can we learn through the voices of those who have experienced it? Dr. Laura Sinko will share her work amplifying survivor perspectives of healing and recovery through storytelling, photography, and film through an online exhibit debuting on Monday, April 26th 2021...