The Speak Your Truth Initiative is a collaborative, virtual, participatory social arts initiative that provides a personal connection to gender-based violence.
During the course of the year, our single artwork in photomosaic form will be populated with thousands of submissions including photographs, video, art and voices of compassion from survivors and their allies.
We are looking for partners to collaborate with including domestic violence shelters, colleges, national and international aid programs and violence prevention programs across the world.
We want to continue to amplify the wisdom and hope that is a result of engaging in our postcard program, provide education and resources about GBV and offer an opportunity for anyone to personally connect with an issue that can often seem overwhelming, in a positive and empowering way.
Ways to get involved
Share Our Mosaic Platform
Simply start by sharing our platform. The photomosaic is free and accessible to anyone with an internet connection. All languages are welcome and we encourage participation by a wide representation of people who are affected by GBV.
Share Your Work
We are featuring a different issue within the gender-based violence spectrum in the photomosaic each month. Our website will feature news, art and political actions throughout the world and highlight an inspired cross-section of contributors.
Teach
Educators are encouraged to use our interactive platform to inform and personally connect students to the issue of gender-based violence. Share our mosaic platform with your students and book an online Traveling Postcard™ workshop over Zoom.
Request Postcards
We send our postcards to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, sex trafficking, and political sexual violence. If your aid agency, shelter or campus would like postcards sent to you, please contact us.
Partial list of organizations who have participated in our programs
Amherst College
BAWAR, Oakland, CA
Bradley Angle, Portland
Center for Domestic Peace
Community Violence Solutions,CA
Daraja Academy
Dropbox
Grissom Air Reserve Base
Grubhub
Helpmate
In Movement: Art For Social Change
IRCO
Juniata College
La Casa de las Madres
Montana Women’s Coalition
Meridian Health Foundation
Mutual Ground
Narika
Norwalk Community College
Our Voice, Asheville, NC
SafePlace, Austin TX
S.A.F.E. House
Saint Louis University
ST. Olaf College
Saint Mary’s College
Self Help Center, Casper WY
Shiseido Americas
Soroptimist International
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
STAND! For Families free of Violence
University of Virginia
University of Richmond
University of South Carolina
Verity, Santa Rosa CA
V-DAY
Webster College
Western Carolina University
White Buffalo Calf Woman Society
Women for Afghan Women
YWCA Berkeley
YWCA Resolve Family Abuse Program
YWCA Salt Lake City
YWCA Clark County
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The stark rise of violence against women during the the Covid – 19 pandemic along with the broadening understanding of the systems of injustice that compound these issues, underscores the need for your support now more than ever.
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