EmpowerSurvivors
Supporting Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Since 2014 Together we can heal and break the bonds of childhood sexual abuse and shame.
Our mission: To support survivors of childhood sexual abuse on their healing journeys. Your EmpowerSurvivors community invites you to learn more by calling today and beginning your healing journey. You no longer need to suffer in silence. EmpowerSurvivors and its members are here to walk this journey of healing with you. Stillwater, MN 55082
Registration is Open! Reserve your spot now at our Early Bird Rate of $200!
Sponsorship opportunities available for SSTA's Breaking the Silence Conference: packages start at $300 and go up to $6500.
Promote your organization, business, or book at SSTA: Breaking the Silence. The exhibit table is $200, and a spot for your sign and flyer on a shared table is $100.
The full program will be online soon! In the meantime, be sure to follow 5WAVES and sign up for our newsletter.
Everything you need to know, including sponsorships and tickets are on the conference website: 5WAVES.org/conference. Hope to see you there!
01/18/2026
Upcoming Classes
Exciting News: The Safe Church Training Center by GRACE is offering its first 8-week course in abuse prevention and response! This course is perfect for anyone who wants to see faith communities become spaces of healing rather than harm. The curriculum emphasizes culture change, trauma-informed leadership, and policies that make churches safer and more accountable.
🗓️ The Details:
- Thursday Evenings, March 5 – April 30
- Live, virtual classes for 3 hrs, once a week
- Training Certification from GRACE provided upon completion
đź”— Enroll today at: netgrace.org/training-center (Link in bio!)
01/08/2026
Being a means more than caring. It means taking action 💙💚
As safe adults, our role is to learn the facts, pay attention to what is happening around us, and speak up when something does not feel right. It means setting boundaries, creating safer environments, and being someone a child can turn to without fear or shame.
We focus on prevention by:
• Staying informed about risks and warning signs
• Having age appropriate, ongoing conversations
• Reducing opportunities for harm
• Responding responsibly when concerns arise
Learn how to become a safe adult through our evidence informed trainings. Visit our website to get started: d2l.org/about-our-trainings/
01/05/2026
Over 50% of child sexual abuse cases are perpetrated by another child. This type of abuse is often referred to as child-on-child sexual abuse.
For more information on keeping your child safe, please visit Saprea.org.
Citation: Gewirtz-Meydan & Finkelhor, 2020
Send a message to learn more
01/05/2026
Looking for a good book to read in 2026?
Check out this book by a fellow survivor!
EmpowerSurvivors board will meet on
Thursday, January 8, 2026,
at 4:30 PM Central Time.
01/04/2026
01/04/2026
Overcoming Sexual Abuse
PODCAST
Your resource for tools and techniques for healing from childhood sexual abuse and in**st.
Your resource for tools and techniques for healing from childhood sexual abuse and in**st. We talk about boundaries, self care and family alienation. Equip yourself with the knowledge and insights to (finally) put your past in the past.
01/04/2026
Sibling Sexual Trauma & Abuse Conference:
Breaking the Silence
5waves is hosting a conference this summer on June 23, 2026, in Brookville, New York, focused specifically on sibling childhood sexual abuse. For more information, please click on the link.
Do you know of an event coming up in 2026 that supports survivors of childhood sexual abuse? If so, please feel free to add events in the comment section below.
5WAVES is hosting Sibling Sexual Trauma and Abuse: Breaking the Silence on June 23 at Long Island University (LIU-Post). It will be the first conference in the US devoted specifically to SSTA. Registration will open in January 2026.
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“It was while sitting, locked inside my upstairs bathroom after a flashback, that EmpowerSurvivors was born. I just couldn’t believe that the pain of childhood sexual abuse that I had pushed so far back in my mind could come back with such vengeance. The flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, panic attacks, hyper vigilance, nightmares and suicidal thoughts seemed to take over my life and I thought I was going crazy. I didn’t know who I could tell or even if I should. How could this kind of thing be happening to children and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and no one was talking about this? No one was helping? I just couldn’t accept that.”
- Elizabeth Sullivan
EmpowerSurvivors was created and founded by Elizabeth Sullivan in 2014. It was during her own healing journey that she realized survivors needed an organization that would create a “safe place” for support, provide resources and educate survivors to better understand their own healing journey and how the child abuse done to them so many years ago could manifest itself into every fiber of their being.
Today , EmpowerSurvivors, is a 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization based in Stillwater,MN. EmpowerSurvivors supports survivors locally, nationally and worldwide. We believe uniting our voices, supporting survivors on their healing journey’s , educating communities on childhood sexual abuse and prevention is the only way to lower the statistics and adverse childhood experiences that are at epidemic levels.
Today we offer online and offline peer support for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, support the family and friends of survivors, offer classes, educate the community on child abuse and prevention and currently hold a annual event for survivors and community called “Giving Voice”.
Together we can make a world where children can grow up safe, become who they are meant to be and break the cycle of abuse that goes on for generations.
Contact Elizabeth Sullivan at EmpowerSurvivors for more information, to donate, or become involved in our mission!
EmpowerSurvivors@gmail.comwww.EmpowerSurvivors.net 1940 South Greeley, Suite 210, Stillwater,MN 55082
651-323-4721
