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Self-Care for the Summer

July 24, 2025/by Dana Chen

Summer often arrives with full calendars, longer days, and the hum of activity. Amidst the sunshine and movement, it can be easy to forget to slow down and care for ourselves with the same tenderness we offer others. At Shared Roots Collective, we believe self-care doesn’t have to be extravagant or time-consuming, it can be […]

PAST EVENT – Advocate Support Circle | April 16, 2025 at Noon CT | Virtual

March 27, 2025/by Dana Chen

Shared Roots Collective invites victim advocates, legal professionals, and community activists working with survivors of sexual harm to join our monthly Advocate Support Circle.

PAST EVENT – Community Craft Night | April 22, 2025 at 7pm

March 27, 2025/by Dana Chen

In this creative, sustainability-inspired workshop, we’ll make Upcycled Jar Lanterns. We’ll turn old jars into beautiful, glowing pieces of art and intention.

Summer Reading List
How We Show Up by Mia BirdsongHow We Show Up reimagines connection and community in a time of deep isolation. Birdsong challenges the idea that family and support must follow traditional structures, and instead offers a beautifully grounded blueprint for how we can build belonging through mutual care, vulnerability, and intentional relationships. It’s affirming, hopeful, […]
Self-Care for the Summer
Summer often arrives with full calendars, longer days, and the hum of activity. Amidst the sunshine and movement, it can be easy to forget to slow down and care for ourselves with the same tenderness we offer others. At Shared Roots Collective, we believe self-care doesn’t have to be extravagant or time-consuming, it can be […]
Race Matters: Black Women Face Unique Barriers to Healing from Sexual Violence
Sexual violence in the United States remains at epidemic levels, affecting people across race, ethnicity, class, and gender identities. Research clearly demonstrates that Black women face heightened risk of both sexual victimization and its devastating mental and physical health consequences compared to White women. This increased vulnerability stems from systemic factors – poverty, childhood trauma, […]
Introducing Shared Roots Collective
As we move into 2025, we’re excited to share a preview of the next chapter for Shared Roots.
Community Transformation After Sexual Harm: Churches and Religious Institutions
Throughout the two decades of my legal work representing survivors of violent crime, I was often told that sexual harm is an individual problem, solely a conflict between the person who was hurt and the person who harmed them. Yet what I saw on a daily basis is that sexual harm goes beyond this binary, […]