7 Graces for Sexual Abuse Survivors

MISSION

7 Graces for Sexual Abuse Survivors is a community based peer run organization here to assist those who have been affected by illegal sex acts by providing secondary therapeutic services and protection & prevention education. Serving a diverse society will create more opportunities to strengthen local communities. Services include community outreach: With a mobile in-home peer to peer mentoring. All our Peer mentors have lived experiences of sexual abuse, recovery and training while they provide facilitated activities fostering post traumatic growth. Our curriculum has been successful and recognized by Dr. Shulamit Ritblatt in addressing victims’ needs for support during the healing process as well as administering support to their families. 

PILOT PROGRAM

Piloted in 2018, the 7 Graces for Sexual Abuse Survivors Pilot Program facilitated the Post-Traumatic Growth of survivors of sexual abuse by providing Peer Mentored support and services to survivors and their families, servicing 400+ people affected by illegal sex acts.

Services included:

• 10-12 week intervention sessions with a survivor paralleled with 10-12 separate sessions with the family unit of a survivor
• Recreation area for survivors and participants to rest and reflect while their family or parents are in a session
• Peer group sessions for different age groups
• Parent training & presentations on sex education & abuse prevention
• Community events and outreach to share information on awareness and prevention

OUR CURRICULUM

The 7 Graces Peer Mentorship programs employ a variety of tools to aid, to heal, and to continue the development of the brain, body, and spirit post abuse including but not limited to:

• 7 Graces G.E.M. Modue®
• Body Safe Tainging/Safe Enviornment
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy
• Faith-Based Education
• Sensory Engagement
• Art/Music Learning
• Social Emotional Wellness
• Academic Development (Literacy & STEAM)
• Family Engagement
• Learning Readiness
• Behavioral & Early Intervention Program (ages birth to 8 years)

FUTURE GOALS

Sexual abuse prevention is the key to long lasting generational impact. In addition to providing support, services, and intervention to victims and their families, 7 Graces hopes to aspires to develop and implement:

• Free primary & secondary school programs to protect from and prevent sexual abuse
• Teacher training in school facilities
• High school scholarship program providing opportunity for further education
• Various additional age appropriate groups supporting growth and education during teen years to address what to do and where to go when a peer has shared a disclosure of abuse

YOUR $ CONTRIBUTION 

To continue the current services and develop future services, 7 Graces needs a home and additional resources!

With your support, 7 Graces for Sexual Abuse Survivors will:

• Establish a home based facility to be located on Melrose Drive in Vista CA 92084
• Utilize SHEILD and PPAID curriculum to support survivors and their families    
• And so much more

ABOUT MIRANDA

Founder and Chief Executive of 7 Graces for Sexual Abuse Survivors, Miranda is a 4th generation survivor of childhood sexual abuse and incest. As a wife and mom of 5, she is dedicated to helping other sexual abuse survivors live flourishing lives. As more and more youth reached out to her during their recovery journeys, she became increasingly aware of how intervention, support, and protection & prevention education was essential to the healthy development of adolescents in our communities. 

And so she founded 7 Graces for Sexual Abuse Survivors in 2018, to be a peer driven learning environment full of support to survivors and their families. A peer mentor specialist trained in crisis prevention and mental health, Miranda’s work in successfully developing and implementing the 7 Graces pilot program has been recognized by SDSU and she is the co-author of an upcoming textbook.

JOIN MIRANDA IN THE MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO END GENERATIONAL SEXUAL ABUSE, AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTION & PREVENTION EDUCATION WITHIN COMMUNITIES