Quick Updates (11.1.23):
- We will be offering two 3-day sessions of Just Healing Retreat this fall. Application is closed.
- We have finished the 2nd season of Caution: Family Dirt. Watch all five episodes here.
- We will be going New Orleans for Creating Change Conference 2024. We are presenting a Day-Lon Institute (Sex. HEAL. Action!) as well as several workshops and caucuses.

The HEAL Project is a QTBIPOC, Disabled, and Survivor-led educational initiative working to prevent and end Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) and all forms of sexual violence through healing the wounds of sexual oppression and embracing sexual liberation. Learn More here.
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Black Sexual Violence Survivors Are Telling Their Stories — Only to Be Punished
Disabled People Can Still Be Forcibly Sterilized in Over Half of the US
How Parents Should Talk About Sex With Their Kids (hint: honestly)
Why It’s Never Too Early to Start Sex Ed With Your Kids
The Cascading Silences of Sexual Violence
Please, Talk to Your Kids About Abortion
A Professor Was Accused of Sexual Harassment and Resigned. At His Next University, It Happened Again.
How the Psychedelic Community Should Respond to Sexual Abuse
Survivors of Medical Abuse at ICE Jail in Georgia Are Still Waiting for Justice
Is Criminalization The Right Response To Domestic Violence?
Young People Talking About Their Abortions Could Change Everything
Maybe Cops Shouldn't Handle Domestic Violence Calls
What Do We Do With Abusers Like R. Kelly If We Abolish Prisons?
The Pandemic Disrupted Sex Ed When Students Needed It Most
Beyond Cancel Culture: How to Hold Each Other Accountable—With Love
How To Get An Abortion If You’re Under 18
Texas Valedictorian Drops Her Commencement Speech To Get Real About State's Anti-Abortion Bill
Better Than Sex Ed: Pop Culture Is Teaching Teens About Sex
The Sex Educators Helping Muslim Women Claim Their Sexuality
To Counter Domestic Violence, Some Native Americans Embrace Tradition
Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse Echo on for Generations
Sex Education In The United States Is Broken, But It Doesn’t Have To Be.
A Third Grader Drew a Rocket That Looked Like a Penis. She Was Handcuffed and Removed From School.
How to Normalize Talking to Your Kids About Pleasure
To Confront Sexual Violence, We Don’t Need Better Prosecutors — We Need to Abolish Them
Black Families Are Outraged About Family Separation Within The U.S. It’s Time To Listen To Them
Taking a Stand: How Teens Are Working to End Relationship Violence
How Sex Ed Has the Power to Make Social Change
We Should Teach Children About Miscarriage During Sex Ed. Here’s Why.
For Everybody and Their Mama: Sex Ed For All Month
Abolishing Policing Also Means Abolishing Family Regulation
Child Marriage Is Not Consensual: America’s Dirty Little Secret
Sex Education Is Missing Yet Another Crucial Topic. We Need To Fix That.
Comprehensive Sex Education Could Curb Everyone’s Trauma Around Sex
To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up
Everything We've Been Doing To Teach Kids About Periods Is Wrong
What To Know About Sexual Orientation And Mental Health In Youth
What I Learned As A MAP's Partner
Sexual Assault Against Boys Is a Crisis
The Child Welfare System Is Another Form Of Discriminatory Policing
Sexual Violence and the Disability Community
The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
What Do Abstinence-Only Sex Ed and Rape Culture Have in Common?
Alternatives to Calling the Police for Domestic Violence Survivors
Childhood Abuse Leaves 'Devastating Impact' on Adults
The War On Porn Does Not Help Children
Do We Need to Abolish Child Protective Services?
‘WAP’ and Sex Ed: How the Billboard-Topping Track is ‘Making Conversations About Sexual Health Less Taboo’
What LGBTQ-Positive Sex Ed Should Look Like
Screening May Miss One-quarter of Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Creating Consent-Conscious Holidays
How 5 Transgender Men Really Feel About The #MeToo Reckoning
A Radical New Plan for MeToo Turns Away From “Law and Order” Feminism
Sex Education Referendum 90 Passes In Washington State Election Results
'I felt like a weight was lifted': How I May Destroy You Empowered Sexual Assault Survivors
Aching for Abolition: As a survivor of sexual violence, I know prison isn’t the answer.
The Truth Behind QAnon
Childhood Sexual Abuse: Mental And Physical After-effects Closely Linked
Dear “Psychology Today”: Believe Incest Survivors
Violence Cannot Remedy Violence
'Defund the police' movement could offer sexual assault survivors a different path for justice
Men Who Survived Childhood Sexual Abuse
We Have Already Stopped Calling The Cops
Remote learning returns this fall, and parents should gear up for teaching sex ed
Police Sexual Violence Is Hidden in Plain Sight
Rochdale grooming: 'Why did I get a criminal record when I was a victim?'
Thousands of Migrant Children Were Sexually Abused in U.S. Custody
Pandemic Poses Key Challenges For Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
How We End Over-Policing of Black Children
Why Students Need Sex Education That’s Honest About Racism
Sex Offender Registries Are Fueling Mass Incarceration — And They Aren’t Helping Survivors
"I have attended many such programs, I have been in therapy, I have been in communities for marginalized people and BIPOC but none of them came even close to the quality of this retreat, whether it is the intellectual rigor of the content or the emotional finesse that the two facilitators demonstrated in handling everything that the participants brought to the table. Ignacio and Aredvi were authentic, honest and candid in sharing their own vulnerable selves. While ensuring they were the leaders, they also allowed room for this retreat to be co-led by the participants. This is unprecedented. This retreat must be offered to everyone widely."~ Participant | Just Healing Retreat
"The 'Me Too' Movement has had the pleasure of working with The HEAL Project on several endeavors. As consultants, Heal2End provided a voice and perspective on our Survivor Healing Curriculum that was expansive and intersectional. Their work in CSA prevention provides great insight on power, sex, and healing." ~ Tarana J. Burke | Founder of 'Me Too' Movement
"Thank you so much for your shared space today. I found myself shouting "yes!!" at the screen so many times. Your vulnerability, honesty and lack of filter was so helpful and refreshing, your words were crystal-clear and needed, and I agree that this conversation should be shared with everyone in our movement. I especially loved the ask to reframe how we think about sexual liberation, the challenge to our culture's hierarchy of which types of sexual abuse "should" affect us the most, and the very needed push to extend our view of consent in relationships past merely the sexual. You all are brilliant, vivid and wonderful examples of what thriving can look like." ~Jenna Cohan, Sexual & Domestic Violence Program Coordinator | Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
"I really appreciated the space you held for vulnerability and reflection. Thank you for taking care of us as participants. I left with more language for my needs and desires and a renewed intention to reach out to my connections both in gratitude and to ask for what I need. Your work is so appreciated!" ~ Fati (they/them) | Workshop Participant
"Thank you so much for your keynote address at our conference! I learned so much, and I’m so grateful for the work you do and how you do it. We really honor your stories and experiences and knowledge, and we thank you for sharing them with us. We received so much positive and meaningful feedback after the session and I could feel how connected people were to it. Thank you again. And thank you to the entire team at The HEAL Project!!" ~Emily Cohen (she/her), Statewide Director of Training | Sexual Assault Center (Nashville, TN)
"Ignacio and Aredvi, I wanted to reach out personally to you and thank you for your incredible session, [Integrating CSA Prevention Into Our Movements For Justice]. It was clear from the feedback that your perspective was a new one for many, and I feel that it was well-received and planted the seeds for advocates to understand how we can start breaking out of our silos and see the interconnectedness of Childhood Sexual Abuse and so many other issues." ~Gwendolyn Bouchie (she/her), Chief Marketing Officer | Darkness to Light
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