Brave Step

Brave Step Brave Step serves as a steadfast guide for adult survivors of sexual violence, loved ones and allies.

To shape a strong, supportive community, we:
• Provide personalized services that help adults impacted by sexual violence reclaim the life they deserve;
• Foster brave public conversations about sexual violence; and
• Cultivate courageous changemakers.

12/08/2025

Courage takes many forms, and sometimes, it looks like creativity.

This week, we’re grateful for Make A Mark Charlotte, whose generous contribution of time and design support is helping transform Color It Blue 2026 into an even more impactful movement for education and prevention.

Their work strengthens our ability to reach more people, spark more conversations, and create more safety across our communities.

Thank you for being a true Voice of Change.

✨ Join Us for Words That Rise: Poetry & Writing with Brooke Lehmann ✨Open to all community allies.Step into an evening ...
12/06/2025

✨ Join Us for Words That Rise: Poetry & Writing with Brooke Lehmann ✨
Open to all community allies.

Step into an evening of storytelling, recovery and soulful reflection at The Pauline Tea-Bar Apothecary. Poet, survivor and award-winning author Brooke Lehmann will share selections from her debut collection Of Salt and Song, followed by an author Q&A and an optional restorative writing workshop.

After the reading, join an optional guided writing session designed to help you gently lay down your burdens, process challenges and rediscover your inner voice.

🌿 All are welcome. Bring a friend, bring a loved one ... this space is for you.

📅 Monday, December 15
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Pauline’s Tea-Bar Apothecary
🎁 First 10 registered attendees to arrive will receive a free signed copy of Brooke’s book!

👉 Register here: https://bravestep.org/words-that-rise/

12/04/2025

🎄 Coping with Stress & Trauma During the Holiday Season

The holidays can be tough, and you don’t have to navigate them alone.

Join Natalie M. Ricciutti for a compassionate, grounding webinar designed to help you move through this season with more ease and emotional safety. You’ll walk away with practical coping strategies, simple grounding tools and ways to protect your energy when stress, expectations or emotions feel overwhelming.

📅 Thursday, December 11
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM
💻 Virtual Webinar

Give yourself the gift of support this season. 💛 Register today at BraveStep.org.

12/02/2025

Courage is multiplying. ✨

All day long, allies, loved ones and community members have stepped up to strengthen prevention and support survivors, and we are so grateful.

There’s still time to make a difference.

Your Giving Tuesday gift helps equip more parents, partners, teachers and friends with the tools to show up with courage and compassion … before harm happens.

Every gift fuels prevention. Every gift protects futures.

Will you take your brave step before midnight?
👉 www.BraveStep.org/Donate

12/02/2025

Imagine if every person at risk of sexual violence had an ally or loved one equipped to protect them, before harm happened.

That future is possible, and it starts with you. Today is , a day to be a difference maker 💙

Your gift has a ripple effect: $50 equips one ally or loved one with prevention tools.

This Giving Tuesday, multiply your courage. Donate now → www.BraveStep.org/Donate

Today, we’re celebrating a powerful ripple of courage. 💙Our heartfelt thanks to The Rosendin Foundation for their genero...
12/01/2025

Today, we’re celebrating a powerful ripple of courage. 💙

Our heartfelt thanks to The Rosendin Foundation for their generous $5,000 gift supporting prevention, education and recovery in our communities.

When organizations choose to stand with survivors and loved ones, they help spark the kind of change that keeps growing. This is what courage multiplied looks like.

Thank you, Rosendin Foundation, for investing in safer, stronger communities.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are all about finding good deals, but they can also be about doing good. 🧡This year, consi...
11/28/2025

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are all about finding good deals, but they can also be about doing good. 🧡

This year, consider adding one small item from our Amazon Wish List to your cart. Each book, resource or tool fuels community conversations that protect and empower survivors and loved ones.

It starts with us.

One click. One item. One ripple of courage.
🛒 Shop our Wish List and spark change today. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/11SVN6AZDQSKZ?ref_=wl_share

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Brave Step. 💛As we gather with loved ones, may your day be filled with connection, ...
11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Brave Step. 💛

As we gather with loved ones, may your day be filled with connection, gratitude and moments that remind you of what truly matters.

A gentle reminder: in the busyness of the season and the closeness of family gatherings, caring for our children and loved ones means staying present and attentive. Harm can happen even among people we trust, but so can protection, support and wellness.

Wishing you a safe, joyful and heart-centered holiday.

Before Giving Tuesday arrives, you can spark the season of giving right at your Friendsgiving table.Our Friendsgiving To...
11/25/2025

Before Giving Tuesday arrives, you can spark the season of giving right at your Friendsgiving table.

Our Friendsgiving Toolkit makes it easy to ask guests to chip in and support Brave Step’s mission.https://bravestep.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Q4-Brave-Step-Friendraising-Toolkit.pdf

Your early fundraising fuels year-end impact and reminds survivors they’re not alone.

Gather with gratitude. Give with purpose. 💙

💙 Voices of Change | Meet Dr. Amanda Cummings BrandenburgBrave Step is honored to welcome Amanda Cummings Brandenburg, P...
11/24/2025

💙 Voices of Change | Meet Dr. Amanda Cummings Brandenburg

Brave Step is honored to welcome Amanda Cummings Brandenburg, Ph.D., a new Brave Step provider and passionate advocate for healing, justice, and change.

A doctoral-level psychologist with over ten years of experience as an independently licensed clinician, Dr. Brandenburg specializes in women’s mental health and interpersonal trauma. Her practice is rooted in the science of attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, and emotion-focused therapy, bringing both depth and empathy to her clinical work.

For Dr. Brandenburg, being a Changemaker means living her values:

“Advocacy, activism, and community service are core parts of my identity as a psychologist and as a member of society. I believe in being the change you want to see in the world and taking personal responsibility to make those changes happen.”

Her vision is clear — a world where sexual violence is recognized as the serious public health issue it is, and where zero tolerance is the standard, not the exception.

We’re proud to have Dr. Brandenburg’s expertise and heart on the Brave Step team as we continue building a future rooted in recovery, prevention and compassion. 💜

🐴 Grounding with Horses WorkshopReady for a wellness one-of-a-kind experience?Join us for an empowering afternoon learni...
11/22/2025

🐴 Grounding with Horses Workshop

Ready for a wellness one-of-a-kind experience?

Join us for an empowering afternoon learning grounding techniques alongside horses, gentle teachers who help us reconnect with our bodies, regulate emotions and understand boundaries in a whole new way. No riding and no horse experience needed. Just come as you are.

📅 Saturday, December 6
⏰ 1:00–4:00 PM
🏠 Facilitated by Mending Stride Ranch
👥 Small Group | Women-identifying

🔗 Register here: https://bravestep.org/grounding-with-horses/

Spaces are limited. Save your spot today. 💛

Be Someone’s Loved One 💙Showing up for a survivor takes courage, patience and emotional steadiness.And sometimes, the fi...
11/21/2025

Be Someone’s Loved One 💙

Showing up for a survivor takes courage, patience and emotional steadiness.
And sometimes, the first step is tending to our own emotions, especially anger.

Whether you’re a parent, partner, friend or ally, processing your feelings can help you listen with compassion, respond without defensiveness and create the safety your loved one deserves.

That’s why Brave Step is offering a Navigating Anger Workshop on January 15, a supportive space to learn skills, understand triggers and practice responding rather than reacting.

If you’re ready to take a brave step toward being the steady, grounded support someone needs, we invite you to join us.
👉 Save your spot and invest in your own resilience. https://bravestep.org/navigating-anger/

Because caring for others often starts with caring for ourselves.

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