Stories from S.H.E.
Numbers can only carry so much. The truer measure of our work lives in the words of the women who walked through it.
200+
Women served
14
Weekly circles
4.9 / 5
Average rating
"I came in convinced I was the problem."
“I came in convinced I was the problem. I left understanding I was the survivor of one.”
Tasha M., circle since 2023
When Tasha first walked into a S.H.E. mentorship circle, she didn't speak for the first three weeks. She listened. She brought her notebook. She watched the other sisters carry their stories into the room and out again, a little lighter each time.
"By week four, I told one thing I'd never told anyone," she remembers. "By month three, I was helping someone else say theirs out loud."
Tasha now mentors two sisters of her own, and is in her second year of nursing school.
, Tasha M., circle since 2023
In their own words.
"I came in convinced I was the problem. I left understanding I was the survivor of one."
"They never rushed me. They just kept the door open and the kettle warm."
"Volunteering here gave me back something I didn't know I had lost, the belief that small acts matter."
"S.H.E. is the only place I've been where no one made me explain."
"Their referrals are the gentlest in the city. When I send a woman to S.H.E., I know she'll be met with dignity."
"I found my voice in that circle. I haven't been quiet since."
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