Surviving the Mic reimagines healing from sexual violence

Surviving the Mic reimagines healing space for sexual violence survivors — The executive directors of Surviving the Mic at the WBEZ studio.

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Surviving the Mic reimagines healing space for sexual violence survivors

Surviving the Mic will host Survivors’ Revivals on the last Sunday of the month, starting April 30. The event will feature poetry, storytelling and meditation.

The executive directors of Surviving the Mic at the WBEZ studio.

By Lynnea Domienik

Surviving the Mic is led by Black femme survivors of sexual harm. After years of being volunteer-run, it’s now a nonprofit — allowing the group to start to reimagine how a healing art space can also function as a spiritual, church-like space.

Reset learns more about the group, what its Survivor’s Revivals will look like and how its members are hoping to shift how healing can happen for survivors of sexual violence.

GUESTS: Nikki Patin, executive director, founder and executive producer of Surviving the MicMojdeh Stoakley, executive director, research and innovation officer of Surviving the Mic

Saunté Harden-Tate, executive director, advocacy and accountability officer of Surviving the Mic