Tools, guides, and survivor-centered materials to support healing, accountability, and systems change.
This space is designed for those working at the intersection of maternal health, domestic violence, and systemic response—whether you're an advocate, provider, policy leader, or community organizer. Every resource here is grounded in trauma-informed, survivor-led principles and aims to disrupt harm while building pathways to safety and dignity.
You’ll find frameworks, toolkits, articles, and curated materials that reflect both the lived realities of pregnant and birthing survivors and the strategies that support sustainable, collaborative change.
Authored by: Cassandra Aho, MA-MCHS, CPM
Support Circles
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Survivor Support Circle for Midwives and Birth Workers
This is a private, survivor-led support circle for midwives and other allied birth workers who have experienced intimate partner violence, past or present.
We know what it means to hold others through trauma while quietly surviving our own. This group offers a confidential, judgment-free space to process, connect, and heal alongside others who understand the weight of both caregiving and surviving. You are not alone here.
Support Circles are scheduled for the first Wednesday of each month at 12 p.m. EST.
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Support Circle for Systems Responders
This confidential circle is for survivors who work inside systems, child welfare, healthcare, advocacy, public health, education, or law enforcement, and are carrying the quiet weight of that.
This space is not about blame. It’s about holding complexity. About recognizing how systems shape what’s possible, and what’s not.
Together, we will make room for grief, anger, tenderness, and the honest questions that don’t always have clean answers.
Support Circles are scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month at 12 p.m. EST.
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Clinical Midwifery Peer Review Space
A confidential, supportive space for midwives to bring client cases involving intimate partner violence, trauma, or safety concerns.
This peer review circle offers space to reflect on complex cases, consult with others, and explore care decisions through a survivor-centered, trauma-informed lens. Together, we’ll hold space for clinical nuance, systems navigation, and the emotional weight of this work—without judgment.
Open to practicing midwives in any setting. Participation is confidential and grounded in respect, reflection, and shared learning.
Contact for more information on the next peer review.
Survivor-Led Change | Systems consultation & training grounded in the S.T.A.R.S. Framework. We are not a direct crisis service.
24/7 confidential support:
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (Text START to 88788; chat)
StrongHearts Native Helpline (Native/Indigenous): 1-844-762-8483
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ youth): 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
Trans Lifeline (trans-led peer support): U.S. 877-565-8860
National Deaf DV Hotline (ASL/Deaf services): VP 855-812-1001
More resources: LGBT National Help Center, Ujima - The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community (resources & TA), NIWAP - National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (legal & benefits resources).
If safety is a concern, use private/incognito browsing and clear your history.
© Survivor-Led Change.