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Say Your Name, Inc. is strengthened by people and organizations who believe survivors deserve compassion, dignity, practical support, and informed community response. Whether you choose to give your time, provide financial support, contribute needed resources, or help strengthen your organization’s response to intimate partner violence, there is a meaningful way to stand with our mission. Explore the opportunities below and discover how you can get involved.
IPV Protocol
Equip Your Organization to Respond:
The Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Protocol provides evidence-informed training and practical guidance to help churches, businesses, nonprofits, civic groups, and other community organizations recognize warning signs of intimate partner violence, respond appropriately, and connect individuals with supportive resources.
Direct Support
Support Survivors Directly:
Help provide practical items and essential resources that support survivors as they move toward greater safety, stability, and independence. Contributions through our current needs and wish-list initiatives help Say Your Name, Inc. respond to practical needs with dignity and care.
Fund a New Beginning
Leaving an abusive situation can be an important step toward safety, but rebuilding stability often comes with practical financial challenges. Even relatively small expenses can become barriers to employment, transportation, health needs, education, and greater independence.
The Lexxus Smith New Beginnings Fund provides one-time financial assistance to help address practical, immediate needs that may otherwise create barriers to stability and independence. Support is intended for specific needs that can help an individual take a meaningful next step toward greater self-sufficiency.
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Gas to get to a crucial job interview
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A professional haircut or a new pair of shoes for that interview
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A winter coat for herself or her children
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Urgently needed prescription medication or eyeglasses
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A bus pass to secure reliable transportation
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Fees for a GED test or a professional certification class
The Inspiration Behind the Fund
This fund is named in honor of Lexxus Smith, a courageous survivor whose story of resilience is a powerful reminder of the strength and determination it can take to rebuild after abuse. Her journey toward freedom, stability, and advocacy inspired the creation of this fund. Today, her story also serves as an encouraging reminder that new beginnings are possible.
Listen to Lexxus share her own powerful story on: Shattering The Silence
Your gift to the Lexxus Smith New Beginnings Fund helps provide practical financial support that can remove barriers and help individuals take meaningful steps toward greater stability and independence.
The Valentine's Blessing Bag Project
Share a message of love and support with a survivor this Valentine's Day.
Valentine’s Day can carry different meaning for survivors of domestic violence, particularly for those rebuilding their lives after abuse. The Valentine’s Blessing Bag Project offers our community a meaningful way to extend compassion, encouragement, and practical support during this time.
The Valentine’s Blessing Bag Project brings community members together to provide survivors with practical essentials, small comforts, and thoughtful reminders of support. Through each bag, Say Your Name, Inc. seeks to affirm dignity, encourage hope, and remind survivors that they are not alone.
Each Blessing Bag includes essential personal-care items and small comforts selected to support dignity and well-being. Along with these practical items, each bag carries a simple but important message: you are worthy of care, you are not forgotten, and your community stands with you.
Donations to the Valentine’s Blessing Bag Project are accepted throughout the year. As Valentine’s Day approaches, Say Your Name, Inc. uses project funds to purchase personal-care essentials and comfort items for Blessing Bags that are distributed through participating shelters and community partners. Every contribution helps us extend practical support and a message of encouragement to survivors.
