Just Beginnings Collaborative is a donor and organizing community re-examining the root causes of child sexual abuse and how to resource true prevention. Together, we dream of a world in which communities can transform the ways we help children stay safe while honoring their self-determination.
Preventing harm requires us to create the space to learn from children and incorporate their experiences of safety and support into our practices.
Many people who avoid systems involvement have developed their own effective ways of addressing harm. Honoring these ways will help build true prevention.
We all contribute to a society that enables violence to continue. Violence is a necessary tool to maintain power and oppression, not just an individual abnormality or tragedy. Violence requires a collective response.
We commit to building adaptable responses that grow from specific conditions as opposed to being handed from the top down.
Inviting joy into our work serves as an antidote to the felt inevitability of child sexual abuse and enables us to lean into love, embrace hope, and liberate our imaginations.
Just Beginnings Collaborative is fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
We are grateful for the support of the Farbman Visionary Fund, the NoVo Foundation, and the Oak Foundation.
