Wings Foundation

Today, we honor Juneteenth—a day that marks the long-delayed freedom of Black Americans and recognizes the ongoing pursuit of liberation, justice, and healing.

For adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, this day also carries meaning. Healing often involves reclaiming your voice, autonomy, and sense of self after experiences of silence and harm. Both histories remind us that freedom is not just a moment in time, it is an ongoing journey supported by truth, community, connection, and restoration.

As we observe Juneteenth, we reaffirm our commitment to creating spaces where all survivors are seen, believed, supported, and uplifted in their healing.

June is Men's Health Month, a reminder that health includes emotional, relational, and mental well-being—not just physical health.

Childhood sexual abuse affects boys and men, yet stigma and narrow ideas about masculinity often prevent survivors from seeking support. By acknowledging these realities, we can help create a world where all survivors are believed and have access to healing.

If you are a survivor, know this: healing is possible, and you do not have to navigate it alone.

We currently have openings for our peer-centered and therapist-facilitated psychoeducational support groups, open to Colorado residents. Learn more: https://www.wingsfound.org/join-a-wings-support-group/

Happy Pride Month to LGBTQ+ survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Your identity is valid.

Your experiences matter.

And healing is possible.

While LGBTQ+ survivors may face unique barriers to support, you deserve spaces where you are believed, affirmed, respected, and safe.

This Pride Month, we honor the strength, resilience, and courage of LGBTQ+ survivors everywhere.

Mother’s Day can hold many emotions at once.

For some, it’s a day of celebration and connection. For others, it may bring grief, distance, complicated family dynamics, or painful memories, including the lasting impacts of childhood sexual abuse.

At Wings, we believe there is space for all of those experiences. Healing is not linear, and survivors deserve compassion, support, and the freedom to move through days like these in whatever ways feel safest and most supportive to them.

We wrote a new blog reflecting on the complexity of Mother’s Day and the importance of honoring your experience, whatever it may look like.

Read here: https://www.wingsfound.org/mothersday/

During Mental Health Awareness Month, we recognize the importance of compassionate, accessible support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). The impacts of CSA can affect mental and emotional well-being long into adulthood, shaping relationships, self-worth, trust, and daily life.

Healing is not linear, and it looks different for everyone. For some, healing may include therapy, support groups, creativity, movement, rest, boundaries, or slowly reconnecting with themselves in safe and compassionate ways. 💙

At Wings, we support adult survivors by connecting individuals with qualified therapists and offering therapist-facilitated support groups grounded in community, understanding, and care.

Wings currently has openings in several virtual and in-person support groups for adult survivors of CSA. Our groups are peer-centered, therapist facilitated spaces where survivors can connect with others who understand the lasting impacts of CSA and experience the power of not having to heal alone.

If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about current openings, we encourage you to reach out to our Survivor Services Navigator via email: [email protected] or use our contact form: https://www.wingsfound.org/contact/

Each year, Denim Day invites us to challenge harmful myths about sexual violence and stand in visible solidarity with survivors. What someone wears is never an invitation for harm. It is never consent.

At Wings, we also hold that this conversation must include adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA).

CSA is a form of sexual violence, and its impacts often extend far beyond childhood. Many survivors carry the effects into adulthood, navigating stigma, silence, and misunderstanding that can make it difficult to name their experiences or seek support. Too often, survivors are met with messages that minimize, question, or dismiss what they have lived through.

Denim Day is an opportunity to reject those narratives.

It is a moment to affirm:

You are believed.
You are not alone.
Your experiences matter.
Healing is possible.

Whether you are a survivor, a loved one, or an ally, your voice and presence matter in this work.

Wear denim. Start conversations. Challenge stigma. Stand with survivors.

Grateful to stand in community at this year’s Courage Walk. 💙

Together, we honored the strength and resilience of survivors and showed the power of coming together in support, remembrance, and hope.

At Wings, we recognize that adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse are victims of crime and deserve to be seen, believed, and supported.

We’re honored to be part of a community committed to this work.

Each spring, communities come together for the Courage Walk to honor survivors of crime. While Denver’s event takes place outside of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the intention remains the same: to uplift the strength and resilience of those impacted.

At Wings, we recognize adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse as victims of crime. That recognition matters and is essential to meaningful support and healing.

Join us in community. We’ll be there, and we hope to see you.

These numbers do not exist in isolation. They reflect the intersections of sexual violence, historical trauma, systemic inequities, and the ongoing impact of colonization on Indigenous communities.

At Wings, we work with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and we know that healing does not happen in silos. The realities of CSA, sexual assault, domestic violence, trafficking, and exploitation are deeply interconnected — shaped by the systems and conditions surrounding survivors’ lives.

This is why our work, and the work of so many advocates is ongoing. It asks us to look at the full picture: who is most impacted, why, and what it will take to create real change.

Centering intersectionality means acknowledging that survivors hold multiple identities and experiences and that prevention, support, and healing must reflect that complexity. It means listening to and uplifting Indigenous voices, and recognizing the disproportionate harm Native women and girls continue to face.

Creating safer communities requires all of us. It requires a willingness to confront hard truths, challenge harmful systems, and show up with care and accountability.

A world without sexual violence is possible. Building it starts with understanding how these issues are connected and committing to change, together.

1 in 5 women in the U.S. will experience sexual assault.
For Native women, it’s 4 in 5.

For those of us who work in MMIWR, human trafficking, sexual assault, domestic violence, child exploitation, and stalking, this is not seasonal work. This is year-round. Every day we are working to get ahead of it, to create real pathways to prevention, and to build safer communities.

Creating safe spaces and eliminating sexual violence takes all of us. Parents. Leaders. Communities. People who are willing to care enough to take action.

As a mother, it is hard to sit with the reality that my Native daughter faces some of the highest risks of sexual violence. That truth is heavy. It is terrifying. And it is exactly why we continue to advocate, push for policy change, and challenge the systems and mindsets that allow this to continue.

We are still too often standing up against those who minimize harm, excuse predators, or believe nothing needs to change. But it does.

Our young Native girls are powerful. They are beautiful, intelligent, and deserving of a future that is safer than what generations before them experienced. Many of us are only a generation removed from boarding schools, forced assimilation, and the continued history of violence against Indigenous women.

Even if you have never experienced sexual assault, wouldn’t you want a world where no girl, no woman, no person has to carry that kind of trauma?

Wouldn’t you want to be part of changing that? We fight for all children. We fight for all women. And we will always fight for our Native daughters & people.

Help us continue this work. We pour everything we got into changing these statistics! Text NOND to 44-321 or request a training today. We would be honored to share our mission of community safety and prevention.

Not your daughter. Not my daughter. Not Our Native daughters.

April 11 marks Wings’ Founders Day, a time to honor the courage and vision of the women who created something that did not yet exist in Colorado. Cheers to 44 years of impact.

Wings was built because adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, especially intrafamilial abuse, and advocates refused to accept silence. They envisioned spaces where survivors could be heard, believed, and supported — and then worked to bring those spaces to life.

That vision continues to guide us today. 🤍

We’re deeply grateful to our founders for paving the way. Learn more about their story: https://www.wingsfound.org/about/ -history-tab