Powering Safety, Strength, and Community

Join SFAWS’s Community-Powered Campaign ͏

This October, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Asian Women’s Shelter invites you to ILLUMINATE — our community-led campaign to power SFAWS’s next year of culturally responsive, survivor-centered work to end violence and build community safety.

Last year, you showed us what community power looks like. You hosted gatherings, shared our stories, rallied your friends and families, made gifts big and small, and found creative new ways to show up for survivors and for SFAWS. We are deeply grateful for every person who helped IGNITE our collective strength and helped us reach our $200,000 goal.

This year, we’re excited to ILLUMINATE that strength and see what new ideas — and new friends — our community brings. Our goal is to raise $250,000 to power SFAWS through another year of lifesaving, community-embracing work. Every contribution, every share, every gathering, and every act of support helps keep our light shining and our programs strong for survivors. Every little bit counts.

Together, let’s illuminate what’s possible when a community comes together to make sure no one is left behind.

How can you Illuminate the path from crisis to safety, healing, and freedom?

GIVE now by donating directly using the form below.

BROWSE & BUY at ILLUMINATE’s online silent auction (more info coming soon)! Support survivors of violence to build lives of safety and freedom while also supporting local businesses and getting (or gifting) exciting items, deals, and/or experiences! Do you have items to donate to our silent auction this year? Contact us!

HOST your own Asian Women’s Shelter Hearthkeeper gathering of any kind during October (a BBQ? Book Club meeting? Dumpling party? Happy hour hangout or afternoon tea at your house?) to ignite your own powerhouse of support for survivors accessing Asian Women’s Shelter. Email here if you want to learn more, and we’ll send you an SFAWS Hearthkeeper Guide. If you decide to host a gathering, we’ll send you a Hearthkeeper Kit to help you share about SFAWS while having a fun get-together with your people. It could 3-5 people you invite. It could be 50. The design is fully in your hands!

SHINE a collective light for Survivors - Share the campaign. Invite your friends and family to make a difference this October and support SFAWS with you! One way to shine your light is by creating your own ILLUMINATE fundraising page through Give Lively. You can create a personal fundraising page whether or not you’re hosting a Hearthkeeper gathering and invite your personal network to make a difference this Domestic Violence Awareness Month and support SFAWS with you.

GATHER online from 6-7pm PT on October 29th to celebrate our collective impact and future at Asian Women’s Shelter. A donation at any level unlocks the online event for you. You’ll receive a link during the week of October 30th.

ILLUMINATE is already sparking community! Our board and long time supporters are already working hard on organizing their gatherings for October, both new and longtime supporters are opening their homes for SFAWS gatherings big and small.

Can you add your own SFAWS Hearthkeeper gathering to the ILLUMINATE calendar? Whether it’s a large event or an intimate house party, our community has always sustained us through the hardest times — and we’re so excited to see all the creative ways our community continues to show up for survivors.