Meet Our Leadership Team

Courageous Fire

Jasmin, Howard, LMSW

Sharon Zanders-Ackiss
Our Community Support

We thank the Black woman owner and licensed therapist, Breanne Ward, LMHC, for partnering with us for space for our sessions

We're so grateful for owner and founder, Antwonette Shade, for partnering with us to provide free lock change services for our participants

We thank United Way of Central for our first grant for the Empowerment through the Arts™. Grant dollars mean program expansion and capacity building for organizational stability

We thank the Executive Director, Melissa Vine, for sponsoring the 1st in-house sessions at a housing facility for Black women DV survivors

We're thankful for being a vendor with the Iowa Crime Victim Assistance Division for our program, Empowerment through the Arts

We're appreciative of the one-time grant award to pilot our Personal Security™ program. We continue to explore new ways to connect within the community through Cassie Kilgore to further our mission