#WeAreBrave
SPEAK OUT. SPEAK LOUD. SPEAK TOGETHER.
Welcome to a safe, carefully moderated world of testimonials from survivors of sexual assault and rape. Join our community by sharing your story or showing your support. This platform is meant to heal and not re-traumatize. Please remember to practice self-care if reading these stories is triggering to you.
The #WeAreBrave Story Platform has made BraveMissWorld.com the #1 Google search result worldwide for survivors seeking to share their stories. Yet it was born by accident. When Miss World Linor Abargil decided to step forward and speak publicly about her rape in 2008, she launched the website LinorSpeaksOut. Her mailbox was quickly flooded with emails from survivors wanting to share their stories with someone who would believe them and offer words of support. Linor met with many of the women and men who wrote to her, and included their stories in her film.
When the documentary Brave Miss World was completed and launched in 2014, LinorSpeaksOut was merged into BraveMissWorld.com, which became the online hub for survivors wanting to share their stories. With generous grants from The Artemis Rising Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Francis Family Foundation, and The Roy A. Hunt Foundation among others, the filmmakers and a small team of volunteers have curated this one-of-a-kind collection of over 2,500 testimonials, each carefully moderated to screen out any remarks that are disrespectful of survivors. We are committed to making sure that everyone submitting and reading stories on our site feels safe.
Our goal is to change the conversation around assault and rape. Women’s voices are finally being heard. Until now, we have not demanded that the culture be changed. We are saying no to the deafening silence that has surrounded rape and assault. We encourage members of our community to share their stories, because we believe that healing begins with speaking out and receiving support. Each story on our site receives a supportive comment from a trained advocate, as well as comments from our #WeAreBrave community. Every story is incredibly different and unique, but they all share the tremendous strength and resilience of survivors.
We know our platform works, because of the feedback from those using our site whose lives have changed in significant ways as a result of watching the film and/or sharing their story with others. Every day, new viewers and visitors discover and explore #WeAreBrave and many write to thank us for creating and maintaining this important space. For all those sharing their unique personal experiences and brave accounts of the lasting emotional impact of rape and assault, you are not alone.
Our work needs you. Your continuing support has enabled us to upgrade this site and add the ability to submit audio and visual testimonials. Please DONATE to help us make sure this resource continues to remain available to all those who need it. All donations are 100% tax deductible through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor, Los Angeles Filmforum.
Contact us here: producers@BraveMissWorld.com
Watch the Emmy-nominated Brave Miss World on…
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Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bravemissworld
It was just a friend date
I Never Told Anyone
Moving On
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I know when I see a rapist...
He was 56
Tinder Rape
Useless tears
Spousal Rape
A story of a not so perfect...
Mi Esposa
הטרידו אותי
Tinder Rape
Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
3 Generations
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
היי לינור
End of Innocence
Molested While Sleeping
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
A Different MeToo
Dirty Whore
Mother and Son
He Was My Best Friend
How My Life Has Changed
All Just Too Much
Youth Sexual Harrassment
College Rape
The secret
הסיפור שלי…
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
Six months in the making..
Your truth will change someones’ life.
I Was 19
The Worst Relationship
Myself
I lost myself before I even knew...
Blaming Myself
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Read This Please
Love and Forced abortion
God Saved Me
Is It Really Rape?
Multiple Assaults
No Support
Molestation
Me and my Best Friend
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
The Touches I Felt
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
My Story
Date Rape
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
I just realized this today.
It’s Been Eight Years
Summer 2019
Rape
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I Need to Tell Someone
Was It My Fault?
New Years
Raped by my boyfriend
Welcome To Adulthood
Need advice
Rock It!
