Our Campaigns
Bold, community-driven initiatives creating change at every level — individual, community, and systemic.
Bold, community-driven initiatives creating change at every level — individual, community, and systemic.
Running as reclamation. Community as power.
The Denim Runs are a series of community running events where participants wear denim as a symbol of solidarity with survivors. Rooted in Summer's own journey with Project 29, these runs are about more than miles — they are acts of defiance against silence, shame, and victim-blaming. Every stride is a statement: we believe survivors.
The Denim Run is more than just an event — it's a movement. The first-ever national race series for survivors and by survivors, launching in 2026 across Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City, with a virtual option for all — a chance to celebrate community and resilience while sending a powerful message against shame and stigma.
Thank you to our sponsors
ACC Foundation Austin 
TX House Democratic Caucus Austin 
Dordulian Law California 
Pardee Properties California 
Santa Monica City Council California 
Waymo National 
Hippie Water National 
Manly Stewart National 
Because laws must keep up with reality.
Sexual violence thrives when legal systems fail survivors. Our Legislation campaign advocates for policy reform at local, state, and federal levels — fighting for stronger protections, fairer processes, and accountability. We believe bipartisan collaboration is key: protecting survivors is not a political issue, it is a human one.
A historic victory for survivors in Texas. This 2025 legislation closes legal loopholes and provides the first affirmative definition of consent in Texas sexual assault law — ensuring that those who are intoxicated or impaired by any substance are legally protected from sexual violence.
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No survivor should have to search alone.
The Summer Willis Foundation's Resource Map is the first comprehensive national directory connecting survivors of sexual and domestic violence to vetted legal, medical, mental health, and protective services — designed by survivors, for survivors, and grounded in trauma-informed care. By consolidating fragmented resources at both the campus and community level, it eliminates the burden of repeated disclosure and creates a low-stigma, low-effort entry point into care when survivors need it most. Piloting first in Texas, the Resource Map is built to scale nationwide, with the goal of measurably reducing re-traumatization and transforming how survivors across the country find help.
Transformative storytelling. Told by survivors, for survivors.
When the Summer Willis Act passed in Texas — finally making Summer's own assault legally recognized 10 years after it occurred — she wrote a letter to herself in the aftermath, and that letter became the foundation for a six-minute animated short film tracing what one night can take and the decade it can steal. The project brought together an extraordinary team, with animator Hisko Hulsing and his Undone team bringing the vision to life, and Soledad O'Brien, Mariska Hargitay, Regina Scully, Monica Lewinsky, and Dini Von Mueffling joining as Executive Producers. The film is what many survivors on the team wish they'd had after their own assaults: an honest acknowledgment of how hard healing is, and proof that pain can become purpose.