The Safe Sisters Circle (TSSC) provides free, culturally specific, and trauma-informed services to Black women survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault who live in DC's Wards 7 and 8. TSSC lawyers provide direct representation of survivors in Civil Protection Order hearings and family law cases such as custody, divorce, and child support.  It was the need for Black women in circumstances of domestic violence and/or sexual assault to have attorneys who have shared lived experience, that looked like them, and with whom they could have a deep trusting relationship that led Alana Brown to create The Safe Sisters Circle in 2018; she became its first paid staff member in 2020. TSSC received a Giving Together Accelerator Grant in 2021. Since receiving the GT grant, has secured funding to establish mental health services programs to clients and founder Brown handed the top leadership position to her deputy, Nel-Sylvia Guzman.  

 

To learn more about TSSC, contact GT Liaison Amy Peck Abraham (amypeckabraham@att.net)

[updated October 2025]  

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