Behind every purple ribbon is a real person.

A mother who found the courage to leave. A child who finally knows what safety feels like. A family rebuilding from the ground up. A community that refused to look away.

The Purple Ribbon Initiative is SAFE's most visible movement of the year, honoring survivors of domestic violence, remembering those we have lost, and uniting our community around one unshakeable truth:

You are not alone. And we will not stay silent.

The Wall Is Growing. Will Your Ribbon Be On It?

This October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, SAFE will unveil our Purple Ribbon Wall, a powerful, growing community display where every ribbon represents a donor, a dedication, a story, and a stand against violence.

From now through October, ribbons are added as donations come in. Then at our Voices of Hope Candlelight Vigil, details coming soon, our community will gather for an unforgettable evening where survivors, supporters, and allies come together to honor, remember, and commit to change.

This is more than a fundraiser. This is a movement.

Why Your Support Changes Everything

Domestic violence doesn't announce itself. It hides behind closed doors, in financial control, in isolation, in fear. It affects women, men, and children of every background, age, and circumstance, often in ways no one around them can see.

In our community right now, survivors need:

A safe place to sleep tonight. Legal support navigating a system they don't know how to access alone. Financial help building a life from nothing. Someone to believe them.

Your gift to the Purple Ribbon Initiative provides exactly that.

Every dollar raised directly funds SAFE's life-saving services:

🏠 Emergency Shelter & Safe Housing A roof, a door that locks, and the first night of real safety, sometimes for the first time in years

⚖️ Legal Advocacy & Court Accompaniment Survivors should never have to face the legal system alone. SAFE's advocates walk beside them every step of the way

💰 Financial Support & Life Skills Training Because true independence requires more than escape, it requires tools, resources, and a real plan forward

📚 Community Education & Prevention Changing the culture that allows violence to continue through awareness, education, and community accountability

💜 Emotional Support & Counseling One-on-one sessions and group support that help survivors heal not just physically, but emotionally, spiritually, and wholly

When you give to SAFE, you're not writing a check to an organization.

You're paying for the first night a child sleeps without fear. You're funding the phone call a survivor finally feels safe enough to make. You're building the future a family deserves.

Choose Your Ribbon. Make Your Impact.

Your ribbon is more than a donation, it's a declaration. A declaration that you see survivors, you believe them, and you stand with them.

💜 Individual Supporters

Give $75 or More — Purple Ribbon Champion

Your impact is visible and lasting:

✅ Purple yard sign professionally printed and delivered to your home or business before October—show your neighborhood where you stand

✅ Your name or dedication added to SAFE's Purple Ribbon Wall displayed at our Voices of Hope Candlelight Vigil and at SAFE year-round

✅ "I Stand with SAFE" window cling for your home or vehicle ✅ Invitation to our Purple Ribbon Wall Unveiling & Voices of Hope Candlelight Vigil this October

✅ Recognition on SAFE's website donor page and social media (optional)

Your yard sign doesn't just show support—it starts conversations. It tells survivors in your neighborhood: there are safe spaces here. It tells your community: this home refuses to look away.

Give $25 or More — Purple Ribbon Supporter

Every ribbon matters:

✅ Your name or dedication hand-written on a purple ribbon and displayed on SAFE's growing Purple Ribbon Wall

✅ Social media recognition celebrating your support (optional)

✅ Invitation to the Purple Ribbon Wall Unveiling & Voices of Hope Candlelight Vigil this October

✅ Digital certificate of appreciation from SAFE

Your ribbon can honor a survivor you love, remember someone you've lost, or simply say: "I stand with survivors." Whatever it says, it matters.

‍ ‍

Your Ribbon Can Say:

Dedication Type

Personal "The Williams Family"

In Honor "In Honor of My Sister — Survivor & Warrior"

In Memory "In Memory of [Name] — Forever Loved"

Anonymous "A Friend of SAFE"

Community "Because Everyone Deserves Safety"

🏢 Businesses & Community Partners

Your business has values. The Purple Ribbon Initiative is where those values become visible.

Local businesses that join the Purple Ribbon Initiative as sponsors receive:

✅ Public recognition on the Purple Ribbon Wall, displayed at our Voices of Hope Candlelight Vigil and at SAFE year-round

✅ Your business featured in SAFE's social media, website, and October awareness campaigns

✅ Yard signs showing your business's commitment to survivors

✅ VIP recognition at our Purple Ribbon Wall Unveiling & Candlelight Vigil (based on sponsorship tier)

✅ The opportunity to show your customers, employees, and community exactly who your business stands for

When your customers see that yard sign, that ribbon, that recognition—they see a business that leads with purpose. That builds trust. That chooses community over silence.

Business sponsorship tiers are available at multiple investment levels to fit organizations of every size. Each tier comes with unique benefits, recognition opportunities, and visibility throughout Domestic Violence Awareness Month and beyond.

📧 To discuss business sponsorship and tier details: Contact us at info@safelouisiana.org or call 985-542-8384

We'll build a partnership that honors your investment and maximizes your impact.

The Moment We're Building Toward

Here's what your ribbon is building toward:

This October, our community will gather for the Purple Ribbon Wall Unveiling & Voices of Hope Candlelight Vigil, an evening that has been months in the making. The wall, covered until this moment, will be revealed to a crowd of survivors, donors, community leaders, and allies.

When that curtain falls:

Every ribbon will be visible. Every name, every dedication, every story. Hundreds of purple ribbons representing a community that chose action over silence.

Survivors will stand before this wall. They will read these ribbons. And they will feel, perhaps for the first time, the full weight of this community's love and support surrounding them.

That moment is made possible by donors like you.

After the unveiling, we gather for our Voices of Hope Candlelight Vigil, lighting candles together in honor of survivors, in memory of those lost, and in commitment to a violence-free future.

It will be emotional. It will be powerful. It will be unforgettable.

📣 Event date and location coming soon. Follow us on social media and sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know.

And it all starts with your ribbon.

Don't Wait, Ribbons Are Being Added Now

The Purple Ribbon Wall is already growing. Every week between now and October, new ribbons are added as donations come in.

The sooner you give, the sooner your ribbon joins the wall.

And the fuller that wall is when we unveil it, the more powerful that moment becomes, for every survivor who stands before it.

💜 Add Your Ribbon Today

DONATE NOW — ADD YOUR RIBBON

Every ribbon. Every story. Every voice.Together, we're building something our community has never seen.

Questions? 📧 info@safelouisiana.org 📞 985-542-8384 🌐 www.safelouisiana.org

SAFE — Southeast Advocates for Family Empowerment Serving Tangipahoa, Livingston, and St. Helena Parishes 24/7 Crisis Line: 985-542-8384 — All services are free and confidential