Heal Sweet Home

Heal Sweet Home Come Home to Healing

04/15/2026

Your question matters.
And someone out there is holding the same one.

This Sexual Healing Month, we’re creating space for real questions and real healing.

When you give, you help make that space possible.

Bring your question home.

Donate using the link in our bio!

We are thrilled to be presenting at Collective Power 2026 — an activist conference— April 11-12 in Amherst, MA.We will b...
04/07/2026

We are thrilled to be presenting at Collective Power 2026 — an activist conference
— April 11-12 in Amherst, MA.

We will be joining over 650+ movement builders, educators, activists, artists, and
students.

Over more than four decades, the Collective Power conference has gathered 13,000+ people working across the social justice movement space to build skills, expand networks, and strengthen our respective movements through a reproductive justice lens.

Collective Power 2026 is organizing at the crossroads, bringing together practitioners and people with lived experience who are uplifting libratory frameworks rooted in disability justice, healing justice, LGBTQIA+ justice, immigrant justice, prison abolition, and more.

April is Sexual Healing Month at Heal Sweet Home.While many name this month for awareness of assault, we choose to name ...
04/02/2026

April is Sexual Healing Month at Heal Sweet Home.

While many name this month for awareness of assault, we choose to name it for healing.

We make this shift intentionally.

Awareness matters, but awareness alone can leave us circling harm.

Sexual healing invites us to move beyond naming violence toward restoring connection, pleasure, agency, and belonging.

When we center healing:

• Survivors are more than what happened to them
• Communities build skills for repair and care
• Conversations expand beyond fear into possibility
• Prevention grows from connection, not control

Sexual healing reminds us:

we are not only working to end harm —
we are working to reclaim sexuality as a source of joy, curiosity, and liberation.

Many are asking what’s in the files.We’re asking something different:What are we expecting those files to give us?Clarit...
03/20/2026

Many are asking what’s in the files.

We’re asking something different:
What are we expecting those files to give us?

Clarity? Justice? Closure?

Or relief from something that still hasn’t been addressed?

This piece explores why exposure alone doesn’t lead to healing—and what it might actually take to create change.

Read the full essay by visiting healsweethome.org or using the link in our bio

12/23/2025

The Patterns We Keep | Episode 11 (snippet)

Topic: “What Octavia Told Us”
Guest: SUSANA 

Host: Ignacio Rivera 

Originally recorded 11/26/25 on Zoom.
Full episode available using the link in bio or at vimeo.com/healsweethome

Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, we hold space for the lives stolen by anti-trans violence. We grieve, we honor, and ...
11/20/2025

Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, we hold space for the lives stolen by anti-trans violence. We grieve, we honor, and we refuse to forget.

Trans Day of Visibility reminds us that trans joy, care, and brilliance are not negotiable—they are necessary.

At Heal Sweet Home, we recognize the significance of both of these days:

The personal grief, triumphs, and stories of our trans siblings, and the work of healing and support within our communities.

The structural inequities, systemic violence, and political erasure that shape trans experiences, demanding our collective action and accountability.

Let us commit to seeing, protecting, and honoring trans lives everyday, not only today.

11/06/2025

The Patterns We Keep | Episode 10 (snippet)

Topic: “Why Is Asking for Help So Hard?”
Guest: Jamie .grant.52

Host: Ignacio Rivera 

Originally recorded 9/15/25 on Zoom.
Full episode available using the link in bio or at vimeo.com/healsweethome

We invite you to connect with Heal Sweet Home this week in two ways!First, we are continuing to raise funds this month i...
10/21/2025

We invite you to connect with Heal Sweet Home this week in two ways!

First, we are continuing to raise funds this month in honor of Ignacio’s 54th birthday/ Please consider giving $54 (or however much you can) in honor and celebration of Ignacio. We are one third of the way toward reaching our goal of $5,400! 💸
Donate here: https://healsweethome.betterworld.org/campaigns/ignacio54

Second, we also invite you to virtually attend Sweet Spot this week on Thursday, October 23rd from 5-8pm ET. We are giving away 5 sliding scholarships. DM us if you’re interested. 🍯
Register here: https://healsweethome.betterworld.org/events/sweet-spot

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our Founding Co-Executive Director, Ignacio! We would love for you to join us in celebrating Ignacio’s...
10/01/2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our Founding Co-Executive Director, Ignacio!

We would love for you to join us in celebrating Ignacio’s 54th birthday by making a suggested donation of $54 (or any amount) to support Heal Sweet Home.

If you have felt the impact of Ignacio’s storytelling, facilitation, space-holding, or bravery to speak their truth about the impact of CSA and the possibility in healing; please use this opportunity to make a donation to help them celebrate.

Our goal is to raise $5,400 total. Will you join us in giving $54 for 54?

Donation link below:
https://healsweethome.betterworld.org/campaigns/ignacio54

09/18/2025

The Patterns We Keep | Episode 8 (snippet)

Topic: "Who Gets to Belong? The Politics of Inclusion
Guest: Rox

Host: Ignacio Hutía Xeiti Rivera

Originally recorded 7/14/25 on Zoom.
Full episode available at vimeo.com/healsweethome

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