11/13/2025
A Message from Kristen DiAngelo
Closing of SWOP Sacramento – Effective November 13, 2025.
After more than a decade of service, advocacy, and community, I am announcing that SWOP Sacramento will officially close its doors on November 13, 2025.
This decision was not made lightly. SWOP Sacramento has been one of the greatest honors of my life. What began as a small effort to offer safety, dignity, and resources to some of the most marginalized people in our region grew into a vibrant community that changed lives, changed policy, and changed hearts. Together, we built something powerful: a place where people could walk in broken and walk out seen, supported, and valued.
Over the years, we have fought for decriminalization, trauma-informed care, access to services, and the simple right for every person to have control over their own body and their own story. We helped survivors find stability. We helped parents reconnect with their children. We pushed back against harmful laws. We trained medical teams, law enforcement, advocates, and students. We made the invisible visible. And we did it with compassion, grit, and each other.
The closure of SWOP Sacramento does not mean the work is over. It simply means that this chapter is complete. The landscape has changed, the movement has evolved, and it is time for me to step into the next phase of my life and healing. I am incredibly proud of everything we accomplished and deeply grateful to every volunteer, donor, community partner, survivor, and ally who stood with us through the victories and the heartbreaks.
If you ever walked through our doors, called our hotline, came to an event, shared your story, or simply believed in what we were building — thank you. You were the heartbeat of this work.
I close SWOP Sacramento with love, with pride, and with the certainty that what we created will continue to echo in the lives touched by our presence. The seeds we planted will keep growing long after our office lights go dark.
With love, gratitude, and deep respect,
Kristen DiAngelo
Co-Founder, SWOP Sacramento
