MISSSEY supports survivors and young people targeted by exploiters. We provide direct service programming, training, prevention, policy advocacy, and leadership pathways for the youth we serve within San Francisco Bay area communities. Our work extends from Contra Costa County to San Mateo County. MISSSEY is survivor-led, survivor-centered, and prioritizes the voices of youth targeted by exploiters in building services and systems for and healing from exploitation. Our staff knows what the young people we serve are going through because many of us have gone through it too. This work is personal for us, and we are passionate and focused on healing ourselves and each other.
I like MISSSEY because I get love, support and a safe place. It’s my family.- Youth program participant
Our Work
MISSSEY supports survivors and young people targeted by exploiters. We provide direct service programming, training, prevention, policy advocacy, and leadership pathways for the youth we serve within the Oakland and Contra Costa community. MISSSEY is survivor-led, survivor-centered, and prioritizes the voices of youth targeted by exploiters in building services and systems for and healing from exploitation. Our staff knows what the young people we serve are going through because many of us have gone through it too. This work is personal for us, and we are passionate and focused on healing ourselves and each other.
I like MISSSEY because I get love, support and a safe place. It’s my family.- Youth program participant
We use a set of distinctive, integrated strategies to create the conditions for healing, wellness, and self-determination for the young people we work with.
We disrupt the cycle that leads to exploitation by providing young people with the support they need to leave, avoid, and stay out of exploitative circumstances.
We help girls and gender expansive youth to imagine healthier, safer futures for themselves, support them in reflecting on and planning what it takes to get there, and then connect them to the opportunities to make safety and thriving real.
We strengthen our communities by investing in field leaders most able to identify exploited youth and guide them to the appropriate resources.
We provide models for building healthy relationships and self advocacy, tapping into ambition, and being accountable to self and others.
Through building relationships with girls and gender expansive youth, we help them recognize and embrace their inherent value, leadership ability, and right to a full and fulfilling life.
We use a set of distinctive, integrated strategies to create the conditions for healing, wellness, and self-determination for the young people we work with.
We disrupt the cycle that leads to exploitation by providing young people with the support they need to leave, avoid, and stay out of exploitative circumstances.
We help girls and gender expansive youth to imagine healthier, safer futures for themselves, support them in reflecting on and planning what it takes to get there, and then connect them to the opportunities to make safety and thriving real.
We strengthen our communities by investing in field leaders most able to identify exploited youth and guide them to the appropriate resources.
We provide models for building healthy relationships and self advocacy, tapping into ambition, and being accountable to self and others.
Through building relationships with girls and gender expansive youth, we help them recognize and embrace their inherent value, leadership ability, and right to a full and fulfilling life.
Our Programs
Providing survivor- and trauma-informed, culturally relevant, and strengths-based supports to create a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment.
Dedicated to being a safe space for commercially sexually exploited (CSE) girls, femme and non-binary youth ages 12 to 25 in Oakland.
Our Thrive Initiative invests in young people through skill-building classes, workshops, and other leadership opportunities, so they can change their own lives.
Trained volunteers who assist our drop-in staff in supporting youth who come to the STaR Center.
Our Training Institute aims to cultivate communities that are compassionate, confident, and armed with the tools necessary to address the complex issues impacting victims and survivors of sexual violence.
