WHO WE ARE
A survivor-led nonprofit dedicated to healing, justice, and empowerment for justice-impacted women and girls.
Organizational Overview:
Imani’s Safehouse Inc. is an abolitionist, anti-ableist, and antiracist 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization rooted in Brooklyn, New York. We exist to create safe, supportive, and empowering spaces for women and girls whose lives have been shaped by incarceration, systemic violence, and generational trauma.
As a survivor-led and community-rooted organization, we know that true change must occur at both the personal and structural levels.
At our core, we are a collective of survivors, advocates, and allies dedicated to breaking cycles of injustice and building pathways toward autonomy, resilience, and justice for all women and girls.
At Imani’s Safehouse, our work is driven by a commitment to empower women and girls impacted by systemic violence. Through survivor-led programs, policy initiatives, and community partnerships, we address both the immediate and long-term challenges faced by justice-impacted individuals.
Our programs provide practical tools and support, including:
Info and advocacy:
Info about rights, navigating the justice system, and accessing the resources nessessary to reclaim agency over their lives.
Career development and skills training:
Offering resume building, digital literacy, mentorship, and pathways to sustainable employment to help women achieve independence and stability.
Community connection and reentry support:
Fostering networks of care, mentorship, and guidance that ease the transition from incarceration back into society.
Our Origin Story
Founded in Brooklyn, NY in 2020, Imani’s Safehouse Inc. was created to honor the life and legacy of Imani Fecu (Aviva Imuna)—a beloved daughter, sister, and community member who was fighting for the dignity, care, and justice she, like any other girl or woman should have.
Imani’s journey reflects the harsh realities faced by countless women and girls affected by intersectional bias.
In response to this injustice, Imani’s Safehouse was born: a survivor-led, community-rooted space where women’s voices are uplifted, their rights defended, and their potential nurtured.
Imani’s story is more than a memory—it is a call to action. It fuels our trauma-informed programming, guides our advocacy, and inspires our partnerships with communities and organizations committed to dismantling systemic harm.
Through honoring her life, we strive to break cycles of trauma, injustice, and neglect, ensuring that every woman and girl has the opportunity to heal, grow, and thrive.
At Imani’s Safehouse, Imani’s legacy of love—for family, for community, and for healing—lives on in every program, every connection, and every act of empowerment. We transform loss into lasting change.
Our Movement
Imani’s Safehouse is more than an organization, we are a collective force for change. Every program we run, every partnership we build, and every voice we amplify is part of a larger mission: to change the laws and culture of oppression and uplift women and girls impacted by cycles of violence, and generational trauma, the justice system.
Our vision is clear and unwavering:
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No woman left behind. We ensure that every woman has access to support, resources, and opportunities to thrive.
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No female silenced. We center the voices of survivors, valuing their experiences and goals.
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No one without the tools to reclaim her voice, her future, and her life. From healing interventions to advocacy and skill-building, we provide the resources women need to regain autonomy and agency.
Rooted in healing and committed to justice, we work at the intersection of personal transformation and systemic change. We invite everyone—supporters, partners, and community members—to **join us** in creating a world where women and girls are seen, heard, and empowered. Together, we are a movement turning trauma into triumph, one life at a time.
Imani's Safehouse Inc's Values
Autonomy – Upholding the right to self-determination.
Empowerment – Centering survivor-led solutions.
Resilience – Honoring strength through adversity.
Possibility – Believing in healing and transformation.
Justice – Pursuing equity and systemic change.
Empowering justice-impacted women through support, advocacy, and resources to foster autonomy, healing, and systemic change.
Our Mission
Imani’s Safehouse Inc. is dedicated to breaking cycles of violence, trauma, and incarceration by placing survivor autonomy, empowerment, and healing at the center of everything we do. We believe that every woman and girl deserves the opportunity to break cycles of violence, to reclaim her voice, assert her rights, and rise above oppressive systems.
Through trauma-informed support, holistic care, and advocacy, we provide survivors with the tools, guidance, and resources to navigate complex challenges. The goal is to transform life trajectories.
Beyond individual support, we pursue community-driven solutions and systemic change, challenging the policies, narratives, and structures that criminalize trauma and marginalize our girls and women. Every survivor must have the opportunity to reclaim their voice, restore their agency, and realize their own fullest potential.
Our Vision
At Imani’s Safehouse Inc., we strive to create a society where female survivors of violence, trauma, and incarceration are supported, empowered, and celebrated, no longer marginalized and silenced.
Guided by the principles of Just Practice and Liberation Health, our work focuses on dismantling systemic barriers, amplifying the voices of those often overlooked, and fostering survivor-led solutions are rooted in lived experience. By acknowledging structural inequities we support personal healing and resilience, we aim to transform both individual lives and the systems that impact us all.
Through policy reform, access to education, holistic care, and community-driven initiatives, we are building a future where survivors can reclaim their agency, pursue opportunities, and break free from cycles of harm. Our vision is a world where healing, justice, and liberation are not distant ideals, they are the reality for every survivor.
Our Leadership
Noah Batsheva
Founder & Executive Director, Imani’s Safehouse Inc.
MSW Candidate, Silberman School of Social Work (OML)
Noah Batsheva is the founder and Executive Director of Imani’s Safehouse Inc., a Brooklyn-based abolitionist and survivor-led organization supporting women and girls impacted by incarceration, trauma, and systemic neglect. As a mother, advocate, and scholar-practitioner, Noah leads with both lived experience and vision—building alternatives to punishment that center healing, autonomy, and justice.
After surviving incarceration and the devastating loss of her daughter, Imani, to racist and ableist medical neglect, Noah transformed grief into movement-building. She created Imani’s Safehouse as a sanctuary for women navigating reentry, criminalization, motherhood, and state violence. Her work is grounded in mutual aid, political education, narrative power, and trauma-informed care led by those directly impacted.
Noah is currently pursuing her Master of Social Work in Organizational Management and Leadership at Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work. She holds a B.A. in Sociology and Human Rights. She brings over a decade of experience in nonprofit leadership, community organizing, group facilitation, Jewish faith-based service, reentry support, and policy advocacy.
Her leadership is driven by a simple truth: system-impacted people are not problems to be managed — we are architects of solutions.
