ABOUT OUR WORK
CNTR is on a mission to shift the direct-service paradigm from crisis management to community development, holistic services, and long term healing for survivors.
CNTR envisions a world where all survivors have access to long term, creative, and holistic healing services and networks – enabling them to live more fulfilling, healthier lives. Systems now aim to manage the crisis, and serve as a rotating door. Survivors lack the opportunity to heal, restore their peace, and move forward with their lives. CNTR believes that in order to address the cyclical nature of violence, the field must expand its focus to the broader picture.
Healing does not happen alone. It requires community, support, and connection to heal from trauma. Survivor led, survivor organized: CNTR provides holistic healing services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and childhood sexual abuse with the goal of opening a full time retreat program in 2027.
CNTR exists to reimagine the way healing is offered to survivors of gender-based violence. We believe survivors deserve more than crisis response — they deserve sustained, community-centered care that honors the body, creativity, and lived experience.
Founded by survivors, CNTR was created in response to the gaps within traditional support systems that are often overextended, inaccessible, or disconnected from holistic healing. Our work shifts the direct-service paradigm by centering survivor voices and integrating healing arts, trauma-informed practices, and collective care into every program we create.
Our Approach
At CNTR, healing is not linear — and it is never one-size-fits-all. We design projects that meet survivors where they are, offering multiple pathways to reconnect with themselves and others. From creative expression and body-based practices to public art and community education, our work acknowledges that healing lives in the body, in storytelling, and in shared experience.
We prioritize:
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Survivor-led leadership and lived experience
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Trauma-informed care
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Accessibility, dignity, and consent
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Creativity as a tool for transformation
Every initiative we launch is intentionally designed to support connection, nurture growth, transform narratives, and help survivors rebuild on their own terms.
Why CNTR Matters
Survivors of gender-based violence — particularly Black, Brown, LGBTQ+, disabled, and marginalized communities — face systemic barriers to healing resources. Traditional services are often maxed out, underfunded, or inaccessible, leaving survivors without the long-term support they need.
CNTR steps into this gap by creating spaces that are expansive, affirming, and rooted in community. Our work is not about fixing survivors — it’s about providing the tools, environments, and support systems that allow survivors to reclaim agency and imagine new possibilities for their lives.
Our Name, Our Mission
CNTR stands for Connect, Nurture, Transform, Rebuild — the pillars that guide every aspect of our work.
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Connect survivors to community and shared understanding
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Nurture healing through care, creativity, and compassion
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Transform survival mode into space to imagine and;
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Rebuild foundations rooted in autonomy, dignity, and hope
These values are not just words — they are the framework through which we design programs, partnerships, and pathways to healing.
Looking Forward
CNTR is building a future where survivors are centered, creativity is valued as care, and healing is supported beyond moments of crisis. Through partnerships, public-facing projects, and survivor-driven spaces, we are working toward a more compassionate, informed, and connected world.
We invite you to learn more about our projects, join our community, or support this work.
MEET OUR CO-FOUNDERS
CHARLOTTE JARVIS
Charlotte is an EMDR therapist, consultant, writer, and survivor. After fleeing domestic violence herself, the vision for CNTR began to take shape. What started as a personal journey evolved into a clear calling for her. She pursued her own healing while simultaneously learning how to become the best possible service provider for survivors of GBV (Gender Based Violence).
Charlotte experienced first hand how traumatizing the justice system was in addition to how sparse social services programming was; from both personal and professional experience. Charlotte developed a unique perspective; imagining how holistic and long term healing could transform the lives of survivors. She shared her vision for CNTR with Mira and the two partnered together to actualize the dream.
Charlotte’s professional background spans domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy, shelter management, education, clinical trauma therapy, and editorial writing. Her work blends lived experience, clinical expertise, and advocacy. Charlotte holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Psychological Trauma from Antioch University Los Angeles. Through her clinical, educational, and writing work, she is committed to helping survivors move toward healing, autonomy, and lasting healing.
MIRA KRAFT
Mira Kraft is the founder of MKPR and co-founder of CNTR. Her commitment to this work is rooted in lived experience — particularly witnessing how systems, society, and community can fail survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. That reality inspired her belief that survivors deserve spaces built on dignity, not bureaucracy and autonomy, not oversight.
Mira has seen firsthand how the justice system and social responses to abuse can compound harm rather than resolve it. She understands how isolating it can feel when institutions move slowly, communities look away, or support comes with conditions attached. CNTR was built in part as a response to that gap — not as another program within the system, but as a space intentionally designed outside of it.
With a background in artist & tour management, event production, and creative strategy, Mira brings a strong eye for vision-building and curation to CNTR’s work. She believes healing requires room to breathe, reflect, and regain momentum — something that’s nearly impossible while navigating broken systems and/or communities that are often unequipped to respond with care. Through CNTR, she works to create spaces where survivors can regroup and move forward on their own terms.
IN THE PRESS
