Your Mission.

Your Financial Future.

Both Matter.

Helping advocates, survivor-leaders, and organizations build economic stability while advancing survivor-centered change.

Advocates, survivor-leaders, activists, and organizers

building a communal economy—together.

Mission-Driven Advocacy Must Include Financial Well-Being For All

Tell Us What Advocates Need — You work on the front lines every day. We want to hear directly from you — what tools would make your work easier, more sustainable, and more impactful? Your answers are shaping our recruitment of creators and the products we list on the Advocates Paying Advocates Marketplace. This takes about 60 seconds.

The Advocates Paying Advocates Marketplace — Digital tools built by advocates, for advocates. Survivor-centered and advocate-centered. Browse free resources and premium products.

Economic Leap Community — Your low-pressure starting point. Curated resources, creator/entrepreneurship training, a resource library, and a private community. $3/month

Advocate Creator Training —

A free 20-minute Creator Quick Start Session to refine the expertise you already have and use it to create something that colleagues would pay for

Supported Advocates = Sustained Movement

What can advocates or survivor-leaders expect from DVE?

Step 1: Strategically Leverage Your Expertise

  • A clear roadmap to help you see exactly what you have and a starting place informed by you.

  • The Frontline Advocate's Idea Bank — 10 ready-to-build digital product ideas

  • Free 20-minute You're Already a Creator quick start training

Step 2: List Products

  • Go from "expertise sitting in my drafts folder" to "a live product with a Buy Now button ready to generate sales

  • Turn your expertise into a digital product and list it on the Advocates Paying Advocates Marketplace. The free Creator Seller's Guide walks you through every step — no tech skills required.

Step 3: Connect

  • You don't have to create alone.

  • Join the Economic Leap community for $3/month. Curated resources, brief trainings, and a private community of advocates building alongside you.

Step 4: Expand Your Options

  • From "one product idea" to "a strategic portfolio and legacy that generates income.

  • Book a Creative Strategy Session ($37) and we'll partner with you to turn your deep expertise into a high-performance digital product in 48 hours. Build a Blueprint. Establish Your Value. Secure Your Future.

In Partnership with ReloShare

We Asked 154 DV/SA Advocates

What Tools They Need Most.

Here’s What They Told Us.

The APA Marketplace — By the Numbers

  • 530 Unique Visitors

  • 13 Advocate-Centered Products Available

  • 1st Survivor-Led Solution Published

  • 16 Registered Customers

  • 28 Orders

  • 4 Advocate Creators

  • 6 Free Guides Available for Instant Download

Meet the Founder & CEO

MEET THE FOUNDER & CEO

Hi, I'm Shawndell

Your mission. Your financial future. Both matter.

I believe in the brilliance of survivors, advocates, and programs. For more than 28 years, I have worked to make systems better, easier, and more supportive for those who lead this movement. I created Dawson Visionary Enterprises and the Advocates Paying Advocates Marketplace to help advocates organize what is already in their heart and mind.

I started as an advocate in rural Appalachian Ohio, finding my voice while earning $4.25 an hour. While providing meaningful support to survivors, I was also exploring options for more flexibility to sustain myself as a college student. I know the "Advocate’s Hustle" because I have lived it.

Since then, I have navigated the complexities of this movement alongside you. My career grew from the front lines to directing $1 billion+ in federal investments for survivor services. I have partnered with over 20 federal agencies to strengthen systems and have directly increased resources for rural programs, sexual assault services, and culturally specific, Indigenous, and LGBTQ survivors. I know the depth of this work because I have been in the room helping to build its future.

  • 28+ Years of Leadership: From earning minimum wage as a rural advocate to serving as a Senior Federal Executive directing national strategy.

  • Managed $1 Billion+ in Federal Investments: Overseeing grants that serve 1.3 million survivors annually across the United States.

  • National Policy Leadership: Served as a leading co-chair for the first U.S. National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.

  • Economic Empowerment Pioneer: Helped develop and pilot the national education and job training fund that has provided direct financial assistance to hundreds of survivors helping them keep jobs, access job training, get professional licenses, and access important support for themselves and their children.

  • Supported Significant Funding Growth: Launched a $198 million national sexual assault services program and successfully justified a $95 million appropriations increase for victim services for Congress.

  • Expanded Culturally Specific Resources: Launched a $49.5 million program dedicated to culturally specific domestic violence and sexual assault services.

  • Strategic Partnership Builder: Advised over 15 federal agencies on strategies to fund public-private partnerships that support nurses, doctors, child welfare, head start programs, child support agencies and housing programs in partnering with domestic violence, sexual assault, tribal, and culturally specific programs.

  • Committed to advancing unrestricted income and economic empowerment for advocates, survivors, and programs.

HOW WE PARTNER

DVE Strategic Advisory

Organizations that invest in expert guidance strengthen their capacity, deepen their impact, and build more sustainable systems for survivors and advocates.

🎯 Funding Strategy + Partnership Innovation: Refine your funding approach, evaluate grant impact, and design initiatives that create lasting change. DVE brings $1B+ in federal investment experience to your funding challenges.

🏛️ Organizational Capacity Building: Strengthen outcome documentation, ROI credibility, leadership pipelines, build sustainable systems, and develop the internal infrastructure your organization needs for long-term impact.

🤝 Partnership Development: Advise on public-private partnerships, coalition strategy, and community collaborations rooted in survivor-centered values.

DVE's CEO has deep expertise advising 20+ federal agencies, social service agencies, health centers, nonprofit organizations, and DV/SA programs serving 1.3 million survivors annually.

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Both Matter.

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