What is a Street Widow? A woman who has lost a significant other to traumatic or unjust cause including but not limited to gun violence, substance-use, long term incarceration, suicide and any other stigmatized form of loss.

• Private Grief Support Groups
• Public Grief Support Groups
• Mental Health Referrals
• Creative Storytelling and Campaigns
• Resource Hub for widows and children
• Business Coaching
• Parental support
• Financial Assistance
• Rapid Response*

The best way to guide a lost person is to meet them where they are. We entertain to meet, we empower to guide.

No amount of community programming can surpass the influence of the home environment. In order to truly impact our youth it is critical to support their mothers.

Every individual who experiences loss is entitled to compassionate care and assistance.

Street Widows are a necessary population to be served through Community Violence Intervention (CVI) efforts.

Hi everyone, I'm Ashlee the founder of The Street Widows Foundation. I am a Louisville native, a two-time WKU alumnus, and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. I lost my husband, Tiwuan, to gun violence on February 19, 2020. At the time, I was 29 years old with an 8-month-old daughter and a 3-year-old son.

Street Widows began as a docu-series concept turned podcast. As I met more women, and traveled my own journey of widowhood I realized the large gap in services for widows, especially young widows. I yearned to do something about it, and as a result the Street Widows Foundation was born.