Nate Larson "In this man's eyes, I see blood. I see my ancestors. I see suffering. I see grief."

On the eve of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, survivors of sexual violence took to the streets of Oakland, Ca. and Washington D.C. to protest his incoming administration.

The survivors and their allies projected powerful messages on city buildings ―the Convention Center D.C. and the Oakland Police Department ― of how Trump reminds them of their own abusers.

“In this man’s face, I see the ex-boyfriend who chased me through the streets,” one message said in D.C. Another in Oakland said, “This man has the same disgusting smile of my abusive ex-husband when we were in public pretending he was a nice person.”

In a statement on Friday morning, Jadelynn Stahl, president of the Oakland-based activist group DISCLOSE told The Huffington Post: “Survivors of rape and abuse, along with our supporters, are coming together to use our collective voice to name what is happening: a rapist is becoming president... We, as survivors of gender-based violence, came together to assert that our collective vision for a world without gender-based violence persists in the face of the impending administration.”

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Nate Larson "In this man's face, I see the ex-boyfriend who chased me through the streets."

Nate Larson "This man has the grabbing hands of the stranger when I was five."

Nate Larson "In this man's eyes, I see blood. I see my ancestors. I see suffering. I see grief."

Leslie Dreyer "In this man's face, I see the ex-boyfriend who chased me through the streets."

Leslie Dreyer "This man has the same disgusting smile of my abusive ex-husband when we were in public pretending he was a nice person."

DISCLOSE partnered with Washington D.C.-based activist group FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture for both the protests and the proceeding tweet storm.

Survivors were encouraged to use the hashtag #WeWillNotBeSilent during Trump’s swearing-in ceremony to share their experiences with gender-based violence:

#InThisMan I see it's time to identify Racism, rape culture-call it out. In your house or the @WhiteHouse CALL IT OUT #WeWillNotBeSilent — Melani N. (@MelaniNMomma) January 20, 2017

#WeWillNotBesilent Because we have had to fight tooth-and-nail to be heard before. We'll do it again. We're not going anywhere. — Shannon (@takingbackshan) January 20, 2017

#SurvivorsDeserve lawmakers who respect our rights and our bodies. #wewillnotbesilent — Kalima Young (@KYvetteY) January 20, 2017

#SurvivorsDeserve to not be retraumatized every time the president of this country speaks. #wewillnotbesilent #ThisIsNotNormal — Elle Morgan (@El_Morgan12) January 20, 2017

#inthisman I am reminded of the times I was grabbed, victimized, and the attempted date rape I endured.#wewillnotbesilent — Secretly a mermaid. (@Partysaurus) January 20, 2017

As FORCE co-director Rebecca Nagle said on Friday, “as survivors of violence, we know best the tactics that Trump uses to maintain power because we have lived it.”