Survivors have led movements to transform culture by bringing community together for healing and organizing, holding people accountable for power-based interpersonal violence, dismantling harmful structures, and creating liberatory spaces.
Some examples include:
- INCITE!
- Black Lives Matter
- Philly Stands Up Collective
- Sisters Unchained
- Audre Lorde Project
- Creative Interventions
- Rest for Resistance
- Sins Invalid
- SpiritHouse
- Combahee River Collective
- Trauma Transformed
In order to learn or do more, you might first consider:
- Reflecting on your own attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
- Learning more about intervening in ways that stop harmful behavior and support people harmed
- Encouraging any organizations/groups/professional associations you’re a part of joining together in solidarity with another organization/group with values that align
- Reflecting on and shifting practices, habits, and traditions within your friend group, family, org/group, workplace, professional associations
- Thinking about policies, guidelines, or even norms within your family, friends, org/group, workplace, professional associations
