SURVIVOR ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES

General Info

Survivor Alliance Ground Rules // Survivor Alliance
This is a list of guidelines that you can implement into your programs and events to ensure that everyone understands how to engage with one another.

Fundamentals for Compensation & Expenses // Survivor Alliance
Originally created as part of Survivor Alliance's 'Toolkit for Allies', this document provides an overview of the relevant terms and practices we advocate when compensating survivor leaders and consultants.

Survivor Informed Spaces // Survivor Alliance
We put forward some basic recommendations for creating 'Survivor Informed Spaces', wherein survivors who attend anti-slavery events are acknowledged, respected and not 'othered'.

Tips for Anti-Trafficking Professionals when working with Survivor Leaders // Community Advisory Board, Evaluation of San Francisco Mayor's Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking
A Survivor Leader Advisory Board provide their recommendations for best practice when engaging with Survivor Leaders in anti-trafficking work.

Toolkit for Building Survivor-Informed Organisations // National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center
This toolkit seeks to build organisations' capacities to collaborate with and support survivor consultants, staff, and volunteers. It discloses guiding principles of survivor-engagement and provides an assessment tool you can use to evaluate the degree to which your organisation is currently survivor-informed. It then delves into issues such as mission and vision, organisational culture, policies and procedures, trauma-informed supervision, and more.

An Open Letter to the Anti-Trafficking Movement // Minh Dang, foreword of Laura Murphy's 'Modern Day Slave Narratives'
Minh Dang - Executive Director of Survivor Alliance - shares her guiding principles for the anti-trafficking movement; 'Rehumanise Survivors', 'Get Out of the Box', 'Sing a New Song', 'Address Emotional Poverty and Profits', 'Peace is in the Pain'. 

On Being a Safer Space // Minh Dang, The Freedom Story
Minh Dang - Executive Director of Survivor Alliance - shares her opinions regarding how to be a 'safer space' for survivors. She recommends engaging with (rather than shying away from) emotional difficulties, responding appropriately to disclosures, appreciating the complexity of life following exploitation, and more.

Survivors are Speaking: Are we listening? // Minh Dang, Global Slavery Index
Minh Dang - Executive Director of Survivor Alliance - discusses issues with current practice regarding survivor input in anti-slavery efforts, alongside laying out practical alternatives to facilitate meaningful survivor inclusion.

Trauma-Informed Practices

Promising Practices: An Overview of Trauma-Informed Therapeutic Support for Survivors of Human Trafficking // SANAR Institute & Polaris
This report shares several promising therapeutic interventions that, according to the survivors Polaris NJ worked alongside, supported them in processing their trauma and fostering resilience.  

Trauma-Informed Code of Conduct for Professionals working with Survivors of Human Trafficking and Slavery // Rachel Witkin & Dr Katy Robjant, Helen Bamber Foundation
This toolkit provides professionals with an understanding of how trauma affects survivor leaders, alongside tips to ensure sensitive, trauma-informed engagement.