January 5, 2023
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Pollicy’s Digital Advocacy Toolkit | To conduct digital advocacy effectively, one needs to have a clear plan in mind, a good understanding of the target audience, and a clear picture of the intended results. | Policy, Toolkits and Publications | community organizing, norms change, organizing, policy, storytelling | policy toolkits-and-publications | community-organizing norms-change organizing policy storytelling | |||
NSN 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report Input | View the feedback we sent to the U.S. Department of State on behalf of our members for the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report. | NSN-Created Resources, Policy | forced labor, immigration, labor trafficking, policy, prevention, tip report | nsn-resources policy | forced-labor immigration labor-trafficking policy prevention tip-report | |||
Core Foundations for Community Accountability | This video is part one of a four-part series on community accountability led by Rebekah Layton. It was the pre-work for our February 3 NSN weekly skills session for onboarded NSN members. | NSN-Created Resources, Video Trainings | accountability, communication, community accountability, community organizing, lived experience leadership, non-carceral options, norms change, organizational management, peer support, professional development, trauma in the workplace | www | nsn-resources video-trainings | accountability communication community-accountability community-organizing lived-experience-leadership non-carceral-options norms-change organizational-management peer-support professional-development trauma-in-the-workplace | www | |
Meaningful Engagement of People With Lived Experience: January 25 Launch Panel Discussion | On January 25, 2023, the NSN and GFEMS co-hosted a hybrid in-person and virtual launch event to introduce our Meaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experience toolkit. Click the button to listen to the podcast of that event on Soundcloud, and click the title to the left to listen while viewing a transcript. | NSN-Created Resources, Toolkits and Publications, Video Trainings | advocacy, ethical use of survivor stories, evaluation, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, measurement and analysis, norms change, organizational evaluation, organizational management, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, workforce development | www | nsn-resources toolkits-and-publications video-trainings | advocacy ethical-use-of-survivor-stories evaluation lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership measurement-and-analysis norms-change organizational-evaluation organizational-management survivor-engagement survivor-leadership workforce-development | www | |
Meaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experience Toolkit | This toolkit provides a framework and analysis for understanding, assessing, and prioritizing meaningful survivor engagement. Learn more about the Lived Experience Engagement Spectrum and how to move your organization up the Lived Experience Inclusion Ladder. Learn about how to address common barriers to meaningful lived experience and get access to 30+ pages of surveys, tools, and evaluation guidance you can use to measure your organization’s progress. | NSN-Created Resources, Toolkits and Publications | ethical use of survivor stories, evaluation, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, measurement and analysis, norms change, organizational evaluation, organizational management, professional development, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, survivor storytelling, workforce development | nsn-resources toolkits-and-publications | ethical-use-of-survivor-stories evaluation lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership measurement-and-analysis norms-change organizational-evaluation organizational-management professional-development survivor-engagement survivor-leadership survivor-storytelling workforce-development | |||
Emergent Space (alternative to “brave” and “safe” space facilitation) | If you’ve ever felt like “safe space” was too bubble-wrapped but that “brave space” felt too risky, this booklet is for you, and uses the principles of Emergent Strategy to create a third option! But first, how are they different? How are they similar? Emergent Space attempts to bring together the best parts of both brave and safe space frameworks using a holistic, anti-oppression lens. | Toolkits and Publications | accessibility, communication, community organizing, facilitation skills, grassroots, language access, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, non-carceral options, organizer, organizing, peer support, professional development, skill-building, survivor engagement, survivor leadership | www | toolkits-and-publications | accessibility communication community-organizing facilitation-skills grassroots language-access lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership non-carceral-options organizer organizing peer-support professional-development skill-building survivor-engagement survivor-leadership | www | |
Empowering Meaningful Survivor Engagement in the Movement | Our theme for Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month (January, 2022) was 31 Days of Change to Empower Survivor Leadership in the Anti-Human Trafficking Movement. Each day of the month, we shared a recommendation for movement change that could empower survivor leaders. | NSN-Created Resources, Toolkits and Publications | accessibility, anti-trafficking careers, ethical use of survivor stories, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, organizational management, professional development, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, trauma in the workplace, workforce development | www | nsn-resources toolkits-and-publications | accessibility anti-trafficking-careers ethical-use-of-survivor-stories lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership organizational-management professional-development survivor-engagement survivor-leadership trauma-in-the-workplace workforce-development | www | |
Workplaces Respond National Resource Center | Workplaces Respond provides resources, training, and technical assistance to employers, survivors, co-workers, and advocates to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual harassment and violence, and stalking impacting the workplace. | Toolkits and Publications | anti-trafficking careers, anti-trafficking jobs, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, organizational management, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, trauma in the workplace, workforce development | www | toolkits-and-publications | anti-trafficking-careers anti-trafficking-jobs lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership organizational-management survivor-engagement survivor-leadership trauma-in-the-workplace workforce-development | www | |
Highlights from Care, Self-Determination, and Safety: A Community-Centered, Public Health Approach to Preventing Human Trafficking | This shorter document includes key points and highlights from Care, Self-Determination, and Safety — the NSN’s foundational prevention document. | NSN-Created Resources, Policy, Toolkits and Publications | community organizing, non-carceral options, norms change, organizer, organizing, policy, prevention, public health, violence prevention | nsn-resources policy toolkits-and-publications | community-organizing non-carceral-options norms-change organizer organizing policy prevention public-health violence-prevention | |||
Care, Self-Determination, and Safety: A Community-Centered, Public Health Approach to Preventing Human Trafficking | Care, Self-Determination, and Safety outlines the NSN’s approach to preventing human trafficking using a community-centered, public health, root causes approach that changes the societal and structural drivers that perpetuate human trafficking. | NSN-Created Resources, Toolkits and Publications | community organizing, grassroots, non-carceral options, norms change, organizer, organizing, prevention, public health, violence prevention | nsn-resources toolkits-and-publications | community-organizing grassroots non-carceral-options norms-change organizer organizing prevention public-health violence-prevention | |||
The Role of the Organizer | At the NSN, we draw on and hope to build upon the deep historical legacy of community organizing and grassroots solidarity. Following is a resource on the role of the organizer, by Mike Miller. Mike Miller is a 60 year veteran community organizer working in the tradition of Saul Alinsky, for whom he was a project director, and the Deep South organizing of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, on whose staff he served for five years. | Toolkits and Publications | advocacy, grassroots, organizer, organizing, skill-building | toolkits-and-publications | advocacy grassroots organizer organizing skill-building | |||
Unfreedom in labour relations: from a politics of rescue to a politics of solidarity? | Excerpt: “This Special Forum seeks to explore the possibilities for challenging labour unfreedoms through exercising solidarity. | Journal Articles | labor trafficking, norms change | 2095119 | journalarticles | labor-trafficking norms-change | 2095119 | |
Engagement of lived experience in international policy and programming in human trafficking and modern slavery: reflections from North America | This is the North America regional report for: A Review of Promising Practices in the Engagement of People with Lived Experience to Address Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. Additional resources can be accessed on the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (the Modern Slavery PEC) website. | Public Research | ethical use of survivor stories, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, norms change, organizational management, professional development, storytelling, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, survivor storytelling, trauma in the workplace | publicresearch | ethical-use-of-survivor-stories lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership norms-change organizational-management professional-development storytelling survivor-engagement survivor-leadership survivor-storytelling trauma-in-the-workplace | |||
Full report: A review of current promising practices in the engagement of people with lived experience to address modern slavery and human trafficking | This is the full report: A Review of Promising Practices in the Engagement of People with Lived Experience to Address Modern Slavery and | Public Research | ethical use of survivor stories, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, norms change, organizational management, professional development, storytelling, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, survivor storytelling, trauma in the workplace | publicresearch | ethical-use-of-survivor-stories lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership norms-change organizational-management professional-development storytelling survivor-engagement survivor-leadership survivor-storytelling trauma-in-the-workplace | |||
Research Summary: Promising practices in the engagement of people with lived experience to address modern slavery and human trafficking | This is a summary of the report: A Review of Promising Practices in the Engagement of People with Lived Experience to Address Modern Slavery and | Public Research | ethical use of survivor stories, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, norms change, organizational management, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, survivor storytelling, trauma narratives | publicresearch | ethical-use-of-survivor-stories lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership norms-change organizational-management survivor-engagement survivor-leadership survivor-storytelling trauma-narratives | |||
Darnell’s Story by Chris Ash | Darnell’s story is a composite created for Freedom Network USA’s Decal Project campaign. Use allowed provided appropriate citation. Content warning: homelessness, substance use | Composite Stories | forced labor, homelessness, inappropriate services, labor trafficking, male survivor, mandated treatment, substance use | www | composite-stories | forced-labor homelessness inappropriate-services labor-trafficking male-survivor mandated-treatment substance-use | www | |
Maryam’s Story by Chris Ash | Maryam’s story is a composite created for Freedom Network USA’s Decal Project campaign. Use allowed provided appropriate citation. Content warning: forced labor, threats of sexual violence, domestic servitude | Composite Stories | deportation, domestic servitude, forced labor, foreign-born, immigration, labor trafficking | www | composite-stories | deportation domestic-servitude forced-labor foreign-born immigration labor-trafficking | www | |
Alex’s Story by Chris Ash | Alex’s story is a composite created for Freedom Network USA’s Decal Project campaign. Use allowed provided appropriate citation. Content warning: homophobia, trafficking in commercial sex, threats of deportation | Composite Stories | deportation, domestic minor sex trafficking, homophobia, immigration, inappropriate services, lack of services, lgbtq, lgbtqia, male survivor | www | composite-stories | deportation domestic-minor-sex-trafficking homophobia immigration inappropriate-services lack-of-services lgbtq lgbtqia male-survivor | www | |
Mel’s Story by Chris Ash | Mel’s story is a composite story of someone with lived experience of child sexual abuse, domestic minor sex trafficking, adult sex work, and adult trafficking within commercial sex. It is a helpful teaching tool for “meeting the person where they are” and how someone’s healthcare, service, and support needs might change at different points in their life. | Composite Stories | child sexual abuse, domestic minor sex trafficking, intimate partner violence, sex trafficking, sex work, sexual violence, substance use, US citizen | composite-stories | child-sexual-abuse domestic-minor-sex-trafficking intimate-partner-violence sex-trafficking sex-work sexual-violence substance-use us-citizen | |||
Trauma-informed Interpretation | This training offers an overview for interpreters and organizations that work with interpreters on a trauma-informed approach when interpreting for survivors. | NSN-Created Resources, Video Trainings | accessibility, communication, interpretation, language access, trauma in the workplace | www | nsn-resources video-trainings | accessibility communication interpretation language-access trauma-in-the-workplace | www | |
Event Host Guidelines for facilitating an inclusive and professional space for speakers and trainers | Guidelines by the NSN and HEAL Trafficking for facilitating an inclusive and professional space when hiring speakers and trainers. | NSN-Created Resources, Toolkits and Publications | communication, ethical use of survivor stories, facilitation skills, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, public speaking, survivor storytelling, trauma narratives | nsn-resources toolkits-and-publications | communication ethical-use-of-survivor-stories facilitation-skills lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership public-speaking survivor-storytelling trauma-narratives | |||
Active and Reflective Listening as a Support Person | This training offers a basic overview of active and reflective listening skills that can be used in peer support, crisis response, and facilitator spaces. | NSN-Created Resources, Video Trainings | communication, facilitation skills, peer support, professional development, skill-building, trauma in the workplace | www | nsn-resources video-trainings | communication facilitation-skills peer-support professional-development skill-building trauma-in-the-workplace | www | |
Tips for Managing Workplace Trauma Responses | This series explores common trauma triggers survivors may experience in their professional lives, and offers sample language for professional replies. | Blog Series, NSN-Created Resources | communication, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, organizational management, professional development, skill-building, trauma in the workplace | www | blog-series nsn-resources | communication lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership organizational-management professional-development skill-building trauma-in-the-workplace | www | |
Scarcity Thinking and Movement Leadership | An incomplete understanding of “survivor leadership” in the work can lead to a sense of competition between people with lived experience in the work, rather than a sense of solidarity. What do we mean by “scarcity thinking” in this context? What kinds of work are there in our movement and sector? Where do we begin to move into regular work in the movement? This training explores these questions and more. | NSN-Created Resources, Video Trainings | anti-trafficking careers, anti-trafficking jobs, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, professional development, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, workforce development | www | nsn-resources video-trainings | anti-trafficking-careers anti-trafficking-jobs lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership professional-development survivor-engagement survivor-leadership workforce-development | www | |
Trauma-Informed Storytelling | Blog post with associated video training highlighting principles of trauma-informed storytelling and why it is important to use in your advocacy and education efforts. | NSN-Created Resources, Video Trainings | communication, ethical use of survivor stories, presenting skills, public speaking, skill-building, storytelling, survivor storytelling, training skills, trauma narratives | www | nsn-resources video-trainings | communication ethical-use-of-survivor-stories presenting-skills public-speaking skill-building storytelling survivor-storytelling training-skills trauma-narratives | www | |
Rethinking Survivor Leadership | This training from the National Survivor Network rethinks how we understand “survivor leadership” and offers practical tips and solutions for survivors, our allies, and organizations leading the effort to end human trafficking. | NSN-Created Resources, Video Trainings | lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, norms change, organizational management, skill-building, survivor engagement, survivor leadership | www | nsn-resources video-trainings | lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership norms-change organizational-management skill-building survivor-engagement survivor-leadership | www | |
Research Guide to Conducting Ethical Research on the Sex Trades | This research guide from the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center provides an … | Public Research, Toolkits and Publications | commercial sex, evaluation, measurement and analysis, research, sex work | publicresearch toolkits-and-publications | commercial-sex evaluation measurement-and-analysis research sex-work | |||
Navigating Professional Boundaries | Video training with examples of how to navigate boundaries in the workplace | NSN-Created Resources, Video Trainings | anti-trafficking careers, communication, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, skill-building, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, trauma in the workplace | www | nsn-resources video-trainings | anti-trafficking-careers communication lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership skill-building survivor-engagement survivor-leadership trauma-in-the-workplace | www | |
NSN Statement on End Demand | On May 20, 2022, the NSN formally released a statement wholeheartedly opposing end demand (“Demand … | NSN-Created Resources, Policy | community organizing, inappropriate services, non-carceral options, norms change, policy, prevention, violence prevention | www | nsn-resources policy | community-organizing inappropriate-services non-carceral-options norms-change policy prevention violence-prevention | www | |
SPOG Submission on Racial Equity in Anti-Trafficking Work | On March 14, 2022, the National Survivor Network submitted feedback to the human trafficking Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) on racial equity in human trafficking. | NSN-Created Resources, Policy | immigration, non-carceral options, norms change, policy | nsn-resources policy | immigration non-carceral-options norms-change policy | |||
Section 230 Protects All of Us | In our explanation of the EARN IT Act and our concerns around privacy, surveillance, community organizing, and safety we used a parallel of a coffee shop to highlight how to think through privacy concerns with digital surveillance. | NSN-Created Resources, Policy | community organizing, organizing, policy, prevention | www | nsn-resources policy | community-organizing organizing policy prevention | www | |
Tips for Negotiating Pay | NSN writeup to support the development of negotiating employment or contract work | NSN-Created Resources, Toolkits and Publications | anti-trafficking careers, anti-trafficking jobs, communication, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, organizational management, professional development, skill-building, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, trauma in the workplace | www | nsn-resources toolkits-and-publications | anti-trafficking-careers anti-trafficking-jobs communication lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership organizational-management professional-development skill-building survivor-engagement survivor-leadership trauma-in-the-workplace | www | |
Sample and Template Forms for Nonprofit Leadership | This page includes ideas for templates and sample products/policies nonprofit professionals may find useful. Consider saving these forms, or similar forms, into a folder you share with new hires as part of their onboarding. | NSN-Created Resources, Toolkits and Publications | anti-trafficking careers, anti-trafficking jobs, lived experience engagement, lived experience leadership, organizational management, professional development, skill-building, survivor engagement, survivor leadership, workforce development | www | nsn-resources toolkits-and-publications | anti-trafficking-careers anti-trafficking-jobs lived-experience-engagement lived-experience-leadership organizational-management professional-development skill-building survivor-engagement survivor-leadership workforce-development | www |