Resources
How to Support Survivors
Ways to support survivors of violence
- Believe their story and validate their feelings
- Keep them in the driver's seat about what happens next
- Be present and actively listen without judgment
- Affirm that what happened wasn't their fault
- Offer to connect them with resources
- Take care of yourself and honor your own needs too
Ways to build more survivor-supportive communities
- Challenge harmful myths about violence when you hear them
- Amplify the voices and work of survivors
- Normalize and respond positively to boundaries