Does your organization serve survivors? Do you consider yourself an ally? Are you unsure of how to incorporate lived experience expertise in your work? Learn the guiding principles of effective allyship for survivor inclusion and leadership. Shift the dynamics of power and ensure meaningful engagement with survivors in your work. Whether you work in an advocacy program, as a government official, academia, or in media and marketing, adopting guiding principles in your work can uplift Survivor Leadership and amplify voices with lived experience. Incorporating lived experience expertise significantly enhances organizational services and policies. Additionally, an update on the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Survivor Leadership project will be shared, showcasing real-world applications of these principles in action.

Learning Objectives:

• Establish foundational principles for engaging survivor consultants in organizational roles such as providing program feedback, shaping policy, public speaking, fundraising efforts, and participating in councils.
• Learn strategies to create safe and supportive spaces for survivor consultants and staff in organizations.
• Learn the tenets of ethical storytelling and meaningful engagement to prevent harm and tokenization.       
• Challenge myths and misconceptions about survivors in the work and shift the power imbalance.
• Review the Lived Experience Engagement Spectrum and Lived Experience Inclusion Ladder as a tool for organizational self-assessment.