From Silencing to Uplifting Survivors

Instructor: Jean Nangwala & Nikole Lim | Partner: Freely in Hope

Learning Pillar: Contemplative Activism | Rigor Level: Medium

Welcome

This course is designed to support your journey as a spiritual leader who desires to promote safety, healing, and justice in your community. We'll be bringing to light the topic of sexual violence, which often goes unspoken, causing many of our community members to suffer in silence. We hope to offer practical solutions that will undo harmful practices that silence survivors, and instead work to uplift them to be liberating leaders. Where there is truth telling that undoes oppression, we can move forward collectively toward liberation.

Lessons

Meet the Instructors

Jean Nangwala is a singer, speaker, survivor-advocate, and creative content producer. She was born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia. From her personal experience of injustice and witnessing the same inequality across the globe, she grew a strong passion for empowering women to come together and alleviate systems that perpetuate social injustice. She has worked with a wide range of organizations around the world, such as The Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission, End Human Trafficking, etc. Now, she serves as the Lead Storyteller for Freely in Hope. To learn more, check out her YouTube Channel, Tales of a Black Girl.

Meet the Instructors

Nikole Lim is a speaker, educator, and author of the book, Liberation is Here. Nikole shifts paradigms on how stories are told by platforming voices of the oppressed - sharing stories of beauty arising out of seemingly broken situations, especially for young women. As the Founder and International Director of Freely in Hope, Nikole has formed her philosophy of survivor-led approach to community transformation through her work with sexual violence survivors. She has a bachelor’s degree in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University and a master’s in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary, and now she studies Embodied Contemplative Psychotherapy through the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science.

From Silencing to Uplifting Survivors

Welcome

Learning Objectives

Lessons

Believe Survivors | Journal Prompt

Believe Survivors | Intro to Spoken Word

Believe Survivors | What is Sexual Violence?

Believe Survivors | A Survivor's Story

Believe Survivors | Aligning Intention with Action

Believe Survivors | Meditation

Believe Survivors | Assignment

Listen Empathetically | Journal Prompt

Listen Empathetically | Empathy over Burnout

Listen Empathetically | Survivor Perspective on Empathy

Listen Empathetically | Meditation

Listen Empathetically | Assignment

Unlearn Abuse | Journal Prompt

Unlearn Abuse | From Harm to Healing

Unlearn Abuse | From Inner to Systems Transformation

Unlearn Abuse | Meditation

Unlearn Abuse | Assignment

Establish Safety | Journal Prompt

Establish Safety | Safe Practices

Establish Safety | Safe Programs

Establish Safety | Meditation

Establish Safety | Assignment

Speak Out | Journal Prompt

Speak Out | Uplifting Survivor Leaders

Speak Out | Stories of Practice

Speak Out | A Survivor's Call to Action

Speak Out | Meditation

Speak Out | Assignment

Conclusion & Resources

Meet the Instructors

Meet the Instructors

Join this course’s forum conversations

Assignment | Speak Out Advocacy Journey

Assignment | A Survivor's Call to Action

Assignment | Uplifting Survivor Leaders

Assignment | Speak Out Journal Prompt

Assignment | Establish Safety Policy