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From Silencing to Uplifting Survivors

Partner Freely in Hope
Learning Pillar Contemplative Activism
Rigor Level Medium
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. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, you will:
  1. Create a leadership stance to make value-aligned decisions in your organization.
  2. Build a framework to help your community care for survivors, prevent sexual violence, and advocate for communal care.
  3. Engage in leadership practices that  promote safety, healing, and advocacy for survivors of all forms of trauma.

Course Components

Believe Survivors

  • Believe Survivors | Journal Prompt

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    5 Minutes
    Assignment
    Quiz
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  • Believe Survivors | Intro to Spoken Word

    FIH A Survivors Story
    2 Minutes
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  • Believe Survivors | What is Sexual Violence?

    FIH What is Sexual Violence
    9 Minutes
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  • Believe Survivors | A Survivor's Story

    FIH Aligning Intention with Action
    7 Minutes
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  • Believe Survivors | Aligning Intention with Action

    FIH Aligning Intention with Action
    18 Minutes
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  • Believe Survivors | Meditation

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    11 Minutes
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  • Believe Survivors | Assignment

    BelieveSurvivors_3
    15 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

Listen Empathetically

  • Listen Empathetically | Journal Prompt

    ListenEmpathetically
    5 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Listen Empathetically | Empathy over Burnout

    FIH Listen Empathy Over Burnout
    12 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Listen Empathetically | Survivor Perspective on Empathy

    FIH Survivor Perspectives on Empathy
    5 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Listen Empathetically | Meditation

    ListenEmpathetically
    7 Minutes
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  • Listen Empathetically | Assignment

    ListenEmpathetically
    10 Minutes
    Assignment
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Unlearn Abuse

  • Unlearn Abuse | Journal Prompt

    UnlearnAbuse
    10 Minutes
    Assignment
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  • Unlearn Abuse | From Harm to Healing

    FIH From Harm to Healing
    12 Minutes
    Assignment
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  • Unlearn Abuse | From Inner to Systems Transformation

    FIH From Inner to Systems Transformation
    15 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Unlearn Abuse | Meditation

    UnlearnAbuse
    10 Minutes
    Lesson Locked

  • Unlearn Abuse | Assignment

    UnlearnAbuse
    10 Minutes
    Assignment
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Establish Safety

  • Establish Safety | Journal Prompt

    Establish Safety
    10 Minutes
    Assignment
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  • Establish Safety | Safe Practices

    FIH Safe Practices
    13 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Establish Safety | Safe Programs

    FIH Safe Programs
    10 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Establish Safety | Meditation

    FIH Butterfly Hug Somatic Practice
    3 Minutes
    Lesson Locked

  • Establish Safety | Assignment

    Establish Safety
    10 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

Speak Out

  • Speak Out | Journal Prompt

    SpeakOut
    5 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Speak Out | Uplifting Survivor Leaders

    FIH Uplifting Survivors as Leaders
    15 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Speak Out | Stories of Practice

    FIH Stories of Practice
    21 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

  • Speak Out | A Survivor's Call to Action

    FIH A Survivors Call to Action
    8 Minutes
    Assignment
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  • Speak Out | Meditation

    FIH Mantra for Spritual Leaders
    3 Minutes
    Lesson Locked

  • Speak Out | Assignment

    SpeakOut
    10 Minutes
    Assignment
    Lesson Locked

Conclusion & Resources

  • Conclusion & Resources

    Conclusion
    4 Minutes
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How This Equips Faith Leaders

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From Silencing to Uplifting Survivors

Taught by Jean Nangwala

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Meet Your Instructor,
Jean Nangwala

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

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.

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