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Preparing for safe advocacy

To do advocacy work, we must feel safe and emotionally-regulated. In the Brave Movement, we consider ourselves all advocates. Specifically, we advocate for bold and ethical change with both governments and those in the private sector. Personal safety must be an individualized plan because what makes you feel safe won’t necessarily work for someone else.

Advocacy can happen in many ways but always involves action and public support for a cause. This can mean speaking up, arguing for, supporting, or defending a cause, and or advocating for other people. These actions can be big or small and can happen in-person or online.

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For effective advocacy, the Brave recommends the following safe advocacy model to be followed for any event or engagement opportunity.

Safe advocacy events

For effective advocacy, the Brave recommends the following safe advocacy model to be followed for any event or engagement opportunity.

June 5, 2025

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The risks of media engagement can be serious, and the Brave Movement wants to make sure people who talk to the media know about them.

Safe media engagement

The Brave Movement wants to make sure advocates who talk to the media know about the risks.

June 5, 2025

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Because of the trauma that survivors and lived experience experts may face, triggers can happen when doing this work. Triggers can also arise for anyone working in this field as they aren’t just associated with childhood sexual violence.It’s helpful if we all understand our triggers, how we can work to avoid them, and what to do when they arise. If we choose not to address them, it is likely you’ll end up feeling worse.

Defining and working with our triggers

It’s helpful if we all understand our triggers, how we can work to avoid them, and what to do when they arise.

June 4, 2025

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Personal boundaries are the ways in which we want to accept behaviors or actions from others to feel most comfortable in our relationships.Boundaries can be either statements or behaviors that we use to express to others how we want to be treated. Setting boundaries can be hard because it requires you to uphold them and keep yourself accountable for doing so.

Setting and maintaining boundaries

Personal boundaries are the ways in which we want to accept behaviors or actions from others to feel most comfortable in our relationships.

June 4, 2025

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