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We are brave so that children can be safe
At the Brave Movement, we know that wellbeing, self-care, and security are unique and personal journeys for all humans, survivors or lived experience experts of childhood sexual violence.
For effective healing and safety work, the Brave Movement encourages the foundations of healing and safety resources to be used for any event or engagement opportunity
Our world is so uncomfortable with talking about childhood violence that we allow it to thrive in silence, oftentimes responding to it in a way that makes this abuse worse.
For healthy engagement, the Brave Movement encourages using the setting and maintaining boundaries resources to define and uphold personal boundaries
The Brave Movement encourages using the practicing self-care guidelines to help support and maintain personal wellbeing
For safe practice, the Brave Movement encourages using the defining and working with our triggers resource, which offers strategies to support self-awareness and safety
For safe disclosure, the Brave Movement encourages using the public disclosure of childhood sexual violence guidelines to make informed choices about sharing lived experience
For safe digital engagement, the Brave Movement encourages using the online safety and security guidelines to protect yourself online
For effective advocacy, the Brave recommends the following safe advocacy model to be followed for any event or engagement opportunity.
We are brave so that children can be safe
As a survivor, I speak with the weight of lived experience. As an advocate, I speak for the countless children whose voices are still silenced