From Victim to Warrior: The Need for Long Term Services
Alicia Tappan, PhD(c) | September 17 | 3:15-4:15 pm EDT
Topic: Experience, Direct Service | Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Alicia Tappan will provide a testimony of overcoming from CSEC and self-exploitation, to building a survivor-centered, led, and trauma-informed agency that builds capacity for leadership development and professional credibility for survivors. This session engages the need for long-term care for survivors, as well as creating a transformative justice system that includes survivors’ voices for victims coming out of trafficking. This session will provide milestones of the recovery journey, a basic understanding of psychological theories, concepts, and definitions of common trauma responses for survivors. The training will equip survivors to become independent through professional development and leadership in the anti- trafficking movement. The audience can expect to receive resources for de-escalation techniques, understanding the need for survivor-led public speaking/training, building contracts, and how to negotiate their skills as a professional tool for other agencies.
Presentation Objectives:
• Empower survivors to change the narrative of human trafficking through lived experience and subject matter expertise
• Provide ways to build credibility for survivors and take back their dignity at the expert level
• Enhance a survivor's leadership and professional development skills
• Discuss how to ensure restorative and transformative justice to their healing journey