SURVIVOR SPEAKERS BUREAU
"It only takes one voice at the right pitch to start an avalanche."
-Dianna Hardy
Join us in preventing violence + abuse ; by educating our community
through the power of spoken word!
The Survivor Speakers Bureau is a collaborative project supported by
the Capital Area Domestic & Sexual Violence Coordinating Council.
Our Mission
To support survivors in breaking the silence + giving voice
for healing, social justice + cultural change.
Our Vision
From Lansing, Michigan to the greater world around us, we will support the unique healing of every survivor by creating space for their revolutionary narratives to be heard + absorbed .
So that together we will:
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ducate our global community on power + control dynamics
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xpand bystander intervention
radicate the perpetration of violence
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We partner with survivors looking to become change agents while on their healing journey,
providing them with the necessary advocacy, resources and training for effective speaking + self-care.
Our Purpose
We join forces with local agencies + organizations to offer survivors opportunities
to share their
transformative truths
on a variety of
progressive platforms.
We promote dialogue + education which centers the impact of violence on survivors + the community at large; while championing the eradication of abuse through trauma-informed activism.