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  • Bay Area Transformative Justice developed a life-changing, simple way to think about and build support for even the worst times.  They use the term ‘pod’ to describe the kind of relationship between people who would turn to each other for support around violent, harmful and abusive experiences, whether as people who have been hurt, bystanders or people who have caused harmed.  In this short piece, they talk about what they have learned about pods and finding real support.

  • Written by a collective of women of colour in the US from Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA): Alisa Bierria, Onion Carrillo, Eboni Colbert, Xandra Ibarra, Theryn Kigvamasud'Vashti, and Shale Maulana.  It gives principles and case studies based on years of CARA's experience organising against sexual violence and against state violence.

  • Adapted from a speech given by Connie Burk, Northwest Network of Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse titled Intimate Partner Violence: Are We Measuring What Matters? Dec 2nd & 3rd, 2008, Washington, D.C.)

  • Ching-In Chen (Editor); Jai Dulani (Editor); Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Editor)

     

    AK Press 2016

     

    This collection breaks the silence on intimate violence within social justice circles.  Just as importantly, it provides practical strategies for dealing with abuse and creating safety without relying on the coercive power of the state.  It offers life-saving alternatives for survivors, while building a movement where no one is left behind.

  • Philly Survivor Support Network

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    Philly Survivor Support is a Philadelphia based collective that supports survivors of sexual assault in directing their own healing, offers alternatives to the legal system, and works to transform communities to end sexual violence.  They have made an easy to read zine based on their decades of experiences working with people who have been harmed.

  • INCITE! AND Critical Resistance

     

    Two US-based groups, Incite! Women of Color against Violence and Critical Resistance worked together on a joint statement that was both anti-violence and anti-prison.  Their Statement on Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex inspired many communities to rethink their responses to violence, prisons and policing.

  • Booklet to help whānau grow safe and nurturing environments for all whanaunga, and especially for children.

  • He Hōaka

     

    Short piece that talks about the problems of treating violence as inevitable.  Violence is a choice that some people are making.  By focusing on that choice we can make all of us more free and safer.

  • Bamboo and Ali

     

    Short article about excuses people use to feel better about doing nothing about violence, or protecting people who are doing harm from consequences of their violence.

  • Kim McBreen

     

    An essay about responding to harm, looking at what’s wrong with the State justice system and what we can do instead.

  • Nora Samaran

     

    A science-based article about stress responses in our bodies that can make it physically hard to speak up about ongoing abuse or violence.  The author gives some ideas for making it easier for people who have been harmed to speak.

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