Showing Up: How We See, Speak, and Disrupt Racial Inequity Facing Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Abstract

In September 2017, the Racial & Economic Equity for Survivors Project (REEP) facilitated seven From Margins to Center Listening Sessions to facilitate dialogue across the field on racial and economic equity for survivors. This report dialogues-back with the community that contributed to the From Margins to Center Listening Sessions. It shares themes and issues from Listening Session conversations via text, graphics and illustrations in order to aid in self-reflection, challenge dominant narratives, support improved data collection and analysis, and to begin, continue, or advance conversations and work toward racial equity for domestic and sexual violence survivors and for all of us. [CVRL Note: This report's covered topics include: 1) How We Talk About Racial Inequity Facing Survivors, 2) The Cumulative Harm of Racial Bias, 3) Showing Up in the Work, 4) Doing Our Work: Needs, Recommendations, & Innovations from the Field, and 5) Resources.] (Author Abstract)