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Rooted in Healing
by Elevate|Uplift
A trauma-informed, intersectional podcast for sexual assault advocates to share their stories, find resources and gain a deeper understanding of the anti-sexual violence community.
Episodes
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Reclaiming Joy
In the beginning, joy is the goal. In the process, joy is the tool. We often treat movement work as a cycle of endless seriousness and burnout—but what if joy is actually a requirement for survival? In this episode, we’re reclaiming our right to feel good and redefining what joy looks like in the...
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Battlegrounds to Healing Grounds: Survivors of Sexual Warfare
When sexual violence is weaponized for control, the wounds reach across generations. In this episode, we explore how historical trauma from war-related atrocities manifests in our bodies and relationships today. We’re moving beyond the battlefield to discuss how advocates can support deep,...
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Cultivating Culturally Specific Reproductive Health Services for Survivors
When bodily autonomy is denied, the harm of sexual violence is amplified. In this episode, we tackle the critical intersection of reproductive freedom and survivor advocacy. For survivors in marginalized and culturally specific communities, the lack of reproductive choice isn't just a policy...
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Radical Changes
Is your program evolving, or just rearranging the furniture? True growth requires a "brave departure" from the status quo. In this episode, we confront a hard truth: many survivors aren't getting the care they deserve because we’re too attached to "the way we’ve always done it." Enhancing…
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Intersectional Identities Need Intersectional Responses
If our advocacy isn't intersectional, who are we leaving behind? When we ground our work in equity and empowerment, we’re better equipped for the complex realities survivors face. But moving from theory to practice requires a radical shift: centering survivors as the absolute experts of their own...
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Training or Trial by Fire: How are we Preparing Our Teams To Do The Work
Is your team truly prepared, or just "trained"? In this episode, we unpack SADI Lesson #6: why general advocacy isn't enough. To truly serve survivors, programs must prioritize in-depth, ongoing, sexual assault-specific training that lives at the intersection of anti-oppression and…
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Do Trauma Bonds count as Team Building?
The quality of care we offer survivors is only as strong as the people providing it. In the demanding world of sexual assault advocacy, staff well-being is often treated as a luxury. But according to Sadi Lesson #5, it’s a necessity: "Programs must attend to the well-being of their staff and of…
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Season 3 Trailer
Welcome back to Rooted in Healing, a trauma-informed podcast for sexual assault advocates. This season, we're diving deeper. We're exploring the complexities of burnout, the power of self-care, and the importance of finding joy amidst the challenging work we do.
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Lesson 4: Stable and empowering leadership is fundamental
Leadership. It can make or break an organization. The SADI project found that while many leadership styles can be impactful, stable and empowering leadership is the most effective. On today’s episode, we are talking with Val Williams, Executive Director at Hope Shores Alliance, about her time…
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Lesson #3: Sustainable sexual assault services require explicit and agency-wide support.
Supporting and advocating for survivors of sexual violence can lead to vicarious or secondary trauma. Throughout the SADI project, all six SADI sites realized staff members were not only experiencing secondary trauma but that their organizations were not adequately supporting them. In this…
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Lesson #2: To be truly effective, programs must have a clear organizational identity as a provider of services for survivors of sexual violence.
What is organizational identity? Well, during the course of the SADI project, SADI sites realized they weren’t all that clear on what that meant. This brings us to our next key SADI lesson: To be truly effective, programs must have a clear organizational identity as a provider of services for...
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Lesson #1: Truly effective and accessible sexual assault services happen when a program has an understanding and direct response to racism and oppression.
A basic tenet of the Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative was that effective sexual assault services could not happen if there is not an understanding and direct response to racism and oppression. Programs that do not endorse and enact an anti-racism/ oppression approach will be limited in…
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Welcome to Season 2 aka The SADI Series
In this podcast episode, we will dig a little deeper into four specific lessons from the SADI project, introduce individuals who were a part of the SADI project from the very beginning as well as meet new partners who are implementing SADI lessons right now. Join us for this unique...
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Episode 5: Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, & Tools for Wellbeing
You can do anything, but not everything. In this episode, we are joined by Nina Jusuf, Co-Founder and Program Director of NAPIESV, National Organization of Asian Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence. We will discuss how survivor-serving organizations must provide impactful, comprehensive, and...
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Episode 4: Secondary Trauma
According to the CDC, more than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced sexual violence involving physical contact during their lifetimes. Because of this staggering reality, at Elevate|Uplift we strive to make spaces for the ways our own experiences with survivorship and oppression can…
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Episode 3: Intergenerational Trauma
Tribal and Communities of Color carry histories of colonialism, imperialism, slavery, displacement, and other forms of violence. Today I am chatting with Mira Yusef, Executive Director, Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity. Join us as we unpack our personal experiences with...
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Episode 2: Organizational Reckoning
The sexual violence field has historically centered on some survivors and not others. On today’s episode, welcoming back two of our ElevateUplift partners, Cat Fribley, Director of the Resource Sharing Project at IowaCASA, and Nicole Matthews, Executive Director of the Minnesota Indian Women's...
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Episode 1: Welcome to Rooted in Healing
In this podcast episode, we will explore the history behind Elevate|Uplift, the SADI project, get to know a little more about the organizations involved with Elevate|Uplift, and how Elevate|Uplift hopes to support organizations, advocates, and survivors in the future. Guests: the Minnesota Indian...
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Official Trailer
Rooted in Healing is a trauma-informed podcast for sexual assault advocates to share their experiences, connect to resources, and gain a deeper understanding of the anti-sexual violence community.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A trauma-informed, intersectional podcast for sexual assault advocates to share their stories, find resources and gain a deeper understanding of the anti-sexual violence community.
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Elevate|Uplift
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A trauma-informed, intersectional podcast for sexual assault advocates to share their stories, find resources and gain a deeper understanding of the anti-sexual violence community.
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Rooted in Healing is created and hosted by Elevate|Uplift.
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