I am blessed to work at the intersection of my passions, and enjoy creating educational, informational, and practical technical assistance materials to support practitioners in their work as well as survivors in their healing.
Research report on what a survivor-driven approach to storytelling for social change might include.Manual for rape crisis centers to better respond to human trafficking survivors and collaborations.
Regional report for North America for the Modern Slavery PEC research project on engagement of lived experience in international policy and programmingSupplemental materials for DFSA prevention strategies in 2SLGBTQIA+, kink-friendly, and other sex positive communities.
Overview of a public health, harm reduction, human rights approach to trafficking prevention.Facilitation guide for using the Let’s Talk About It videos in education and social media.
Let’s Talk About it social media and online safety video campaigns, one featuring peer-to-peer support and one featuring a caregiver conversation.
First of its kind overview of a public health approach to human trafficking for anti-violence professionals
Supervised, Managed, and/or Co-Authored
Self-paced, syllabus-style study guide for teachers who want to better support their 2SLGBTQIA+ Students
Brave Space? Safe Space? Consider this alternative, based on adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy
Toolkit for incorporating horticulture-based approaches into campus sexual violence prevention and response
Over the winter of 2021-2022, I was project manager for the production of Spanish-language videos similar to our “Let’s Talk About It” campaign, although the script-writing and on-set advising was contracted with two brilliant colleagues who are native speakers.
Overview of the National Survivor Network’s approach to trafficking prevention.
Highlights and overview of Care, Self-Determination, and SafetyThis workbook offers practical guidance and considerations for survivors wanting to explore where their boundaries are around public storytelling, how to leverage their stories for impactful advocacy, and how to craft a compelling, survivor-developed story appropriate for each audience.
Meaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experience: a framework and assessment for measuring and increasing lived experience leadership across the spectrum of engagementMatrix guide for local educational authorities to determine the human trafficking prevention and awareness curriculum that fits their needsDocuments to support school staff and sexual health educators in teaching consent to youth with I/DD
This report articulates the findings of a months-long working group of experienced anti-trafficking leaders with lived experience outlining harms survivors experience within the anti-trafficking sector as well as how we can make repair. Executive summary available.Guide for college and university campuses to better prevent and address human trafficking on their campuses
Collaborations and Review
Research consultant and contributor to the Modern Slavery PEC report: A review of current promising practices in the engagement of people with lived experience to address modern slavery and human trafficking
Research consultant and contributor to the Modern Slavery PEC report: Knowledge for ChangeEvidence-informed curriculum for teaching 7th, 8th, and 9th graders about trafficking in the sex trades.
Modern Slavery PEC report: “Assessing the Case for a Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking”
Reports, Summaries, and Fact Sheets
2023 Report of the National Survivor Network, which I managed and authored this report forGuidelines for hosting a safer, inclusive space for speakers and trainers, particularly survivors and those with other marginalized identities
2022 Report of the National Survivor Network, which I managed and wrote this report forDemographics report for an anonymous leadership team in order to balance safety, accountability, and transparency.
Plain-language, accessible overview of a statewide sexual violence prevention State Action PlanFinal report of a global convening on how to improve lived experience engagement in modern slavery research.
Webinars and Training
Basics of Harm and Repair with Sophie Otiende for International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference 2023
Conversation with a friend and colleague about our experiences in the anti-human trafficking movement
Sex Ed Storytelling at Motorco, Durham, NC, December 13, 2018 — a fundraiser for SHIFT NC.a story about how my personal “Sex Talk” with my own children got weirder and weirder with each kid the longer I worked in sexual health and consent as a field and profession
Sex Ed Storytelling at The Pinhook, Durham, NC, June 6, 2019 — a fundraiser for SHIFT NC.a story about exploring my own identity as a sex educator and sexuality as a queer parent through sitting with my response to my child coming out as asexualOutfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling | Hidden | Chapel Hill, NC, March 28, 2019a story about trying to remember freedom in my body and self, and perhaps even reclaim it in a new and more expansive way
Other Media
I was interviewed for this 2024 Prism piece about how raids and stings harm both sex workers and people experiencing trafficking.I was interviewed for this 2020 New Republic piece on the divide in the human trafficking movement between those who see it as a conservative, anti-sex work, criminal justice movement, and those who understand the human rights underpinnings of any effective anti-violence work.In this 2023 podcast, I discuss the findings from my 2023 research on what a survivor-driven model for storytelling for social change could be. Plus, hear from other researchers around the globe about meaningful survivor engagement.Behind Closed Doors Yet In Plain Sight: Human Trafficking In North Carolina episode of The State of Things on WUNC. I provided expertise on sexual violence, human trafficking, prevention and root causes, and LGBTQ youth.
I was interviewed for this 2023 Vice piece on the intense harassment experienced by myself and other survivors of human trafficking by Sound of Freedom fans convinced of its truth and relevance.I was interviewed for this 2023 Inside Edition piece about how Hollywood misrepresentations lead to reduced understanding in the general public about how trafficking happens and what survivors need.I was the special guest for this 2020 episode of the Multiamory podcast, providing expertise and information about intimate partner violence in polyamory and polyamorous relationships.I was interviewed for this 2020 Insider piece on sex trafficking survivors’ perceptions and experiences of the QAnon conspiracy theory phenomenon and ensuing activity/”activism.”
I wrote this 2023 piece for Open Democracy’s Beyond Trafficking and Slavery feature as part of a Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre research project on meaningful lived experience engagement.I wrote this 2023 piece for Open Democracy’s Beyond Trafficking and Slavery feature on the future of survivor leadership in anti-trafficking work.I was interviewed for this 2023 IndieWire piece about how Hollywood representations of human trafficking often miss the mark, misrepresent what is needed to end trafficking, and promote rescue fantasies rather than real prevention.This is the special bonus episode for the Multiamory podcast episode in which I discuss intimate partner violence in polyamory and polyamorous relationships. This special content, only for the podcast’s Patreon patrons, is a deep dive conversation into community accountability for partner harm.
Supplemental materials for DFSA prevention strategies in 2SLGBTQIA+, kink-friendly, and other sex positive communities.
Facilitation guide for using the Let’s Talk About It videos in education and social media.
Working with Survivors in the Sex Trades for New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault 2022
Sex Ed Storytelling at Motorco, Durham, NC, December 13, 2018 — a fundraiser for SHIFT NC.a story about how my personal “Sex Talk” with my own children got weirder and weirder with each kid the longer I worked in sexual health and consent as a field and profession
I wrote this 2023 piece for Open Democracy’s Beyond Trafficking and Slavery feature as part of a Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre research project on meaningful lived experience engagement.
