Survivors are doing amazing things. We are Authors & Directors. Advocates & Speakers. We are Intellectuals & Artists. We are Experts. Check out these resources handpicked by the survivor community at SAFE.

Below you will find resources for learning more about the topic, as well as those that are helpful for adult survivors during the healing process.

Elevate Academy is an innovative online school for survivors of human trafficking.

The Survivor Leadership Institute and Resource Center was created to help change the way girls and young woman are seen by the world. The SLI helps survivors of CSEC and domestic trafficking learn to become leaders in their own life.

Survivor Alliance vision is uniting and empowering survivors of slavery and human trafficking around the world to become leaders of the anti-trafficking movement.

National Survivor Network is a values-based membership coalition of survivors of human trafficking from all over the United States and abroad working together using an inclusive, evidence-informed, public health, human rights, harm reduction approach.  Together, they work to create a world without human trafficking and a movement that is led by survivors.

Rachel Grant Coaching & Beyond Surviving is a curriculum to help you learn the key skills you need to recover from sexual abuse.

What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown What transforms this book from words to effective daily practices are the 10 guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way. 

Organized Abuse by Michael Salter The aim of the website is to disseminate reliable information about organised abuse to professionals, victims and survivors. 

Organized Sexual Abuse by Michael Salter offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary investigation of this phenomenon. Since the early 1980s, social workers and mental health professionals around the globe have encountered clients reporting sexual abuse by organized groups or networks. These allegations have been amongst the most controversial in debates over child sexual abuse, raising many unanswered questions. Are reports of organized abuse factual or the product of moral panic and false memories? If these reports are true, what is the appropriate response? The fields of child protection and psychotherapy have been polarised over the issue. And, although cases of organized abuse continue to be uncovered, a reasoned and evidence-based analysis of the subject is long overdue.

Polaris Project & National Human Trafficking Hotline serves victims and survivors through the National Human Trafficking Hotline, building a data set that illuminates how human trafficking really works, in real time, and turning knowledge into targeted systems-level strategies to disrupt and prevent human trafficking.  1-888-373-7888 or text BEFREE to 233733

Crisis Lifeline call or text 988. “988” is the three-digit, nationwide phone number to connect with the suicide and crisis lifeline, where you’ll connect with mental health professionals.  Too many people experience suicidal crisis or mental health related distress without the support and care they need.  Here is a national network of more than 200 crisis centers that help thousands of people overcome crisis situations everyday.  

ACES & Violence Prevention Adverse childhood experiences can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention works to understand ACEs and prevent them.

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons leads the Department’s global efforts to combat human trafficking through the prosecution of traffickers, the protection of victims, and the prevention of human trafficking by: objectively analyzing government efforts and identifying global trends, engaging in and supporting strategic bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, targeting foreign assistance to build sustainable capacity of governments and civil society, advancing the coordination of federal anti-trafficking policies across agencies, managing and leveraging operational resources to achieve strategic priorities, and engaging and partnering with civil society, the private sector, and the public to advance the fight against human trafficking.

Justice Professionals Lens on Familial Trafficking Cases. by Jeanne Allert published in the Criminal Justice Review. 47(2), 208-224.

Familial Sex Trafficking of Minors:  Trafficking Conditions, Clinical Presentation, and System Involvement.  by Ginny Sprang and Jennifer Coal published in the Journal of Family Violence. 33, 185-195. 

The Zarzaur Law Firm “takes great pride in representing crime victims. They believe the civil justice system empowers these victims and presents them with an opportunity to be compensated for the physical and emotional injuries, as well as their financial losses.”

Alight offers free legal services to survivors of human trafficking who are in financial need of legal advocacy, counsel and representation to help with legal issues involving: child custody, criminal records, debt collection, protection orders, understanding your rights in the workplace, navigating the legal process or law enforcement investigations, or other family law, civil law or criminal issues. To connect to free legal help, the survivor and/or their caseworker can call the ALIGHT Intake Advocate at (720-608-6039) to setup an intake call. This is not a crisis line. While ALIGHT is based in Colorado, we help survivors with nuts-and-bolts legal issues throughout the U.S. where able. Questions? Contact program@alightnet.org or visit www.alightnet.org.

K&L Gates: The Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative offers free legal help for victims of human trafficking. The firm recognizes that victims of trafficking often have limited access to legal counsel and few viable options. The initiative offers knowledgeable legal representation and corresponding legal resources to victims primarily in Western Pennsylvania who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community, a historically underserved community; although K&L Gates will do its best to help all victims of sex trafficking, regardless of sexual orientation and identity.