Key Principles

• Assume survivors exist within your teams, classrooms, and workspaces
  • Take care to design courses and team projects with sensitivity (e.g., sensitive content notice, resource info in syllabus, etc.)
• Adopt a supportive stance
  • “I’m sorry that happened to you.”
  • “Thank you for telling me.”
  • “How can I support you?”
• Actively listen 
  • Acknowledge harm and create space for sharing
• Recognize it’s okay to be unsure
  • “I want to help; I’m just not sure how right now.”
• Recognize the autonomy of the impacted party
  • Do not insist they report or make a formal complaint
  • Respect their choice to seek or not seek help 
  • Do not solicit details or investigate
  • Do not confront the accused