Resources for Child and Youth Protection Leaders

• Witness and Wisdom: Bi-monthly gatherings for victim assistance coordinators and safe environment coordinators to listen to an individual survivor share their story, answer your questions, and offer reflections on how dioceses can better serve survivors

• Offerings for Your Diocese: Presentations, workshops, and consultations to help leaders better understand the realities of trauma and abuse, learn from the experiences of survivors, and take meaningful steps toward more compassionate, trauma-sensitive care and engagement

• Survivor Stories: Honest interviews with40 survivors from a variety of ages, perspectives, ethnic backgrounds, experiences of abuse, and spiritual paths

• Resources for Parishes: Intentions to include in the Prayer of the Faithful at Mass, tips for addressing the abuse crisis in a homily, parish resource kit, small group discussion guide, and more

• Bridge Dialogues: Opportunities for priests from any diocese to engage in facilitated, restorative conversations with small groups of survivors

• Survivor Support: Support groups, retreats, educational offerings, and more for adult men and women from any diocese who have experienced sexual abuse by a Catholic leader as a child or as an adult - Feel free to mention Awake as a resource on your website and to survivors you work with!

Please reach out to Sara Larson to discuss any of these offerings: saralarson@awakecommunity.org, (414) 235-7807.