Moving Beyond Individual Care to Community Healing - Part 1

National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault

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In this podcast, Christina alongside co-host Miranda Encina, will dive into a discussion filled with honesty, heart, and hope. They will explore life-saving tools of self-care and community care. They will venture into ways organizational culture can play a pivotal role in either nurturing healing or perpetuating harm for survivors of sexual assault and abuse. Miranda & Christina’s unique identities, experiences, and cultural insights add depth to this conversation, bridging diverse perspectives.
This episode promises stories of resilience and practical strategies for self-empowerment and community healing for those who provide service and care to survivors of sexual assault and abuse. Tools that providers can utilize for themselves and for those they work with. Listeners will walk away with actionable recommendations, reflective practices, and perhaps even a newfound sense of humor to face the challenges experienced while working in this field responding to survivors of sexual violence. Join Christina and Miranda in this engaging and heartfelt dialogue that is more than a podcast – it’s a lifeline to anyone seeking light in times of darkness.
Presenter Bios:
Christina Love is an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Egegik village tribal member and survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking. Christina’s story of transformation – from battling addiction, homelessness, and incarceration to emerging as a pillar of strength – offers a testament to the power of the human spirit and the importance of self-care and community care.
Miranda Encina is a survivor of domestic violence, proud Two-Spirit Indigenous, Chicanx activist, with a profound understanding of the importance of cultural relationships, intergenerational resistance and meaningful connections – Miranda’s lived experience with complex trauma and resilience helps form the work they do to identify, create and implement shifts that validate, humanize, and minimize (re)traumatization within communities.
This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-23-GK-03969-INDI awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this presentation are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women or the International Association of Forensic Nurses.