National Resource Center for Reaching Victims logo: Helping those who help others
Changing The Identity 
of Justice 

Presenter: Rebecca Balog 


Welcome, Wellness, and 
Introduction 

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Rebecca Balog 


Goals for Today 

• Identities & 
Intersections 
• Historical Impacts 
• Emerging Issues 
• Collaborative 
Change 
• Tools 


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Identities and Intersections (1 of 2) 

1 The Whole Self of the Advocate Identity 
2 The Whole Self of the Survivor Identity 

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Identities and Intersections (2 of 2) 

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What are the identity intersections between providing services 

and receiving services? 
How can we close the gap and make meaningful change that 
embraces all identities? 
What to do individually and programmatically. 
Asking the uncomfortable questions (to the right people). 


Identities and Historical Impacts (1 of 2) 

History + social justice 
1 The Historical Impact of the Advocate Identity 
2 The Historical Impact of the Survivor Identity 


Identities and Historical Impacts (2 of 2) 

History + social justice 
What are the historical impacts that show-up in 
providing services or receiving services? 

What can we do to bring historical impacts to the 
front when they show-up today in the work? 

How does a program add “historical impacts” into 
new, more comprehensive “trauma-informed” policy 

and practice? 


Identities and Emerging Issues (1 of 2) 

1 How are current and emerging issues effecting how we are 
reaching victims and Survivors? 

2 What are we seeing as new challenges or successes in our 
work, how does this effect justice? 

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Identities and Emerging Issues (2 of 2) 

Let’s land on the right side of this social change, history, and 

“beyond the moment”. 
What are action steps in being inclusive to victim/Survivor 
needs? 

How do we get ready for our own program and service 

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changes? 
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Identities and Collaborative Change (1 of 2) 

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1 Authentic Collaboration in Allyship/Helpers 
2 Symbolic Signaling 
3 Accountability 
4 From Unintentional Performative to Intelligible Performance in 

services and meaningful change 


Identities and Collaborative Change (2 of 2) 

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What does this look like? To whom? 

What does the “Whole Self” of the Advocate or 
Survivor have to do with it? 
How do we find the way? 


Identities and Reviewing the 
Tools (1 of 3) 

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• Tool: Simple ‘2020 Service for 
Survivor’ SWOT analysis 
(strengths, weakness, 
opportunities, threats of 
Survivors in your 
program/organization) 
• Tool: Who is Driving the Bus? 
Who is Navigating? 



Identities and Reviewing the 
Tools (2 of 3) 

• Tool: 360-Degree (look 
at services/360-degree 
look at identities) 
• Tool: What Does 
Wellness Have to do 
with It? 


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Identities and Reviewing the 
Tools (3 of 3) 

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• Tool: Evaluation to 
Enhancement 
• Tool: Ownership vs. 
Leadership: the New 
HybridLove Model 



Closing Remarks 


Thank you for sharing your time with me. 

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Rebecca Balog: 
HybridLoveStories@ 
gmail.com