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SAAM 2026: Healing and Transformation

Too often, systems designed to support survivors of sexualized violence operate under the assumption that healing is a personal responsibility--one that follows a singular, linear path. This mindset was be challenged and transformed. Healing is not solely an individual journey; it is a collective process and shared responsibility. The impacts of interpersonal, systemic, and historical harm ripple through individuals, communities, and generations. 

Survivors have told us that healing can happen in many ways鈥攍ike writing in a journal, painting, talking to a therapist, practicing meditation, connecting with cultural traditions, joining support groups, engaging in advocacy, or simply being believed. When communities and support systems commit to care, they become part of the healing. Survivors draw strength not only from their own resilience and self-expression, but also from the spaces that communities create to witness, support, and hold them with compassion. As Prentis Hemphill asks in , "What would it do to movements, to our society and culture, to have the principles of healing at the very center? And that does it do to have healing at the center of every structure and everything we create?" (Hemphill, 44).

In recognition of SAAM 2026, we invite survivors to continue reclaiming their voices, bodies, narratives, and futures. And we invite everyone to reflect on this question: How can we hold space for healing--together?

Reference

Hemphill, P. (2024). What it takes to heal: How transforming ourselves can change the world. Random House. 

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