Testimonials
From Organizational Leaders
“Watching the way your team modeled sharing power was a training in and of itself."
— Sandy Hennip, Executive Director, Unbound Fort Worth
“I know that I myself and [my agency] have a long way to go on this journey of being more survivor-led...
But I have a feeling that many years down the road, I will look back upon this year and mark it as an important turning point in my evolution as a leader.”
— Jessica Pham, Vice President of Global Operations, Nomi Network
(8 Months of Organizational Change Consultation with SPC)
“We now have shared, common language to talk about vicarious trauma and oppression.
We're more open about it because now we know how to talk about it.
It's changing our agency culture already."
— Tiffany Liston, Executive Director, Mobilization for Justice
(8 Months of Organizational Change Consultation with SPC)
“If your team is doing work related to gender-based violence, and you're aiming to reduce vicarious trauma and honor equity and inclusion,
I HIGHLY recommend you reach out to the amazing folks at Shobana Powell Consulting.”
— Natalie Pattillo, Documentary Filmmaker
(12 Months of Organizational Change Consultation with SPC)
“SPC's attention to issues around intersectionality, disproportionate impact, and strategies to unpack and subvert structural racism is unflagging.
[They] are skilled at relationship-building and communicate with positivity, transparency, and a keen eye to finding solutions to challenges that may come up during a project.”
— Kris Billhardt, she/her, Director of Program and Practice Innovation, Safe Housing Alliance
(12+ Months of Organizational Change Consultation with SPC)
“SPC has given me structure, which feels vital to my work and the work of my peers.”
— Daniel A. Nelson, he/him/his, Co-Director of And So I Stayed
(8 Months of Organizational Change with SPC)
From Training Attendees
“I loved that you highlighted how BIPOC and LGBTQ+ survivors are sidelined in the movement, and tailored the presentation for survivors who are marginalized.”
— Tirzah Brown, Training Attendee
“I felt like [they] genuinely wanted me to gain this knowledge for no benefit of their own, they just want me to succeed.”
— Jennifer, Training Attendee
“I realized after this training that this- working with survivors of trafficking- is what I want to do with my career.”
— Training Attendee
The training team consisted of an “essential combination of lived experience and service provider experience.”
— Training Attendee
“This training would be useful to anyone who interacts with people in their work, especially those who work with children and adolescents, the medical field, child care workers and especially law enforcement.
Child welfare and law enforcement could really work together if law enforcement also attended this type of training.”
— Training Attendee
“I realized I’ve worked with adults who were trafficked that I might have missed, and now I know how I can better support them.”
— Training Attendee