We chose to name our organization Survivor Solidarity to focus on what happens to those after they have experienced gender-based violence. The harm from Dirty PR (denial, distortions, and credibility attacks) is often described as secondary victimization by survivors and victims. Survivor Solidarity exists to make the aftermath of gender-based violence easier to survive by preventing secondary victimization. Those who experience gender-based violence should use whichever term they prefer and the terms are often used interchangeably. RAINN has a more in-depth guide of key terms and phrases.

Media and storytelling assistance is available for survivors through TIME’S UP. The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund helps survivors of sexual harassment at work or in their careers share their stories. For more information, go to the National Women’s Law Center webpage on assistance through TIME’S UP.

Hire Survivors Hollywood is working to end career retaliation against survivors of sexual violence in Hollywood by encouraging those in positions of power to pledge to Hire Survivors and Silence Breakers.

We, As Ourselves is a collaboration, powered by The ‘me too’ Movement, National Women’s Law Center, and TIME’S UP Foundation to reshape the narrative around sexual violence and its impact on Black survivors.

At the organizational level, publicists and communicators can seek to center the support of survivors. To learn more, read, “More Than a “Bad Apple”: Applying an Ethics of Care Perspective to a Collective Crisis”. When representing organizations, it is also critical not to cover-up the mishandling of gender-based violence.