What it Means to Be an Advocate and Survivor

What it Means to Be an Advocate and Survivor

From RAFT by RAFT: Indrani Goradia, Alyce Jurgensen, Jeremie Miller, Amy Jaffe

December 5, 2025 · 1h 8m · Season 1

About this episode

This episode features survivor-advocates discussing the dual identities of being a survivor and an advocate.

In this powerful episode of the RAFT Podcast, we bring together survivor-advocates from across the movement for an open and honest conversation about what it means to hold both identities—survivor and advocate. Join Nicole Crespi and Joy Ingram, RAFT Workshop Facilitators, along with guest Jaime Cypher from the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect (PCAR), as they share stories of resilience, reflection, and belonging. Together, they explore how lived experience shapes advocacy, what it takes to sustain ourselves in this work, and how community care helps us thrive. Episode Time Codes 00:00 Intro 00:44 Podcast participants and Advocate-survivors Nicole, Joy, and Jamie introduce themselves. 04:45 Participants talk about a time when they felt empowered in their roles as advocates while also being survivors. 12:18 What contributions and characteristics make us feel empowered and supportive? 25:06 What motivates us to continue advocating? 33:34 The grieving process involved in being an advocate and survivor. 37:54 What would you say to another survivor who is thinking about getting into advocacy work? 48:19 Taking a break from professional advocacy work 50:36 What does…

People in this episode

Guest: Jaime Cypher

Topics covered

  • advocacy
  • survivorship
  • community care
  • resilience

Keywords

  • survivor-advocate
  • empowerment
  • support
  • grieving process

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