Many resources for stalking focus on victim safety, self-advocacy and the expansion of legal interventions. Yet, there are few pragmatic care tools that address how communities can intervene to support survivors of this violence. 

Thriving Through and mensen collaborated to build this resource for people who are supporting a loved one who is experiencing stalking. This guide centers survivors, builds the strength and knowledge of survivors’ support networks, and relieves some of the burden on people experiencing this form of abuse. 

We believe that our communities can and should be sites of safety and healing. Ending violence within our communities requires that we engage one another to actively participate in dismantling cultures of shame, fear, silence, bystanding, victim blaming and individualism. 

By building power with each other to intervene where violence exists, we create an infrastructure for a new world to live in. 

We humbly present this guide as an offering to our communities.