Irene van der Zande is back again on this week’s show. You may remember Irene from a conversation that we had here on the podcast back in January. Irene is the Executive Director and Founder of Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International, a global nonprofit leader that has served over 6 million people of different ages, abilities, cultures, and beliefs, identities through providing safety training and educational resources since 1989. Irene has spent the past 3 decades protecting children, teens, and adults, including those with special needs, from abuse, bullying, assault, exploitation, and other emotional or physical violence by empowering them with knowledge and skills. These are topics that we’d certainly hope that we wouldn’t have to deal with in our membership organizations, but setting boundaries and creating safe spaces for our people comes with the job of leadership.
Connect with Irene:
https://www.kidpower.org/
Beyond listening, of course, Irene has provided some great resources that you may find helpful in your work. You can find those here: https://www.kidpower.org/library/
Integrity in Communication:
Kidpower Tools for Speaking Up Instead of Behind People's Backs
https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/integrity-communication/
Kidpower's 10 Best Practices for Team Members
https://www.kidpower.org/about-us/kidpowers-ten-best-practices/
Kidpower Safety Leadership Challenge:
Simple powerful messages to use and to share
https://www.kidpower.org/safety-leadership-challenge/
Kidpower Protection Promise:
for adults to share with young people and with each other https://www.kidpower.org/library/kidpower-protection-promise/
10 Actions for Adult Leaders: for protecting children AND other adults https://www.kidpower.org/child-protection-advocacy/10-actions-for-adult-leaders/
Make Your 'Put Safety First" Commitment for yourself and for others https://www.kidpower.org/blog/put-safety-first-commitment/
(The library is extensive, so it may be easiest to search based on your topic - like “triggers”, “harassment”, “workplace”, etc.)
She also indicated that you can email her at safety@kidpower.org about your specific situation and she can point to resources that may be pertinent.
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