We are a community                                 

    of survivors     

and allies

Our Mission

Safety Compass exists to extend relentless hope and navigational support for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Our team of advocates provide an open door for survivors to take the first steps in the healing process.

We believe that the best way to extend compassion for those we serve is by respecting them.

We respect survivor's coping-skills, strengths, and personal insights as guidance for how best to support them. We do not use terms like "rescue" for our work or "broken" when referring to survivors. Instead we use terms like "encouragement" when we talk about our professional goals and "resilience" when we describe the survivors we serve.

We strive to offer a safe and supportive network of people to uplift those directly impacted by the sex-industry, as well as their loved ones.

Our Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

Safety Compass believes that equity, inclusion, and belonging, regardless of race, identity, age, disability, social location or place, are essential for achieving criminal and social justice for all who live in our communities. We are committed to our own organizational learning, development, and accountability as agents of change, and as collaborators with our partner agencies as we work for increasing realization of these goals.

Many of the individuals we serve are disproportionately impacted by systems of inequality, oppression, and power imbalances, and the intersection of one or more identity categories. These systemic injustices can be traumatic and inequitable, including facing discrimination and hostility while interacting with the very systems meant to help them. Whether intentional or unintentional, the result is harmful and far reaching, compounding the vulnerability of those least empowered.

We are committed to our own equity work and to actively working towards equitable service and communities, and will hold ourselves accountable in the following ways:

  • We commit to ongoing self-reflection, as individuals and organizationally-- to challenging ourselves and holding ourselves accountable in practice 

  • We will continue to learn, with humility, and to provide equity training to staff and volunteers regularly

  • We will name, address, and/or interrupt oppression whenever it is observed to the extent possible

  • We will prioritize the lived experience, voices, and feedback of survivors we serve from all communities, and utilize this to adjust policies and programming to better serve them

  • We will work to increase diversity in our staff and board membership through our recruitment and hiring processes

What We Offer

  • Trauma-informed & survivor-informed care

    We offer support for any survivor of the sex industry under age 25 regardless of whether they are still in "the life" or not, regardless of what type of exploitation they experienced. We do not discriminate based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or immigration status.

  • A highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach

    We are committed to collaboration with law enforcement and social services providers, believing collaboration is the most effective method to achieving criminal and social justice.

  • Hope filled, strengths-based services

    We assertively engage with survivors for as long as they want our services, believing in their inherent wisdom to make choices for themselves, always holding out hope for a safer future for them. We respect each survivors’ ability to know what they need and when they are ready.

Our Work