The Mission of CSSN:

  • To provide a place of respite for those who have experienced or are experiencing assault, abuse, stalking, and/or harassment.
  • To provide resources for those in crisis or those helping people in crisis
  • To reduce shame for those coming forward with the story of their journey though trauma and recovery, particularly as it relates to cosplay convention culture.
  • To encourage inclusivity of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ability; it doesn't matter who you are or how it happened - we believe you.
  • To encourage conventions to incorporate qualified programs and trained individuals to respond to situations of sensitive nature.
  • To treat survivors, their bodies, and their cosplay art with utmost respect.
  • To encourage conventions and online community spaces to take our needs as survivors seriously, effectively, and sustainably; and to identify which individuals or groups are qualified to assist with the growth of their antiharassment culture.
  • To promote healthy and safe bystander interventions for allies who wish to help but don't know how.
  • To empower individuals with peer-to-peer crisis intervention resources so they can apply them both in their daily lives as well as in the community.
  • To educate those who have been offenders so that the offending behavior does not continue; and to do so in a way that neither results in further "callouts" (targeted harassment) nor forces the target to integrate with an offender's appeals or repatriation.
  • To persuade all conventions to meet the bare minimum 6 out of 6 criteria (as outlined in our Harassment Policy Report Card) that ensure a comprehensive harassment policy.
  • To instruct conventions how best to apply and uphold their harassment policies so that they are target/survivor-focused, adaptable, and achievable for their specific community.
  • To hold conventions and individuals accountable for violations of every person's right not to be harassed/stalked/abused/assaulted and for actions that are not conducive to the safety of everyone both in the convention's physical and online spaces.