How ICAM is run

Committee

International Cult Awareness Month is organized by The Freedom Train Project Incorporated, the nonprofit that founded the campaign in 2022, and staffed almost entirely by volunteers and advisors who take on the roles below.

Volunteer-run

What it takes to run ICAM each August

ICAM doesn’t have a large paid staff — it runs on a small set of recurring roles, filled by volunteers and advisors who rotate and grow year to year. Here’s what each one covers.

Planning

Program Coordination

Sets the year’s campaign theme, plans the weekly content calendar, and keeps the month-long schedule of events, posts, and resources on track.

Research

Content & Research

Verifies citations and sources behind the site’s myths, facts, and weekly articles, and keeps the content grounded in current research on coercive control.

Outreach

Community & Partnerships

Maintains relationships with allied organizations, vets resources before they’re listed on this site, and represents ICAM in cross-organization work.

Social

Communications

Runs the campaign’s social channels and public-facing messaging, and turns each week’s content into shareable posts.

People

Volunteer Coordination

Recruits and schedules the volunteers who staff webinars, workshops, and support groups throughout August.

Support

Advisory & Survivor Input

Survivors and clinicians who review content for accuracy and tone before it’s published, informed by lived experience and clinical practice.

Individual bios for this year’s committee are being finalized and will be added here.

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Want to help

Every one of these roles is filled by someone who started as a volunteer. If any of this sounds like you, we’d like to hear from you.

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See how ICAM grew from a single week in 2022 into a month-long campaign.

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