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Love WITH Accountability:
Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse a book by Aishah Shahidah Simmons
“With this brave and healing anthology of truth-telling about sexual abuse within Black families, Aishah Shahidah Simmons sets an example for all families. If we could all raise just one generation of children without violence or the threat of violence, who knows what might be possible?” —Gloria Steinem Despite the current survivoraffirming awareness around sexual violence, child sexual abuse, most notably when it’s a family member or friend, is still a very taboo topic. Award-winning cultural worker Aishah Shahidah Simmons breaks silence and
taboos with her 2019 released, leading edge anthology, Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse (AK Press). The collection features transformative writings by forty-two adult, Black child sexual abuse survivor-leaders, advocates, and Simmons’s mother, Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, who, underscores the detrimental impact of parents/ caregivers not believing their children when they disclose their sexual abuse. The contributors envision a world that ends child sexual abuse
_______________________ Aishah Shahidah Simmons Pronouns: She/Her(s) Creator, #LoveWITHAccountability Project | Editor, love WITH accountability anthology (AK Press) Visiting Scholar, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Affiliate Scholar, Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse, University of Pennsylvania Producer/Director, NO! The Rape Documentary | Vimeo, AfroLez Channel Instagram, @AfroLez | @loveWITHacocuntability | Twitter, @AfroLez | @LoveAccountably Facebook: Aishah Shahidah Simmons Cultural Worker | Love WITH Accountability
without solely relying on the criminal justice system. The compelling anthology explores disrupting the inhumane epidemic of child sexual abuse, humanely. Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse is available for purchase in print or e-book formats from AK Press, Amazon, B&N, and anywhere else books are sold.
