Welcome to a series of candid conversations about childhood sexual violence. These talks are centered around the courageous contributions to the 2020 Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology, love WITH accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse (AK Press, 2019). Organized and edited by Aishah Shahidah Simmons and with a foreword by Darnell L. Moore, this leading-edge collection features transformative writings by 42-childhood sexual abuse survivors, advocates, activists, and Simmons’s mother, who underscores the detrimental impact of parents/caregivers not believing their children when they disclose their sexual abuse.
Survivor-centered accountability without relying on policing and prisons is love and radical justice. Healing is a continuous, intergenerational journey and never a destination. The 2019-2020 virtual book talks are ASL interpreted. They are also available on the #LoveWITHAccountability® Suite on YouTube.
The 2016 Soundcloud recordings of the #LoveWITHAccountability two-part special on The Spin produced and hosted by Esther Armah are not ASL interpreted. The English transcripts are available for free download. See below for more information.
In their own (written) words: introducing the contributors to Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse
Aishah Shahidah Simmons talked loveWITHaccountability® on the Weekly Dharma Gathering on June 30, 2021.
Aishah Shahidah Simmons and her mother, Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, talked LoveWITHAccountability® in ‘me too.’ movement’s Survivor Healing Series, “Disrupting at Home: Unpacking Black Familial Trauma” on June 16, 2021
Aishah Shahidah Simmons talked Love WITH Accountability® with love WITH accountability: Digging Up the Root of Child Sexual Abuse anthology contributors Pops’nAde on season 2, episode 5 of their “Conversating w/Pops’nAde” vlog (with open captions). Click HERE to listen to the podcast.
Aishah Shahidah Simmons talked Love WITH Accountability® with Rasta Bagheri on UCI (University of California at Irvine) CARE Narrative Project. The video is open captioned. This conversation is also available as a podcast. Click HERE to listen.
Book Talk 6 contact information and referenced resources are available HERE. This panel was ASL interpreted.
The Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse panel at the Survivors’ Agenda Summit, September 24, 2020 - September 26, 2020. This panel was open captioned.
Book Talk 5 contact information and referenced resources are available HERE. This panel was ASL interpreted.
Book Talk 4 contact information and referenced resources are available HERE. This panel was ASL interpreted.
Book Talk 3 contact information and referenced resources are available HERE. This panel was ASL interpreted.
Information on and resources from NCCASA (North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault) are available HERE. This panel is open captioned.
Book Talk 2 contact information and referenced resources are available HERE. This panel was ASL interpreted.
Book Talk 1 contact information and referenced resources are available HERE. This panel was ASL interpreted.
The Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse Official Book Launch at #FromNO2Love. This book launch was ASL interpreted.
Part two of the two-part 2016 #LoveWITHAccountability special on The Spin with producer/host Esther Armah and guests, Luz Marquez-Benbow and Dr. Thema Bryant. The English transcript is available HERE.
Part one of the two-part 2016 #LoveWITHAccountability special on The Spin with producer/host Esther Armah and guests Aishah Shahidah Simmons, and her mother Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons. The English transcript is available HERE.