Dedication

Content Notice

Aishah Shahidah Simmons

Foreword

Darnell L. Moore

"Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse: An Introduction"

Aishah Shahidah Simmons

1. "Paying it Forward Instead of Looking Backwards" by Loretta Ross

2. "Love With Accountability: A Mother's Lament" by Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

3. "Soul Survivor: Reimagining Legacy" by Chevara Orrin

4. "Fast" by Kai Green

5. "On Moving Forward" by Ferentz Lafargue

Breathe

6. "Social Silence and Sexual Violence" by Cyree Jarelle Johnson

7. "Embracing Our Humanity in the Accountability Process" by Tracy Ivy

8. "Peacock Feathers and Things" by Najma Johnson

9. "activist, poet, prison abolitionist, human rights advocate, incest and rape survivor" by Thea Matthews

Breathe

10. "Becoming Each Other's Harvest" by Lynn Roberts

11. "Pops'nAde: A Courageous Daughter & Her Non-Abusive Father on Loving Lessons, Living Legacies (L)earned after Sexual Abuse" by Adenike A. Harris and Peter J. Harris

12. "Love Centered Accountability" by Danielle Moss

13. "Self-Love and Accountability" by Cecelia Falls

14. "In My Mother's Name: Restorative Justice for Survivors of Incest" by Liz Alexander

Breathe

15. "The Coiled Spring First Grader Deep Inside: Sexual Violence and Restorative Justice" by Sikivu Hutchinson

16. "Our Silence Will Not Save Us" by Thema Bryant-Davis

17. "Safe Space the Language of Love" by Kimberly Gaubault

18. "Unfinished" by Worokya Duncan

19. "The Least of These: Black Children, Sexual Abuse, and Theological Malpractice" by Ahmad Greene-Hayes

Breathe

20. "Who is Accountable to the Black Latinx Child?" by Luz Marquez Benbow

21. "Reclaiming Our Voice" by Tanisha Esperanza Jarvis

22. "Network of Care" by Alicia Sanchez Gill

23. "The Fear of Believing Survivors" by Rosa Cabrera

24. "Colliding Traumas" by Esther Armah

Breathe

25. "Kissing, Forgiveness, and Accountability" by Farah Tanis

26. "This is My Return: 'The Soul is Covered in a Thousand Veils"' by Sevonna Brown

27. "Violation and Making The Road By Walking It" by Zoe Flowers

28. "Silent No More: The Unheard Echoes of Childhood Sexual Abuse in the African American Community" by Indira Henard

29. "We need Speak7 because Black Children Matter and Child Sexual Abuse Thrives in Silence!" by MiKeiya Morrow

30. "The Vanguard of Love, Accountability, the Young Advocates Institute, and You & I" by Tracy D. Wright and Monika Johnson-Hostler

Breathe

31. "Sunset Seeking Accountability After All of These Years" by Tonya Lovelace

32. "#OnTurning50" by Kalimah Johnson

33. "Poetic Justice" by Nicole Denson

34. "The Truth As I Know It" by Jey'nce Mizarahi Poindexter

35. "Sometimes, The Wolves Wear Lipstick And We Call Them Auntie" by Kenyette Tisha Barnes

Breathe

36. "The Compassion Imperative" by Mel Anthony Philips

37. "Thoughts on Discipline, Justice, Love and Accountability: Redefining Words to Reimagine Our Realities" by Qui Dorian Alexander

38. "Casting Aspersions" by Tashmica Torok

39. "Accountability to Ourselves and Our Children" by Ignacio G. Hutiá Xeiti Rivera

40. "Confronting Harm Past and Present for Tomorrow," by Edxie Betts

The Acknowledgements