The Church’s Call to Silence Sexual Violence
September 26, 2009
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church Calls For An End to Sexual Violence
From October?16 – 18, 2009, the historic Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Richmond, VA, will host the her/historic, groundbreaking “Holistic Hurt, Wholistic Healing: The Church’s Call to Silence Sexual Violence” conference. The featured keynote presenters are Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, who is a leading Christian ethicist in United States, and the first African American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (USA); Rev. Dr. Monica A. Coleman, is an ordained elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Chruch and the author of The Dinah Project: a Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence; and Sister Aishah Shahidah Simmons who is the producer/writer/director of NO! The Rape Documentary.
THIS CONFERENCE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
While NO! The Rape Documentary has definitely been purchased by and used as an educational healing tool in Churches and Mosques across the United States and internationally, this conference is the FIRST time that Aishah Shahidah Simmons has ever been invited by a church or mosque to both present NO! and engage in dialogue about the critical role that religious institutions must play in addressing and ultimately ending sexual violence. She is both honored and humbled that Rev. Tyrone Nelson, Pastor, and Rev. Dwylene Butler, Church Business Administrator, invited her to present with Drs. Cannon and Coleman; and to participate in what she believes will be powerful, soul stirring, and healing weekend.
“October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. October 16-18, we invite you to Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church for a life changing conference. Join pastors, ministers, Women’s Ministry leaders, Youth leaders, college students and others in this conference exposing the prevalence of sexual violence in our communities and what we can do to silence sexual violence.”
For detailed information about this FREE conference,?please click here?(http://holistichealing.weebly.com).
Aishah Shahidah Simmons on Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys
September 26, 2009
Talking About Ending Rape on “Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys”
Aishah Shahidah Simmons was the featured guest on the September 26, 2009 edition of Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys, which is featured on Blog Talk Radio. In 30 commercial free minutes, Keys and Simmons covered the waterfront on the sobering reality of rape, other forms of sexual violence in African-American communities. Keys and Simmons engaged in a very lively and passionate conversation about these often difficult and taboo issues while offering solutions on how to heal from the trauma and equally as important on how to stop it. Click here to listen to the program in its entirety.
NO! in Open Frame Film Festival in New Delhi
September 26, 2009
NO! -One of 50 Documentaries Selected in New Delhi, India
NO! The Rape Documentary was among the invited 50 documentary and short feature films from 22 countries, which were featured in the Open Frame Film Festival, which is organized by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PBST) in New Delhi India. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the festival but was there in spirit through NO!. This is the second international film festival in India where NO! was featured. In 2008, NO! received the Best Documentary Award at the India International Women’s Film Festival.
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