We had a great Workshop on Difficult Conversations led by Dr. Annah Kuriakose and Ms. Minu Mathew.
Here are some resources shared by our speakers during that session.
Resources for Survivors:
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-4673
rainn.org
NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault: 800-601-7200
njcasa.org
NJ Child Abuse Hotline: 1-877-652-2873 1(1-877-NJABUSE)
NJ Coalition To End Domestic Violence: 800-572-7233
njcedv.org
Suggested books to read from our speakers:
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
– Sohaila Abdulali
Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital Violence Among South Asian Immigrants in the United States
Breaking the Silence: Domestic Violence in the South Asian-American Community
– Sandhya Nankani
Body Evidence: Intimate Violence against South Asian Women in America Paperback
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
The Courage to Heal Workbook: For women and men survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Laura Davis
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
Know My Name, A memoir
Chanel Miller