molestation, changing careers,
telling their story from a place of
power, sharing with others their
“good news” and showing up in
all places full of love and life and
wonderment. “Healing” is possible
and that is our motto...it requires
work, but it can be done with the
right support.
a single offender, 78.1% were
committed by men and 18.5%
were committed by women.
AWS: What can men do to help stop
abuse?
Kalimah: Men can help stop
abuse by talking about abuse with
other men. Men can stop rape
by understanding the patriarchal
system that we live in that supports
the rape culture.
Rape is about power and control,
not a desperate need to have sex. It
is the desperate need to overpower
someone and using rape as the
method to totally dominant and
terrorize the victim.
What we know at the SASHA Center
is that there are more men in the
world who are NOT abusing women
and children than that are. The
problem is, the non-abusing, nonoffending men are not engaging
with men (on a more regular and
deliberate basis) who are most likely
to rape and batter.
Every October, SASHA Center has
an all-male panel discussion about
intimate partner violence against
women/men-perpetrated by men.
Men can join women in efforts to
educate the public about violence
against women. Men can help us to
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help them have open discussions
about their own abuse.
are vulnerable to rape and need
healing.
Sasha Center is planning an all male
drumming circle for men survivors
of rape with a focus on black men
in Detroit.
SASHA Center hopefully in the
future will provide programming
that includes a discussion of how
rape used to happen, now it does
not happen at all and the reason
why is because we changed the
attitudes and beliefs of society and
rape no longer exists.
There are many men involved in
doing this work and we need more.
Tony Porter, Dr. OliverWilliams, Father
Orr and many others are doing this
work. Visit www.mencanstoprape.
org to find out more.
multiple offenders, 75.7% were
committed by only men and
24.3% were committed by both
men and women.
AWS: When do you consider what
you have done to be a success?
Kalimah: I am always striving for
better. I will know it is a success
when each and every time we hear
a survivor say that they are on their
journey because of our work at the
SASHA Center.
AWS: What is your dream for
SASHA?
Kalimah: My dream for SASH