From Violence to Voice

• Carl Russell; No Telling Aloud: Keeping Secrets That Hurt
• Susan Brison; Aftermath: Violence and the ReMaking of the Self
• Jim Gilligan; Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic
• Jim Gilligan; Preventing Violence: Prospects for Tomorrow
• Martha Minow; Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence
• Martha Minow; Breaking the Cycles of Hatred: Memory, Law, and Repair
• Daryl Fort, TEDx 2014; “Safe Communities Require Empathetic Courage”

General Resources:

• Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
• Trauma and Recovery  by Judith Herman, MD
• Healing the Soul after Religious Abuse: The Dark Heaven of Recovery by Mikele Rauch
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, MD
• When Violence Begins at Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse by J. Wilson
• The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr

On Racism and Racist Violence:

• Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler
• Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
• Tacit Racism by Waverly Duck and Anne Warfield Rawls
• How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem, M.S.W.
• Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe
• The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help you Deserve by Rheeda Walker, PhD
• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
• 1619 from the New York Times

On Adult Sexual Violence:

• Dear Sister: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Violence edited by Lisa Factora-Borchers
• The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, by Wendy Maltz, CSW
•  Surviving the Silence — Black Women’s Stories of Rape by Charlotte Piercebaker
• Unpinned: Breaking the Hold of Sexual Assault and Abuse Written by a Male Survivor by Grant Watkins

On Childhood Violence:

• I Never Told Anyone – Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse edited by Ellen Bass
• Hush: Moving From Silence to Healing After Childhood Sexual Abuse by Nicole Braddock Bromley
• Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project by Betsy McAlister
• Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

• Battered Women’s Justice Project
• Black Lives Matter
• Black Mental Wellness
• Black Visions Collective
• Campaign Zero
• Color of Change
• Communities United Against Police Brutality
• Equality Now
• Futures Without Violence
• INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
• Me Too Movement
• NAACP
• Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
• Reclaim the Block
• Safe Horizon
• The Anti-Violence Project
• The Bail Project
• The Breathe Network
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• The Northwest Network
• Womankind

Breaking Silence about Violence:

• Nubar Alexanian, The Scars of Silence
• Susan Brison, The Aftermath of Sexual Violence
• Nancy Kassam-Adams, Pediatric Medical Trauma
• Lawrence Langer, Holocaust Survivor Testimonies
• Carl Russell, Breaking the Silence
• Jessica Stern, Trauma, Fear and Denial

Child Abuse:

• Vincent Felitti, Obesity’s Link to Child Abuse and Child Abuse and Physical Health 25 Years Later
• Brie Maselli, Emotional Abuse of Children in Violent Homes
• Governor Paul LePage, Childhood Domestic Violence
• Vernon Wiehe, Sibling Abuse

Domestic Violence:

• Julie Colpitts, Domestic Violence (Part 1, Part 2)
• Cathy Plourde, The Role of Health Care Providers  in Preventing Domestic Violence
• Drew Wing, Reducing Interpersonal Violence/

Male Sexual Violence:

• Daryl Fort, Male Sexual Violence and Rape Culture (part 1) and Speaking Up to Sexism and Violence (Part 2) 

Military Sexual Trauma: 

• Cynthia Enloe, The Experience of Women in War
• Kathy Russin, Sexual Trauma and the VA
• Kate Weber, Reporting and Retaliation

Racism and Violence:

• Maria Girouard, Esther Attean, and Stephanie Bailey, Breaking the Silence
• Debby Irving, Waking Up White (Part 1, Part 2)
• Paul Marcus, The System of Racism (Part 1, Part 2)
• Peggy McIntosh, Unpacking White Privilege (Part 1, Part 2)
• Sandy White Hawk, Intergenerational Trauma
• Special on Talking to White Kids about Race and Racism

Recovery and Healing from Violence:

• Dave Emerson, Yoga for Trauma Survivors
• Deirdre Fay, Trauma, attachment, and the Body
• Janina Fisher, Trauma and Dissociation
• Celia Grand, Trauma and EMDR Therapy
• Judy Herman, Group Therapy for Trauma Survivors
• Wendy Maltz, Sexual Healing
• Pat Ogden, Trauma and the Body
• Bessel Van Der Kolk, Trauma and the Brain 

Torture: 

• Sheila Cassidy, Torture
• Alice, The Challenge of Speaking up for Asylum
• Joanna, Escaping From Violence 

Working with violent offenders:

• Lundy Bancroft, The Psychology of Abusive Men
• Deb Dana, Sex Offenders
• Mike, Imprisonment and Life Transformation (Part 1, Part 2)
• Restorative Justice