Resources and Links
Books to Support Healing:
§ The Sexual Healing Journey by Wendy Maltz
§ Explore Yourself Through Art by Vicky Barber
§ A New Normal by Sylvia Coleman
§ 200 Ways to Love the Body You Have by Marcia Germaine Hutchinson
§ You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
§ Women in Shadow & Light: PhotoJourney from Abuse to Healing by Jan Goff LaFontaine
§ Our Bodies, Our Selves by Christine Northrup
§ What About Me? A Guide for Men Helping Female Partners Deal with Childhood Sexual Abuse
by Grant Cameron
National & Local Support and Help
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) www.rainn.org
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR) www.pcar.org
(800) 772-PCAR
Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR) www.woar.org
(215) 985-3333 (24-hour confidential telephone hotline)
(215) 985-3315 (Office) For info about counseling, groups, and other services
Latina Domestic Violence Program (English/Espanol) www.congreso.net/programs/h1.php
(215) 763-8870, Extension 1317 - Congreso de Latinos Unidos
(866) SAFE-014 (24-hour hotline)
Women Against Abuse www.womenagainstabuse.org
(215) 386-7777
The word Sankofa represents an Adinkra symbol called “the bird of passage”.
It means "go back and fetch it” and it reflects our intention
to help women connect with those aspects of their spirit
that may have been diminished or lost through trauma or distress.
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