Silent No More: (cont.)
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If you know a sister who has been sexually assaulted, encourage her to seek out a group or individual therapist who is trained to counsel her. These resources can help:

BOOKS

• Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape by Charlotte Pierce-Baker (W.W. Norton & Co., $23.95).
  
• * I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape by Robin Warshaw (HarperPerennial, $13).
  
• I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse edited by Ellen Bass and Louise Thornton (HarperCollins, $13).
  
• I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors by Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D. (New Harbinger, $16.95).

  ORGANIZATIONS
  

• Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 635-B Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Washington DC 20003; (202) 544-1034; (800) 656-HOPE (hot line directs you to a crisis counselor). Or contact the group on-line at rainn.org or rainnmail@aol.com.
  
• Association of Black Psychologists, P.O. Box 55999, Washington DC 20040; (202) 722-0808.
  
• National Association of Black Social Workers, 8436 W. McNichols St., Detroit MI 48221; (313) 862-6700.
  
• National Black Women's Health Project, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Suite 310, Washington DC 20003; (202) 543-9311.
  
• Survivors of Incest Anonymous, P.O. Box 190, Benson MD 21018; (410) 893-3322.
  
• Men Can Stop Rape, P.O. Box 57144, Washington DC 20037; (202) 265-6530 or mencanstoprape.org.

 

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