About me

Industry	Education
Occupation	Journalist / School Counselor (Ret.)
Location	New York
Introduction	The TRAUMA experienced by SEX WORKERS, many of whom were raised by drug addicted parents, and or suffered domestic violence at home, on the streets, or in prison, is no different than the TRAUMA of soldiers returning home from Iraq, or the TRAUMA of having lived through the World Trade Center explosions, or the TRAUMA of having survived governmental abuse and abandonment in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina! These human beings need and deserve our love and respect, a safe and clean place to live, detoxification, job training, and of course psychotherapy or medical help where needed! *************************************************************** We CAN END domestic violence and sexual assault, by teaching sex education and responsible parenting to children as early as 4th or 5th grade (age 10 or 11. This includes parenting projects that require boys and girls to work together, such as learning ballroom dancing, or taking care of a teddy bear as if it was a child.
Interests	My specialties are Alternative Medicine, Black Woman's Studies, Prostitution Research, and Working with Survivors.
Favorite movies	BEYOND BEATS & RHYMES by Byron Hurt, NO THE RAPE DOCUMENTARY - by Aisha Shahida Simmons, SILENCE Black Women's Sexuality by Mya B, BORN INTO BROTHELS by Zana Briskie,
Favorite books	PROSTITUTION AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS - Dr. Melissa Farley, LISTENING TO OLIVIA - Jody Raphael, LONGING TO TELL BLACK WOMEN TALK ABOUT SEXUALITY & INTIMACY - Tricia Rose, COULDN'T KEEP IT TO MY SELF Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution, IMPOSSIBLE EH? The Story of PEERS - Jannit Rabinovitch and Megan Lewis, TRAUMA & RECOVERY - Judith Herman, INVISIBLE GIRLS - Dr. Patti Feuerisen, FIRE OF THE FIVE HEARTS - Holly A. Smith, DIARY OF A LOST GIRL - Kola Boof, DANCING NAKED IN THE PROMISED LAND - Dr. Lillian Faderman, ASSATA (Autobiography)- Assata Shakur, Myriam Medzian- BOYS WILL BE BOYS,