594RosennaBakariChildhood SexualAbuse

Rosenna Bakari is a scholar, motivational speaker, and social advocate. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado in 2000. She earned her Master’s degree in Counseling from the State University of New York and her undergraduate degree in psychology from Cornell University.

Dr. Bakari has authored four books related to women’s issues. She published her first book in 1994 on Black women’s self-esteem. In 2016 she published two titles, a daily reader for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, titled “Tree Leaves”, and a book titled “Original Sin”, which reinterprets the infamous story through a feminist lens that confronts rape culture and patriarchy. Her fourth book is her memoir about living in silence as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.

Dr. Bakari is also the founder and executive director of Talking Trees, an empowerment organization for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She is also launching a new “We2” movement to bring survivor and listeners together to break the silence of sexual abuse.

In addition to her organization work, she hosts a monthly open mic to share her transformational poetry and offer a platform for community members to share their passion and pain.

She is the author of the 2018 book, "Too Much Love Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Silence of Childhood Sexual Abuse." The book has been described as a UV light that reveals the dreadful stain of silence - presenting irrefutable evidence that harm has been done in spite of the squeaky-clean surface. When the systems on which Rosenna relied failed her, she found her way through the darkness using unconventional sources such as poetry and martial arts. She weaved through bitterness and anger in a world that seemed hell-bent on breaking the spirit and believes others can too because trauma should not have the final word

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