Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Keynote Speaker: Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Author, Feminist & Activist; Founder of 'love WITH accountability'
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Aishah Shahidah Simmons Biography
Aishah Shahidah Simmons (she/her) is an award-winning cultural worker who, for 30 years, has examined the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and sexual violence. She is also a trauma-informed, Mindfulness Meditation teacher who has been studying and practicing Theravada Buddhism for 20-years. Her lived experiences as a survivor of childhood and adult sexual violence committed to healing, accountability, and compassionate justice inform her teaching, film work, published writings, international lectures, and independent scholarship.
Aishah Shahidah Simmons brings the confluence of cultural work, activism, and a 2500-year-old practice to ground her courage in living this complicated life. A survivor-healer, Black feminist lesbian award-winning writer-filmmaker, Aishah brings her life lens to work reinforced by a 22-year practice of Vipassana Meditation and trauma-informed, mindfulness meditation teacher certifications. More than one year of cumulative silent retreat practice in the U.S. and India, a daily meditation practice, three decades of therapy, and a cultivated community are foundational to Simmons moving through the trauma and suffering she experienced from childhood and adulthood sexual violence. Aishah’s cultural productions, such as the 2006 groundbreaking, Ford Foundation-funded acclaimed feature film, "NO! The Rape Documentary" and the 2020 Lambda Literary-award winning anthology, "Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse," break silences, offer healing paths for trauma, and provide visions for humanely disrupting the inhumane epidemic of sexual violence.
Ahead of its time, "NO!’s" world premiere at the 2006 Pan African Film Festival occurred 19 months before Title IX was successfully applied to campus sexual assault cases and is one of the contemporary instigators of the modern campus sexual assault movements. Since 1995, Aishah has led over 400 workshops and dialogues in the U.S. and in countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. She has received numerous awards and held Artist-in-Residence and/or guest faculty appointments at colleges/universities and organizations including the University of Chicago, Temple University, Scripps College, Spelman College, Williams College, the University of Pennsylvania, the Weekly Dharma Gathering Platform, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Elm Community Insight: An Engaged Meditation Society, Morgan State University, Insight Meditation Community of Western Massachusetts, Sounds True, the Highlander Research and Education Center, the Collegeville Institute and Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
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Aishah Shahidah Simmons is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Women, Social Activism and Relationships. The estimated speaking fee range to book Aishah Shahidah Simmons for live events is Below $10,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Aishah Shahidah Simmons generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Dorothy Roberts, Loretta Ross and Deja Foxx. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Aishah Shahidah Simmons for an upcoming event.
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What topics does Aishah Shahidah Simmons speak about?
Aishah Shahidah Simmons is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Women, Social Activism, Relationships, Sexual Assault Recovery, Culture, Television & Film, Diversity & Inclusion, Literary, Civil Rights, LGBTQ, Women's Rights, Reproductive Rights and Anti-Racism. -
Where does Aishah Shahidah Simmons travel from?
Aishah Shahidah Simmons generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Aishah Shahidah Simmons?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Aishah Shahidah Simmons for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Aishah Shahidah Simmons for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Aishah Shahidah Simmons or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
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