Lori Robinson

Lori S. Robinson is the author of I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse, published in March 2003 by Seal Press. Since then, she has been speaking at colleges, community organizations and churches across the country about sexual violence.

Robinson is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Essence, The Crisis and The Source, among other publications. Also an educator, most recently she taught media at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. A former editor at Emerge: Black America's Newsmagazine, her honors include National Association of Black Journalists awards and Unity Award in Media prizes.

She has also been recognized by women's organizations and service provider groups. Robinson received the 2005 Champion for Change Award in Media and the Arts from the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, a 2004 Fruit of Her Hands Award from the Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute, and the 1997 Inspirational Award from the International Black Women's Congress. In February 2004, she was selected to serve as one of five judges for the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma's national Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence. She has been interviewed by CBS Evening News, the Los Angeles Times, The Houston Chronicle and the Washington Post about sexual violence

Robinson earned a master's degree in journalism from New York University in 1994. She graduated from Spelman College with a bachelor's degree in English and Spanish in 1990.

Lori is available to speak about her book and ending violence against women, rape and sexual assault.

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