Stand Up Speak Up The Book

About The Book

For generations, survivors of sexual abuse stood alone. Now they step forward as a powerful social movement, the Survivors Movement.

Stand Up, Speak Up celebrates survivors who emerged from the shadows of imposed shame to challenge cultures of oppression and institutions of power. Since the year 2000, millions have mobilized a powerful social-justice movement that has flourished as a social and political force. Rising from the ashes, it created hundreds of organizations and compelled reforms in law, social relations, and culture.

Author Tim Lennon shares the obstacles, victories, and courage of the survivors who stepped forward and shattered the silence. Drawing on history, analysis, and exclusive interviews, Lennon demonstrates how survivors have challenged institutions of power, including Hollywood producers, church ministers, athletic coaches, doctors, and many others. They are igniting a movement to end the violence that has plagued society for generations.

Stand Up Speak Up celebrates the activism of survivor-leaders who stepped up and changed the world.

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Stand Up Speak Up

How Survivors Created a Movement
to End Sexual Violence

The new book by Tim Lennon

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About The Author

Tim Lennon, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, has been an activist and advocate, supporting survivors for over three decades. He documents the emerging movement of survivors, who have created hundreds of national organizations in the past twenty-five years, forming the core of the Survivors Movement.

Lennon has volunteered with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests since 1995, one of the largest international survivor support organizations in the world. He has served on the SNAP Board of Directors for twelve years and as President for three years. Currently, he serves as the local SNAP leader in Arizona, where he continues to advocate for prevention, justice, and a safer world for all survivors.

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Testimonials

"Tim Lennon is a voice of justice and compassion for survivors, and a driving force in the culture of accountability."

Jason Berry  
investigative reporter and author, the pioneer reporter to bring notice to the widespread sexual abuse in the Church in Louisiana. 

"Centering the voices of survivors who refused to be silenced, Stand Up Speak Up provides both a page-turning history and an inspirational boost for all who fight back against oppression."

Christa Brown
Decades-long advocate for survivors of the Baptist community, author of Baptistland

"In this ultimately hopeful book, Tim Lennon lays out how once-isolated and shame-filled survivors of abuse coming from a wide range of institutions have, through incredible courage and determination, built a powerful worldwide movement for healing, prevention, and justice."

David Clohessy
A pioneer in the worldwide movement of survivors for three decades. Previous President of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

"Tim Lennon has written an important book about the architecture of the movement for child sex abuse survivors, with a focus on the role of the survivors.  At times harrowing and others exhilarating, he beautifully brings together the forces changing the world to make children safer."

Prof. Marci Hamilton
Professor, University of Pennsylvania, founder CHILD USA, author, Justice Denied.

"This book is both deeply personal and profoundly universal. Tim Lennon captures the evolution of a growing movement with clarity and grace, weaving together the many players, experiences, and tributaries that flow into one unstoppable river for change. A moving testament to resilience, collective action, and the urgent call to end sexual violence against children."

Daniela Ligiero
CEO & President, Together for Girls; Founder, Brave Movement

Excerpts from Outside Reviewers

"Lennon writes from a place of transparency and vulnerability, calling attention to the lingering trauma of sexual abuse and its impact on victims—both in the short term and for years afterward. . . . Most stirring are his accounts of the many men and women who have come forward, transforming from victims to survivors to advocates. "We have the opportunity to create the world we want to live in as we engage in civil society as active agents, not just passive recipients," he urges. . . . This is a powerful exhortation to remove the stigma, demand reform, and stop protecting abusers."

Book Life

"I'd recommend Stand Up Speak Up to anyone who cares about social justice, survivor advocacy, or institutional reform. It's especially powerful for survivors who might be looking for a sense of connection or hope. It's not always an easy read, but it's an important one. Lennon's voice is not only personal, it's political, unflinching, and urgently needed. This book is a torch passed from one survivor to another. If you're ready for it, it will light something in you."

Literary Titan  5 Star
Decades-long advocate for survivors of the Baptist community, author of Baptistland

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