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Kalimah Johnson, LMSW, ACSW, LCSW, MA

Executive Director
SASHA Center
Detroit, MI, United States

Kalimah Johnson LMSW, ACSW, LCSW, MA is the Founder/CEO and Executive Director of SASHA Center in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to creating this organization, she was a sexual assault and domestic violence Social Worker for the Detroit Police Department, being one of the first civilians to integrate into this role working alongside police officers to advocate for people who experienced interpersonal traumatic/violent crimes. She was also a full-time tenure-track professor at Marygrove College teaching interpersonal and community Social Work. Currently, she is a consultant and content expert to the National Basketball Association on matters of relationship safety and management.

Kalimah Johnson is a highly esteemed expert therapist who has made a significant impact in the field of mental health and relationship counseling. As a featured expert on the acclaimed OWN Channel series, Love and Marriage: Detroit. She has been an advocate and counselor to survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence for 24 years and is an industry expert on topics related to culturally specific programming for sexual assault survivors. She is the creator of the Black Women’s Triangulation of Rape Model which explains the systemic barriers that Black women face when attempting to get help and services after a sexual assault. Her model has been translated in several different languages, used by organizations to apply for funding and it is a permanent teaching tool for the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, Michigan State University’s MiVan trainings and for the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards.

Her interests include writing and performing poetry and she owns a natural hair care studio in her home-town Detroit. She is also currently earning a PhD in English Literature with a focus on Cultural and Media Studies at Wayne State University.

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