M Dolon Hickmon

M Dolon Hickmon is a child abuse survivor, a writer and an anti-abuse activist. Over the past ten years, his activism has run the gamut, from opposing state laws that allow the devout to deny their children basic literacy and lifesaving medical attention, to authoring a widely cited study linking schools’ use of corporal punishment to persistent academic underachievement. A contributor to The Freethinker, OnFaith, Alternet and TheHumanist.com, Mr. Hickmon has explored the intersections of faith and child abuse in articles and interviews, including local and nationally syndicated talk-show appearances. Hickmon married his wife in 2007, and they have one daughter together. His hobbies include pleasure reading, songwriting, and playing acoustic and electric guitar.