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“What Happens When Women Speak Up?” - Screening and Q&A with ROLL RED ROLL filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman and guests
Saturday, March 23, 7:45 show
A buzzing conversation with Nancy, Alison Turkos, an activist fighting for systemic change in the NYPD to better serve victims of sexual assault, and Marilla Li, Chief of Staff at New York State Assembly and board member for Chinatown Youth Initiatives.
Moderated by Jaclyn Friedman, writer, speaker and pleasure activist, of Yes Means Yes, Unscrewed.
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Alison Turkos |
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Marilla Li is the Chief of Staff for New York State Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, advising the Assemblywoman on policy, press, community relations, and staff and office management. She also sits on the board of Chinatown Youth Initiatives, a nonprofit organization that empowers youth to run their own peer facilitated programs. Previously, she worked in programs and grants management at the Teen Resource Center of the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, a nonprofit, federally qualified health center. Marilla holds a BA in Anthropology from Barnard College and an MPA-PNP from NYU Wagner. She tweets @marillali. |
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Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, educator and activist, and creator of three books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009), What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety, and her latest, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All. Her podcast, also called Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation, and was named one of the Best Sex Podcasts by both Marie Claire and Esquire. More information |
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