• 11 AM – 12 PM
  Self-Defense Presentation
  
  A feminist Akido instructor from the Boston area will give a 30-minute self-defense class. In addition, representatives from Public Safety at UMB will present basic information about keeping safe and about their own self-defense program for women (Rape Aggression Defense for women).
   
• 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
  Sexual Assault 101
  
  Representatives from Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) will give a workshop titled “Sexual Assault 101”. This workshop briefly introduces the definition of rape and sexual assault, presents statistics, and uses skits to allow participants to practice how to safely intervene to make their community, their interactions, and their environment less violent, more appropriate, and safer.
   
• 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
  Men as Allies Against Sexual Violence
  
  Representatives from Northeastern Mentors in Violence Prevention, an organization whose mission is to raise awareness about the level of men's violence against women, challenge the thinking of mainstream society, open dialogue between men and women, and inspire leadership by empowering people with concrete options to effect change, will give an interactive presentation.
  
  
  
  Wednesday, April 23rd -- Ryan Lounge, 3rd Floor, McCormack Hall
  Muffins, scones, and coffee from Haley House in Roxbury will be served
   
• 11 AM – 12 PM
  Sexual Violence in LGBT Communities
  
  A representative from Fenway Community Health Center will present on issues of sexual violence within gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. The presentation will include information on domestic violence in LGBT relationships, as well as hate crimes against LGBT individuals. A particular focus of this presentations will be regarding issues facing gay men as survivors of sexual and relationship violence.
  
   
• 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
  Film “Defending Our Lives”, produced by Margaret Lazarus
  
  A recent Oscar® winning documentary about the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. This educational video features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies.
   
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
  Sexual Violence in Diverse Communities
  
  Two case managers from BARCC will share their experiences in dealing with issues of rape and domestic violence in diverse communities, including communities with stigmas against talking about sex and immigrant communities.
  
   
• 2:30 PM – 4 PM
  Hitting Rock Bottom Performance
  
  The Improbable Players, a group of actors, will present Hitting Rock Bottom, a play about drugs, alcohol and dating violence. The performance will be followed by a discussion among the actors and audience. Reviews of the performance suggest that it humanizes dating violence, and promotes exciting discussions.
  
   
• 4 PM – 4:45 PM
  Keynote speaker: Margaret Lazarus
  Margaret Lazarus is an independent documentary film producer and director. Her documentary film Defending Our Lives won the Academy Award for Best Short Documentary Film. Throughout her career she has combined her political activism with documentary filmmaking. She began by producing a weekly public affairs program for television in Boston.
  With Renner Wunderlich, she founded Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc and has produced and directed numerous award-winning films including:
  Rape is... Calling the Shots
  Taking Our Bodies Back Eugene Debs
  and the American Movement
  Women's Rights, Human Rights Hazardous Inheritance
  Strong at the Broken Places Rape Culture
  Pink Triangles Defending Our Lives
  Life's Work The Last Empire
  Advertising Alcohol Killing Us Softly
  Not Just A Job Still Killing Us Softly
  The Strength to Resist: Media's Impact on Women & Girls
  She is the Executive Co-Director of Cambridge Documentary Films, a non profit producing and distribution organization that distributes films about social justice to over 20,000 organizations and theaters that show documentary films. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Tisch School at Tufts University.
   
• 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
  Community Meeting
  
  Attendees will gather in a circle on the floor and share personal stories and feelings related to issues of sexual violence. Anonymous story submissions will also be read aloud, with the authors’ permission, at this time.
  
   
• 5:45 PM – 6: 30PM
  Dinner
  
  Following the community meeting, we will have a pizza dinner. During the dinner, there will be a performance by the Harvard Fallen Angels, an all-female a cappella group.
  
  
   

Last Updated 03/31/2008