Category: Rape
Rise Funny or Die Premiere: Star of Orphan Black | Civil Rights
Originally published on Change.Org on March 17, 2017 By Amanda Nguyen. Friends, When President Obama signed our Survivor Bill of Rights into law we made history. Before Rise came along, only 20 bills, or 0.016%, in modern United States history had passed through Congress with unanimous support. Ours became the…
Rep. Jackie Speier speaks out against Smithsonian’s Handling of Sexual Assault
Originally published on Change.Org on November 1, 2016 By Maria Ruiz. Dearest Friends and Supporters– Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14) on Monday sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Smithsonian Institution, Cathy Helm, calling on Smithsonian officials to rectify the severe mishandling of a confirmed case of sexual assault.…