Todayâs guest is Dorchen Leidholdt, the Legal Director of the NYC domestic violence agency, Sanctuary for Families. Â In her main role, Dorchen heads the agencyâs legal services for survivors of gender-based violence, including providing support for obtaining orders of protection, immigration, sex trafficking. In addition to this important work, Dorchen also leads the âIncarcerated Gender…
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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Lisa Fischel-Wolovick, an attorney who has represented battered women for almost thirty years. She is also the author of numerous publications including her recent book: Traumatic Divorce and Separation: The Impact of Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse in Custody and Divorce, just recently published by Oxford Univ. Press, this…
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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Laura Fernandez, the Clinical Director at Sanctuary for Families, a leading service provider and advocate for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking and related forms of gender violence in New York City. Â At Sanctuary, Laura provides leadership, management, and strategic direction for all clinical services citywide, including…
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On this episode of en(gender)ed, we speak with Autumn, a junior at Cornell University studying English. Â In the summer of 2015, when she was 18 years old, Autumn realized that she is a transgender woman, and since then her work and writing have focused on articulating the experience of being transgender. Â After graduating from college,…
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On todayâs episode, our guest is Ben Atherton-Zeman, a public speaker and comedic performer on issues of violence prevention. His one man show, âVoices of Menâ has been performed in over 46 states and around the world, including four continents. Ben has spoken and performed at military installations, colleges, high schools, public theatres, conferences, houses…
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