PROGRAM
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
and the Remember the Women Institute, along with
the Consulate General of Israel in New York
and the Pace Women’s Justice Center
invite you to attend
a new public symposium presented in-person and on Zoom
Intimate Partner Violence:
Art, Education, and Advocacy
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featuring experts, artists, authors, attorneys, and activists dedicated to combatting intimate partner violence, as well as testimony by victims.
Greetings and Introduction
Jessica Neuwirth, Rita E. Hauser Director, Human Rights Program at Roosevelt House, Hunter College
Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Founding Director, Remember the Women Institute
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair, House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Hon. Adva Vilchinski, Consul for Public Policy, Consulate General of Israel in New York
Artistic Responses to Intimate Partner Violence
- Display of clothing of victims Jana Lynne Mackey and Simeonette (Sissy) Mapes from December 2021 She’s Gone exhibition in Washington, D.C.
- Virtual tour of Keren Goldstein and Adi Levy’s She’s Gone exhibition featuring clothing of Israeli intimate partner violence murder victims
- Video presentation by activist artist Cat Del Buono, curator and organizer of WE RISE, an art installation organized by Art Connects New York for New Day, an emergency shelter for intimate partner violence survivors that was run by NYC’s HRA
Panel 1: The Voices of Activists Who Know
Dr. Shoshannah Frydman (Moderator), Executive Director of Shalom Task Force
Alayne Katz, Chair of the Board of the Pace Women’s Justice Center, sister of victim Gail Katz Bierenbaum
Theresa Mapes, founder of Sissy’s Angels, mother of victim Simeonette (Sissy) Mapes
Marjorie Puyol, survivor of intimate partner violence and doctoral candidate
Aryn Quinn, founder of WeCare and author of forthcoming Dying for Love
Lily Sanders, author of Truth to Triumph, domestic violence survivor and expert
Theatrical Response to Intimate Partner Violence
- Presentation of All Databases are Incomplete, a play by Cynthia L. Cooper, performed by professional actor Lisa Pelikan
Panel 2: Combatting Intimate Partner Violence
Rosemonde Pierre-Louis (Moderator), Chief Operating Officer, NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research
Judge Judy Harris Kluger, Executive Director, Sanctuary for Families
Nechama Bakst, Senior Director of Family Violence Services, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
Dr. Alana Morgan Ramjit, Computing Innovation Fellow, Clinic to End Tech Abuse (CETA), Cornell Tech
Bea Hanson, Senior Advisor to Commissioner Cecile Noel, New York City Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-based Violence
Concluding Remarks
Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Founding Director, Remember the Women Institute
A proof of full COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all who attend, and masks must be worn at all times in Roosevelt House.
