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The Epidemic of Sexual Abuse in our Schools and Universities

The Epidemic of Sexual Abuse in our Schools and UniversitiesHow these institutions […]

October 21, 2014

7:00PM - 9:00PM

20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor

The Epidemic of Sexual Abuse in our Schools and Universities
How these institutions have failed students and what we must do to protect them

Co-sponsored by the NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and NYU’s Law School

Tuesday October 21 | 7PM – 9PM | 20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor
FREE and Open to the Public

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Keynote Speaker:
Congressomwan Carolyn B. Maloney: US House of Representatives
Sponsor Campus Accountability and Safety Act
A champion for domestic and international women’s issues, Maloney helped pass legislation that targets the ‘demand’ side of sex trafficking; provides annual mammograms for women on Medicare; and increased funding for law enforcement to process DNA rape kits.

Moderator and Speaker:
Judge Leslie Crocker Snyder (ret.), Founder, First Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit in the Nation and co-author NY’s Rape Shield Law

Panel (in alphabetical order)
Richard Condon, Special Commissioner of Investigation for NYC Public Schools
Professor Martin Guggenheim, Fiorello LaGuardia professor of clinical law, NYU School of Law
Professor Marci A. Hamilton, Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
Stephanie Nilva, Executive Director, DayOne
Jon Seiger, Horace Mann alum
Professor Charol Shakeshaft, Dept. of Education Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University