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Katie Koestner has been a leader in the movement to end sexual violence
since she took her own solo stand as the first survivor of date
rape to speak out nationally and publicly at age eighteen. After
appearing on the cover of TIME Magazine on June 3, 1991, Katie worked
with HBO to make a documentary film about her story. She has subsequently
appeared on nearly 50 national television programs, over 1500 college
and school campuses, and led over 400 Take Back The Night marches
and rallies.
Suraiya Baluch, PhD. is the director of Princeton University's Sexual
Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE) office.
She holds bachelor's degrees in psychology and religion from Rutgers
University, a master's degree in psychological counseling from Columbia
and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Fordham University. Her
professional interests include working with survivors of sexual
assault, relationship abuse, sexual harassment, childhood sexual/physical/emotional
abuse, harassment due to sexual orientation/gender identity and
multicultural counseling.
Christina Hernandez graduated from the University of Nevada Las
Vegas with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2005 and is currently
working on a graduate certificate in Women's Studies. For the past
two years Christina has been involved with the Nevada Coalition
Against Sexual Violence, and currently serves as Board Secretary.
As the Outreach & Awareness Coordinator of the Jean Nidetch Women's
Center at UNLV, Christina has helped the center establish PAAVE,
a peer advocacy and education program regarding sexual and domestic
violence prevention and coordinate a campus Interpersonal Violence
Response Team, ASERTAV.
Heather Horton, a clinical psychologist, has worked with survivors
of sexual abuse and assault in a variety of settings. Since 2005,
she has served as the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC)
for Colorado College. She works directly with students seeking support
and resources after an assault, and designs and implements prevention
education programming on campus and with the Colorado College community
to increase awareness and involvement in stopping sexual violence.
Melissa Lucchesi is the Outreach Education Coordinator and Lead Victim Advocate at Security On Campus, Inc. (SOC). Melissa has worked in the victim services and violence prevention field for over nine years. She sits on the national victim service stakeholders project: Vision 21, and the Widener University Anti-Violence Collaborative. She has received extensive training and certificates for statewide domestic violence, sexual assault, and crime victim services. Lucchesi is responsible for SOC's "Safe On Campus/Peer Education Program" (SOC/PEP) and also serves as lead crime victim advocate.
Susan Marine, PhD. is Director of the Harvard College Women's Center,
and has worked as an educator, researcher, and advocate in the field
of sexual assault and relationship violence prevention for 12 years
at institutions including Harvard, Dartmouth and Colorado College.
Susan also specializes in researching and developing effective initiatives
for the support of transgender and other gender-variant youth.
Laura Palumbo is the Prevention Campaign Specialist at the National Sexual Violence Resource
Center. Laura works collaboratively with NSVRC staff, national partners, and leaders in the anti-sexual
violence movement in planning and implementing Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM),
an annual nationwide campaign to raise public awareness about sexual violence and educate
communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.
Karen Singleton joined Health Services at Columbia University in
2003. Karen has completed an internship in clinical psychology at
Beth Israel Medical Center in New York where she currently holds
an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Psychiatry. Karen's
professional interests include working with survivors of sexual
trauma, students of color, and lesbian, gay, and bisexual students.
Pamela Swider is the head of Michigan Takes Back the Night, the
community organization that plans the Take Back the Night Rally
and March at the University of Michigan. She is also the co-owner
of Women for Hope and as a rape survivor, knows the importance of
breaking the silence to help survivors heal and let others know
that they are not alone.
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