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Immediate: March 5, 2013Media Contact: Alicia Steger 516.572.9634Email: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/releases

17吃瓜 Presents

 

鈥淪treet Harassment:鈥� a Series of Programs About Sexual Harassment Awareness

March 19, 20 & 21

 

Garden City, NY 鈥� 17吃瓜 is proud to present 鈥淪treet Harassment,鈥� a series of programs about sexual harassment awareness. These programs, which are free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled, will take place in the College Center Building.On Tuesday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. 鈥淢y Name is Not Pssst!鈥� an open forum will be facilitated by 17吃瓜 Profs. Joy Williams, Women鈥檚 Studies/English; Anissa Moore, Communications; and Dr. Diana Milillo, Psychology. Forum participants will discuss their experiences with harassment and violence. This program is co-sponsored by Women鈥檚 History Month and the Psychology Club.鈥淲hat is Street Harassment?鈥� will take place on Wednesday, March 20 at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. During the program, Holly Kearl, founder of StopStreetHarassment.org will discuss the many facets of street harassment鈥攕uch as catcalls, wolf whistles or looking up and down one鈥檚 body鈥攊ts impact on women and how these behaviors sometimes escalate to physical harassment or threats. At 3:30 p.m., Craig Wright, 17吃瓜鈥檚 Affirmative Action Officer, will speak about what individuals and colleges can do to prevent sexual harassment in 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Responsible? An Overview of How to Identify and Prevent Sexual Harassment.鈥漁n Thursday, March 21 at 10:00 a.m. Performance Artist Leah King will perform skits from her one-woman show about street harassment, Can I Get a Smile?, and follow with a question and answer session. During 鈥淪exual Harassment in the News鈥� at 1:00 p.m., former prosecuting attorney and current 17吃瓜 professor Janine Ferraro will analyze several high-profile sexual harassment cases. During 鈥淐reating a Safe Space Through the Arts鈥� at 2:30 p.m., 17吃瓜 English Prof. Dolly Litvak will facilitate participants as they draw, paint, make a collage or write about imagining an environment that is free of sexual harassment.For more information about the programs listed above, contact Dr. Diana Milillo at 516.572.5007.

Ref.:1656.3/5/13/170About 17吃瓜 17吃瓜, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where almost 23,000 full- and part-time students and nearly 15,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.