#DomesticViolence:
Does Media Coverage Help or Hurt?
Monday, October 20, 2014
Noon - 12:50 p.m.
Sullivan Hall, Room C5
Lunch Provided
In recent
weeks, awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault has increased as high
profile cases receive extensive coverage in the news and on social media. Is
this trend increasing awareness and dialogue or reinforcing sensationalism and
stereotypes? Can media attention further real individual or community action
and reform? In this spirited and interactive session offered as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
attorneys and advocates will discuss the ways in which they support survivors
of domestic violence, the media’s influence on domestic violence, and how
students can actively engage in this issues.
Speakers will include David
Martin, Chair of Domestic Violence Unit at King County Prosecutor’s Office; Amanda
Irwin, Accredited Representative at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and
Kim Morrill, Legal Advocate at New
Beginnings. Co-sponsored
by the Women’s Law Caucus.
