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X-WR-CALDESC:This program will be held on Zoom with opportunity for audienc
 e questions. Registration for the film portion of the event is limited and
  on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Attendees have the option of registe
 ring for the panel discussion only.\n\nSponsored by Brooklyn Law School’s 
 Center for Criminal Justice and Survivors Justice Project (SJP).\n\nAbout 
 the Film\nAND SO I STAYED (GRIT PICTURES LLC © 2021) is an award-winning d
 ocumentary directed by Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson about survivo
 rs of abuse fighting for their lives and spending years in prison\, profil
 ing three women and their experience.\n\nFormerly incarcerated survivor-ad
 vocate Kim Dadou Brown was a driving force in the passage of New York’s Do
 mestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA)\, a new law meant to reduce 
 harsh prison sentences for survivors. Nikki Addimando\, a mother of two yo
 ung children\, suffered the consequences when a judge refused to apply the
  law in her prosecution. Tanisha Davis\, a single mother who was ripped aw
 ay from her son in 2013\, is hopeful the new law is her way out of a harsh
  prison sentence.\n\nThe film demands viewers to bear witness to the gener
 ational trauma that women’s incarceration perpetuates. It exposes the miso
 gyny and racism embedded in the criminal legal system while also portrayin
 g the resilience\, hopes\, and dreams of survivors and their loved ones.\n
 \nAbout the Event\nThe film screening will be followed by a panel discussi
 on moderated by Alessandro Nardi ’22\, who has been working with survivors
  in prison seeking resentencing under the DVSJA through the Criminal Defen
 se & Advocacy Clinic. The panel will feature Kim Dadou Brown and film co-d
 irector Natalie Pattillo\, as well as Patrice Smith & Monica Szlekovics\, 
 members of Brooklyn Law School’s Survivors Justice Project.\n\nSJP is an i
 nterdisciplinary collective of activists\, lawyers\, researchers and stude
 nts – many of whom are survivors of domestic violence and currently and fo
 rmerly incarcerated women - working for the decarceration of domestic viol
 ence survivors by ensuring robust implementation and expansion of the DVSJ
 A.
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DESCRIPTION:This program will be held on Zoom with opportunity for audience
  questions. Registration for the film portion of the event is limited and 
 on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Attendees have the option of register
 ing for the panel discussion only.\n\nSponsored by Brooklyn Law School’s C
 enter for Criminal Justice and Survivors Justice Project (SJP).\n\nAbout t
 he Film\nAND SO I STAYED (GRIT PICTURES LLC © 2021) is an award-winning do
 cumentary directed by Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson about survivor
 s of abuse fighting for their lives and spending years in prison\, profili
 ng three women and their experience.\n\nFormerly incarcerated survivor-adv
 ocate Kim Dadou Brown was a driving force in the passage of New York’s Dom
 estic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA)\, a new law meant to reduce h
 arsh prison sentences for survivors. Nikki Addimando\, a mother of two you
 ng children\, suffered the consequences when a judge refused to apply the 
 law in her prosecution. Tanisha Davis\, a single mother who was ripped awa
 y from her son in 2013\, is hopeful the new law is her way out of a harsh 
 prison sentence.\n\nThe film demands viewers to bear witness to the genera
 tional trauma that women’s incarceration perpetuates. It exposes the misog
 yny and racism embedded in the criminal legal system while also portraying
  the resilience\, hopes\, and dreams of survivors and their loved ones.\n
 \nAbout the Event\nThe film screening will be followed by a panel discussi
 on moderated by Alessandro Nardi ’22\, who has been working with survivors
  in prison seeking resentencing under the DVSJA through the Criminal Defen
 se & Advocacy Clinic. The panel will feature Kim Dadou Brown and film co-d
 irector Natalie Pattillo\, as well as Patrice Smith & Monica Szlekovics\, 
 members of Brooklyn Law School’s Survivors Justice Project.\n\nSJP is an i
 nterdisciplinary collective of activists\, lawyers\, researchers and stude
 nts – many of whom are survivors of domestic violence and currently and fo
 rmerly incarcerated women - working for the decarceration of domestic viol
 ence survivors by ensuring robust implementation and expansion of the DVSJ
 A.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T161500
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LOCATION:https://www.brooklaw.edu/News-and-Events/Events/2021/2021_11_04
SUMMARY:Brooklyn Law School: And So I Stayed: Film Screening and Panel Disc
 ussion
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