Podcasts about right to a high school survivor's story

Join Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson as she moderates a panel on using your power to empower with designer and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg; media mogul and founder of Women in the World, Tina Brown; Chessy Prout, author of "I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope"; and Danielle Saint-Lôt, Ambassador at large for Women’s Empowerment for the Republic of Haiti. The panel took place after our annual Global Mentoring Walk in New York City, one of 172 walks in 64 countries around the world.

In this episode, the Swain Girls talk with PAVE Ambassador Chessy Prout about sexual assault, consent, communication, and healthy relationships. Chessy is currently a student at Barnard College, activist, and nationally-acclaimed author. Her book, I Have The Right To, describes her story of sexual assault during her freshman year at St. Paul's Boarding School in New Hampshire and her journey coping and dealing with this attack. Chessy has been featured on the Today Show, presented at conferences, and daily shares her mission to help other sexual assault survivors and encourage them to find their voice, speak up, and be heard. Resources: I Have The Right To - Website I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope - Buy Here >>> PAVE - Website   Girls Can is a podcast created to help educate and inform young omen throughout the world. Our shows will discuss many issues, skills, and lessons that effect the lives of young women. We plan to interview professional women in our community to learn from their experiences and mentorship. We wanted to give all girls an opportunity to hear leadership advice from smart, strong, successful, and amazing women. This podcast is sponsored in part with a grant from HERlead - A Fellowship for young women on their way.  Girls Can Podcast is created and produced in collaboration with Deep Fried Studios.

Vital Voices COO Alvin Allgood sits down with Alex Prout, one of our 2018 Voices of Solidarity honorees and chair of the Vital Voices Solidarity Council, to discuss Alex's work fighting gender-based violence, his experience advocating for his daughter, Chessy, and how men and boys can become allies in the fight against sexual assault. Alex is the father of Chessy Prout, author of the book I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope.  Please be advised, this podcast includes a discussion of sexual violence, and contains information about sexual assault which may be upsetting to some listeners. If you'd like to speak with a specialist about some of the sensitive issues covered today, please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or visit www.rainn.org/get-help    Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, We opened up the lines to you about the school walkouts to protest gun violence — should students be disciplined if they skip class to demonstrate? Brian O'Donovan and the members ofOpen The Door For Three joined us for a preview of this weekend's St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn. Emily Rooney gave us her famous list of fixations and fulminations. Business columnist Shirley Leung explained the downfall of Necco candy and Toys 'R Us. Chessy Prout joined us to talk about her experience as a victim of sexual assault at St. Paul's School and her new book, "I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope." Under The Radar's Callie Crossley gave us an update on Omarosa Manigault reportedly blocking Heritage Foundation President Kay Cole from working in the White House. Somerville's Mayor Curtatone and Salem's Mayor Driscoll came in for our Mayoral Madness News Quiz.