Speaking Engagements
Ms. Rosenfeld is available for speaking engagements. She has lectured extensively both around the US and abroad.
While Ms. Rosenfeld tailors her lectures to her audience, her speaking on sexual respect and stopping sexual violence often includes:
“Rape Is…”
Film followed by lecture and discussion by Ms. Rosenfeld, co-producer of the award-winning film with Cambridge Documentary Films. Featuring Eve Ensler, author of the Vagina Monologues, and others, the film explores the many forms of rape, from child sexual abuse to the use of rape as a tool of war. The film is a powerful educational tool used to open a discourse on rape, sexual assault, prostitution, sex trafficking and sexual coercion. Rosenfeld has shown the film to audiences across the country and abroad.
Her recent speaking engagements on this topic include:
- U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Title IX and Sexual Assault: Exploring New Paradigms for Prevention and Response, Boston, MA March 24- 25, 2011. (closing Keynote address)
“Standing Up for Sexual Respect” – A Peer-to-Peer
Educational Initiative
In this talk, Ms. Rosenfeld incorporates video clips reflecting popular culture to generate a conversation about sexual respect. Often done with humor, she teaches her audiences about media literacy, making people aware of their roles as producers of and participants in social culture. Appropriate for college campuses interested in promoting a healthy discourse on sexual respect, Ms. Rosenfeld is working with the American Association of University Women to create a national platform for this program.
Her recent speaking engagements on this topic include:
- U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, ”Empower Your Campus-Raising Awareness of Title IX,” Cleveland, OH September 2010. (Lecture: “Creating a Peer Culture of Sexual Respect on Campus”).
“Changing the Paradigm on Our Response to Domestic Violence”
This lecture introduces Ms. Rosenfeld’s ideas for changing the paradigm in how society and the criminal justice system respond to domestic violence. She has spearheaded the effort to use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) monitoring for domestic violence offenders in high-risk cases. She has written and lectured extensively on this topic, and has advised several states on legislative efforts to promote the use of GPS monitoring to enforce orders of protection and save women’s lives.
Her recent speaking engagements on this topic include:
- National Network to End Domestic Violence, Train the Trainers Conference: “Using GPS Monitoring of Offenders in High-Risk Domestic Violence Cases” August 2010.
“The Bonobo Principle: Exploring the Power and Potential of Female Alliances”
Using the example of the bonobos, Professor Rosenfeld explores ways in which female alliances can stop male sexual coercion. This talk encourages women as leaders to recognize how divisions among women work to disempower us, and how if we can overcome our differences and realize how male sexual coercion functions to divide us, we can truly make the world a better and more equal environment for all.
