A Conversation between Anita Hill and Kimberlé Crenshaw.
Sexual Harassment from Congressional Testimony to the #MeToo Movement.
Location: Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce Street
On October 10, 2018, more than 1,100 members of the Penn and Philadelphia community joined the Alice Paul Center at Irvine Auditorium for a timely and riveting conversation between Anita Hill and Kimberlé Crenshaw. Reflecting a perverse déjà vu, the Alice Paul Center event was Anita Hill’s first public remarks after the Kavanaugh confirmation twenty-eight years after the Center hosted Dr. Hill in her first public talk after the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.
Sexual Harassment from Congressional Testimony to the #MeToo Movement brings together Anita Hill and Kimberlé Crenshaw for a discussion of the historical context for and current movements against sexual harassment. With Penn’s own Dorothy Roberts acting as moderator, the event brings together three of the most distinguished gender, race and legal scholars
The event is sold out. Any unclaimed ticketed seat not claimed by 4:45 will be opened on a first come basis. Please note new venue for the event: Irvine Auditorium @ 3401 Spruce Street
Penn, national and international coverage of the event
mediaactivism.org (written by Jessa Lingel, APC/GSWS Core Faculty & Annenberg)
In this excerpt from the evening, Anita Hill responses to the question: Do you have advice for Christine Blasey Ford and other people struggling with how to balance protection of their own privacy and sanity with responsibility to come forward to call out powerful transgressors?
In this excerpt from the evening, Anita Hill responses to the question: So far it appears that academia has been largely untouched by the #MeToo Movement. Why is it so hard to break open sexual harassment at the university and do you have any suggestions for strategies for breaking it open?
In this excerpt from the evening, Kimberlé Crenshaw discusses Conceptual Asymmetry in relation to the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearing, during which she assisted the legal team representing Anita Hill.