Join Kathryn Robb, Esq., Executive Director of Child USAdvocacy, as she speaks about the epidemic of child sexual abuse. Robb will share statistics, and information on the science of traumatology as well as the national and federal legislations in response to this epidemic, including the NY Child Victims Act, which has recently brought justice to Epstein and Prince Andrew victims.
This event is in-person, at 70 Murray St., room M-1215.
Kathryn Robb is a lawyer, legislative advocate, and law instructor who has been fighting to pass meaningful child sex abuse legislation across the country for over 16 years. Kathryn is the Executive Director of CHILD USAdvocacy. As an outspoken survivor of child sexual abuse, Kathryn continues to use her voice to implement common-sense legislative change to end child abuse and neglect and to enact victim friendly legislation. The initiatives of CHILD USAdvocacy included reforming SOLs for child abuse and neglect, ending FGM, ending conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth, ending exemptions for childhood vaccinations, ending child marriage and family court reform. She regularly testifies before legislative committees, writes opinions for local and national press and appears on news outlets at the local and national level. A co-founder of New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, a coalition of organizations, advocates, and sex abuse survivors from across New York. Kathryn worked closely with lawmakers to finally pass the New York Child Victims Act, after a 12-year hard-fought battle the bill was signed into law on February 14, 2019. Kathryn is a lawyer by trade specializing in legislative advocacy, legislative drafting of sexual abuse laws and SOL reform.
Kathryn has spent over 25 years as a law instructor preparing law students for writing component the bar exam, she specializes in non-traditional learners and ESL populations. Kathryn is a board member and legislative advocate for the nonprofit Massachusetts Citizens for Children, and she was instrumental in the SOL change to MA General Laws in 2014. Kathryn is a board member for the COVID-19 Task Force on Domestic Violence. She is a member of the Massachusetts bar. Kathryn is also a certified trainer for the MassKids Enough Abuse campaign, training the trainer program. Kathryn has authored and published countless op-eds for both local and national news outlets
Kathryn has been involved in local youth sports in her community and has coached basketball at the youth, middle school, high school, and AAU levels. She received her Juris Doctor from New England Law| Boston and Master of Science (MS) focused on Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology from the University of Hartford. Kathryn is passionately committed to employing the rule of law and sound public policy to uphold the dignity and protection of all children, while holding those who harm children fully accountable under both criminal and civil law.
Join us via Zoom: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/84614279335?pwd=S1paV1lEd2NmdnBRdWQ2d3RhR0p0dz09
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