Janel Grant to speak at Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence event
Janel Grant is scheduled to speak at an event hosted by the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence next week.
Grant will be a guest speaker on Thursday, February 19, at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Connecticut. The event is focused on advocating for policy changes aimed at strengthening protections for survivors of sexual violence.
One stated goal of the event is to pursue reforms to non-disclosure agreement policies that can prevent survivors from speaking publicly about past abuse. Grant’s NDA with WWE and Vince McMahon is a significant aspect of her ongoing litigation.
Grant was quoted in a press release issued on Wednesday:
“We are all more vulnerable to coercive control than we realize. Coercive control happens in increments, and entire industries are built on systems of coercive control. Tools such as NDAs can be used to ominously justify anything, and even turn a life into someone else’s storyline, keeping even those who have not signed confidentiality agreements working in fear. Any system that sacrifices people, whether current or former employees, at the expense of safety and human dignity, is dangerous, if not impossible, for someone to ‘leave.’ I’m not alone in living a life looking over my shoulder. Evolving systems and holistic change in how we address sexual violence remains painfully slow. I am here to be a part of the solution and give a voice to people in Connecticut who are living and working in fear. I want to empower others with information in the hopes that we can create a better and safer world.”
Another stated goal of the event is to encourage lawmakers to codify the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) into Connecticut state law. PREA establishes standards for the detection, prevention, and response to sexual assaults in prisons.
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