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The Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment (SAGE) presents Chanel Miller, who will discuss her acclaimed memoir, Know My Name, and her journey as a survivor of sexual violence who spoke out about the legal system’s double standards toward sexual assault victims and their assailants, reclaimed her story, and became a force for survivor empowerment. Miller’s conversation with USC professor Chris Belcher will serve as a healing space and learning experience for survivors and allies.

This event is presented as part of SAGE’s annual Take Back the Night campaign. Take Back the Night is held during Sexual Assault Awareness Month to empower and support survivors of sexual assault and gender-based harm.

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Chanel Miller is a writer and artist who received her BA in Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her critically acclaimed memoir, Know My Name, was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, as well as a best book of 2019 in Time, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, NPR, and People, among others. She is a 2019 Time Next 100 honoree and a 2016 Glamour Woman of the Year honoree under her pseudonym, “Emily Doe.”

Chris Belcher is professor and writer who has nearly a decade of experience in professional BDSM and the sex workers’ rights movement. She holds a PhD in Literature and Gender Studies from USC, with an emphasis on race and sexuality in American culture. Her teaching focuses on identity, diversity, and LGBTQIA+ communities, and she is currently at work on her forthcoming memoir, Pretty Baby, which considers themes of coming out, gender identity, trauma, and violence.

Presented by Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment (SAGE). Co-sponsored by the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies; Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Popular Culture; Department of English; USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative; Asian Pacific American Student Services (APASS); the Asian Pacific American Student Assembly (APASA); and the Latinx Student Assembly (LSA).