“The First of Many” Screening Events
WHO: PAVE Ambassador Pamela Guest is an actress, award-winning director, and casting director. She is on SAG-AFTRA National and Local Board of Directors, SAG-AFTRA President’s Blue Ribbon Sexual Harassment Work Group, and Time’s Up Liaison Committee with SAG-AFTRA. She wrote and directed the powerful and award-winning film “The First of Many”.
WHAT: “The First of Many” is an award-winning film short based on true life events. PAVE Ambassador Pamela Guest was a young 21-year old aspiring actress when she was raped during an audition by Academy award-winning composer and serial perpetrator Joseph Brooks. “The First of Many” screening action guide created by PAVE will contain: link to download the film, a discussion guide, and a series of director videos discussing Pamela’s healing journey. These healing videos will be made available for organizations and individuals to share on social media.
WHERE: “The First of Many” screening action guides will be made available by PAVE (Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment) across the country in partnership with other organizations, schools, community groups, and Hollywood businesses.
WHEN: April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and September, National Campus Safety Awareness Month
WHY: While the #MeToo movement brought significant awareness to the problem of sexual assault, many survivors still struggle with shame and self-blame. Moreover, there is still a vast need for understanding how these “casting-couch” assaults happen and a need for what we can do to stop them.
HOW: Click here to sign up to receive your free toolkit on how to host a screening.
ABOUT PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment (PAVE) is national 501c3 nonprofit that works to prevent sexual assault and heal survivors through social advocacy, education, and victim support. PAVE has trained more than 50,000 college students and 2,500 professionals and currently maintain over 50 chapters and affiliates across the country. PAVE’S military training has reached thousands and recently, PAVE held a training for the cast and crew of Hamilton on Broadway. PAVE was founded by sexual assault survivor Angela Rose. Abducted from a shopping mall as a teen, Angela Rose funneled her anger into activism by spearheading community action to change laws in Illinois at the age of seventeen. She created PAVE as a student organization in 2001 at UW-Madison and fostered the growth into a multi-national nonprofit.
