A Survivor Of Sexual Assault And Domestic Violence, How She Overcame It And Has Gone On To Do Amazing Advocacy Work!

2022-04-05

4/5/2022 Show #52

Tonight's Guest Is Kat Duesterhaus,

She is a survivor of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. She is activist and organizer at heart, and a freelance digital media professional by trade. Kat lives in Miami and serves as Communications Director, Digital Organizer, and Freedom From Violence Task Force Chair with Florida’s National Organization for Women, and Treasurer and Co-Chair of Housing Justice with Miami’s Coalition to Advance Racial Equity. Kat is also a member of Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie County’s Sexual Assault Response Teams, Florida Council Against Sexual Violence, and RAINN’s National Speaker Bureau. For the past 3 sessions Kat has advocated and organized to help pass 3 Rape Law Reform bills, including Donna’s Law - which removed the time limits for prosecuting rape against a minor, Gail’s Law - which established a Rape Kit Tracking System for Florida, and SB 1530 - which required Trauma Informed Training for Law Enforcement Officers in Florida and established Sexual Assault Response Teams statewide. And while in this last session almost all of the bills Kat was supporting did not pass - including Greyson’s Law and the bill to Close Florida’s Incapacitated Rape Loophole - Kat was able to organize over 70,000 letters to legislators from citizens across Florida, filling lawmakers’ inboxes and making sure the voice of the everyday Floridian was heard in the Capital.

Moms Media Training Blurb and Registration link- This virtual Media Training event will equip Moms, Grandmoms, and otherwise identifying Protective Parents to speak out about the injustices being experienced in Florida Family courts. Let’s flood the news with letters to the Editors, Opinion Pieces, and through live interviews for Mother Day 2022!

Join us at 6 PM via Zoom on April 21st for Moms Media Training. All are welcome but you must register to receive the link: https://forms.gle/sUTW1eyVU2UgGkcf6

Hosted by Lily from Florida Protective Parents and featuring Media Training by Florida NOW Communications Director Kat Duesterhaus and a Writing Workshop led by Protective Parent Jennifer Sexton from Be Like Abigail.

www.floridaprotectiveparents.org

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