5 December 2022 - 5 December 2022
3:00PM - 4:00PM
TLC101, Teaching and Learning Centre
Free
Join us for a screening of Us Too: Alisha’s Story. Written by Julie Tsang and directed by Katja Roberts. Us Too Alisha’s Story focuses on the experiences of women with learning disabilities reporting sexual violence. The film was co-created by Open Clasp Theatre Company, and researchers from Durham and Sunderland University in collaboration with women from Us Too. Us Too were supported in the project by Association for Real Change (ARC England).
Us Too Poster
This event is chaired by Nicole Westmarland, Director of CRIVA. The film will be introduced by Alison Jobe (Durham University), Helen Williams (Sunderland University) and Julie Tsang (Open Clasp Theatre Company). The film screening will be followed by an opportunity to ask the co-creators questions about the film.
Research shows that people with learning disabilities are at higher risk of sexual abuse, and that women with learning disabilities are particularly vulnerable. When women with learning disabilities report sexual violence to the police, their reports are less likely to result in a conviction. Us Too: Alisha’s story was co-created to effect change and to develop inclusive criminal justice responses to sexual violence. The film will be used in an ESRC funded participatory theatre-based project to develop criminal justice practice in Durham in 2023.
The project was funded by Durham University ESRC Impact Acceleration Account, Research England Participatory Action Research Fund and Sunderland University. The project is supported by the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRIVA) and the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action (CSJCA) and the at Durham University.
This event will take place in TLC101, Teaching and Learning Centre, Durham University. If you have any queries, please contact sociology.research@durham.ac.uk
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