WTF is on my Mind?! What is CONSENT? Does Yes mean YES?
In this episode: I talk to two incredible women who are leading the charge to redefine how we think about and legislate consent—Joyce Short and Nina Lucas of the Consent Awareness Network, or CAN.
If Joyce Short gets her way, both “Yes Means Yes” and “No Means No” will be stricken from our laws. She is a sexual assault survivor and the author of 4 books that can turn our human right to consent into a civil right backed by law.
She is the founder and Chief Executive of the Consent Awareness Network and a TEDx Talk Presenter. She has been an expert witness and the architect of several legislative bills that can radically change how our justice system deals with consent.
Joyce has been featured on Nightline, CBS News, BuzzFeed, Inside Edition, the NY Times, and more, and she’s been quoted in books and journals, including “The Moment” by Andrea Constand, and has been honored as a 'Woman of Distinction" by the NY State Assembly.
Nina Lucas serves as Chief of Staff and a Consent Outreach Ambassador for the Consent Awareness Network (CAN). She is also an activist with Never Alone Advocacy, founded to fight back against abuse of power in the military. As a classically trained singer, Nina's secret superpower is opera and she is dedicated to applying her robust voice to inform, educate and empower however she can in all efforts to #CodifyConsent
WEBSITE: www.consentawareness.net
Joyce's TEDx TALK: https://bit.ly/DefineConsent
Joyce's Book: Your Consent: The Key to Conquering Sexual Assault (revised edition): bit.ly/ConsentRevised
ACTION ITEM - SIGN THE PETITION: http://bit.ly/BillPetition
DONATE: https://consentawareness.net/donate/
OTHER CULT/CONSENT podcast appearances:
CONTACT US: bit.ly/ConsentAmbassador
#FGKIA - freely given, knowledgeable informed agreement (by a person with the capacity to reason)
#CodifyConsent
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