On Screen/In Person Film Series: And So I Stayed – FREE
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Doors: 5:45pm | Performance: 6:15pm
An award-winning documentary about survivors of domestic violence who are unjustly incarcerated for killing their abusers in self-defense. These women paid a steep price with long prison sentences, lost time with loved ones, and painful memories.
- 6:15 PM | Pre-show Community Panel with Whitney Barbusca, MSW, LSW Social Worker, Penn Medicine (LGH); Mandy Billman, Director of Sexual Assault Prevention & Counseling Center, YWCA; Fai Hammond, Outreach Coordinator, Domestic Violence Services; and Dr. Heather Givin, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Millersville University.
- 7:00 PM | Film screening
- Post-show | Q&A with survivor-advocate Kim Dadou Brown
In the Lyet Lobby, Penn Medicine will present its Silent Witness display. Silent Witness is a visual memorial to victims of Family and Intimate Partner Violence. The Silent Witnesses are red, life-size silhouettes. Each one bears a shield on which is written the story of a woman, child, or man who was killed by an abusive partner. The silhouettes also memorialize bystanders who were killed in attacks on an intimate partner.