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DVD LAUNCH OCTOBER 19, 2007
Post-Screening Discusssion on
Creative Responses to Choice Issues
Our Guests:
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| Angela Bonavoglia |
ANGELA BONAVOGLIA
Angela Bonavoglia is the author of The Choices We Made: Twenty-Five
Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion, with an introduction by Gloria Steinem. In interviews with Linda Ellerbee,
Kathy Najimy, Rita Moreno, Jill Clayburgh, and others, Angela probes their stories of seeking abortion care
and reproductive services, making plain the need desire for reproductive freedom in the lives of real people and
celebrities alike.
Stories from The Choices We Made are included on the DVD of Words of Choice.
In the post-screening discussion, Angela will talk about her creative process and what it was like conducting her interviews.
An eloquent journalist who frequently publishes in magazines and newspapers,
Angela is also the author of Good Catholic Girls about women who are trying to open the Catholic church to change.
Read More About ANGELA BONAVOGLIA and 'The Choices We Made' here.
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| Emily Lyons |
EMILY LYONS
On January 28, 1998, Emily Lyons was an R.N. at a women's
health care clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. The next day at 7:33 a.m., entering the clinic,, she was blasted by a bomb
placed at the clinic by a man later identified as Eric Rudolph, an anti-abortion terrorist. Hundreds of nails ripped
through her body. Emily suffered permanent injuries, including loss of sight in one eye, incapacitated hands and
shattered legs, and underwent dozens of surgeries. But she refused to bow to fear, to change her beliefs, or to lose
her sense of humor. "One of my favorite sayings is: 'Not much intimidates you, once you have been blown up,'" says Emily.
Her resolve, strength and grace serve as powerful inspiration.
Emily's saga is one of the stories
in the Words of Choice DVD.
Emily and
her husband, Jeff Lyons, also tell their stories in a book, Life's Been A Blast, which they self-published.
At our DVD launch on Oct. 19, Emily will talk about why and how she began to speak out for choice whenever she could,
despite her travails.
Read more about Emily Lyons and 'Life's Been A Blast' here.
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