Sandra Fluke, an attorney and social justice advocate from California visited Castleton on April 25, speaking to hundreds in Casella Theater.
“Making Our Voices Heard” focused heavily on gender equality, touching on five central categories: body and reproductive rights, family rights, work place, government and international.
Fluke used several legal and governmental fights to illustrate the changes in the nation’s views on equality.
Nominated as one of Time’s “Person of the Year 2012″, Sandra Fluke gained instant fame through her notable experience in 2012 before a House panel, in which she passionately testified on the need to provide access to contraception. In this presentation, Fluke expertly surveys local, state, and federal legislation and legislative trends that have the potential to advance or hinder the progress of social justice. Her inspiring talk is nothing short of a call to audience members to make their own voices heard and create social change and legislative action on issues that are important to them.