Susan Antilla and Me at Manhattanville College

I was thrilled to meet Susan Antilla - investigative reporter and author of “Tales From the Boom-Boom Room” about sexual harassment on Wall Street - at a leadership event at Manhattanville College where I will be shooting “About That Night” next summer. You’ll see the remarks I made at the presentation below:

“Thanks to Susan Antilla for her groundbreaking work.  As Susan outlined, one of the biggest hurdles facing women in the workplace is sexual harassment and assault. 

Unfortunately, young women often face the same sort of hurdles while pursuing an education that would prepare them to take their roles as leaders in the workplace and the wider world.  1 in 3 female students are sexually assaulted in college – these assaults derailing these young women just as they are beginning their college careers.

Manhattanville has always been at the forefront of supporting women in attaining a world class education and is now the filming location for our project to help educate young women in high school and in college orientation programs about sexual assault on college campuses. 

We’re making a feature film about a sexual assault on a fictional college campus that explores the fallout for several young women and men.  And we’re developing content based on the film for distribution to high schools and college orientation programs that raises awareness and includes data, interviews and resources.

We have received a grant from the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund for this work because it supports equity in education.  And as we all know, equity in education is where equity in the workplace starts.  Leadership starts right here.

We will be shooting the film on campus next summer.  And we have set up an internship program for Manhattanville students so that they can have on the job training by working on the film and have a leg up when they start their careers. 

We are very grateful to Manhattanville and proud to bring this project to campus and I am happy to answer any questions after our program here concludes.”