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Speaker for the California Association of School CounselorsPresentation at the 2021 CASC Conference about how school counselors might handle student-on-student reports of sexual abuse, with a focus on the legal and internal processes that might result from such reports. The session included a background of Title IX claims and the current status of the law, practical pointers on what these reports mean, and what a school and the police/ DA's office does when such complaints are received. The talk aimed to educate counselors about what these cases involve so that they feel comfortable and confident in how to best support their school communities. |
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Special Edition: Owl Post and Sejal PatelSeptember 12, 2017 - In our final episode of Season 3, we have a chance to sit down with lawyer and fellow divinity school graduate, Sejal Patel. She chats with us about justice, Hinduism, and the Niebuhr brothers. We also do a last round of owl posts for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, hearing your thoughts about friendship, trauma, isolation, and spiritual practices.
http://www.harrypottersacredtext.com Available on SoundCloud and iTunes. |
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Reading at San Francisco Public LibraryA reading of "Seven Almonds" at Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition. The essay won First Place in Intercultural Essay category in 2015.
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Sophomores Discuss Justice Issues with Former ProsecutorA guest speaker to Broadway on February 26 engaged Convent sophomores in a conversation about assumptions and the prosecutorial system. Students in the “Hislish” class — a combination of history, literature and English taught by Rachael Denny and Michael Stafford — met Sejal Patel, who offered some insight into “circles of blame” within the legal system. Sejal also led a discussion about decisions to leave prisoners in solitary confinement for extended periods, even years at a time.
Sejal called on the group to embrace three civic acts: speak up (adding that 78% of OpEd pieces in the NY Times and 83% at the Wall Street Journal are written by men); embrace jury duty when called; and vote. |