May 2, 2022
How can you tell if someone has a crush on you?
How can you make yourself more attractive?
What is consent and why is it important?
How do you know if someone is catfishing you?
We ask the tough and fun questions about dating and relationships with Maggie Arthur, Director of Education at Resilience, a nonprofit organization in Chicago dedicated to the healing and empowerment of sexual assault survivors.
This episode was produced by Justus, David, Amari, Elvis, Karen, Genaro, Emon, and Edward.
About Maggie:
Maggie first joined the Resilience Education and Training team as in intern in 2016. She was then hired onto the team in 2018 and promoted to Director of Education and Training in 2021. In addition to facilitating sexual violence prevention education for Resilience, from 2018-2021 Maggie was also the Campaign Coordinator for the Our Music My Body campaign, addressing gender-based violence in the music community.
Prior to joining Resilience, Maggie spent nearly a decade volunteering in support of survivors of sexual violence and domestic violence. She holds a BFA in photography and a BA in journalism from Indiana University as well as a Master of Social Work from UIC’s Jane Addams College of Social Work. Maggie is both a 40-hour certified Domestic Violence Survivor Advocate and a 60-hour certified Sexual Assault Survivor Advocate.
Maggie idolizes Dolly Parton, reads voraciously, listens to heavy metal, relishes in bringing people together, adheres to the principles of disability justice and believes a future without violence is possible.
Season 8 theme is "Your Future"
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Power Your Story is produced by students in the Podcast Tech & Production programs of After School Matters in Chicago. We represent diverse voices, telling our real life stories through the power of podcasting technology.
Each season features a new group of student producers under the mentorship of producer, Andrea Klunder of The Creative Impostor Studios, creating personal journals, interviews, and educational pieces about the topics that matter most to us.
Season 8 is produced by Amari, Armani, Brandon, David, D'Angelo, D'Vonte, Edward, Emon, Elvis, Genaro, Joel, Jonas, Justus, Karen, and Rashaad.
Our theme music is by DJ Sparkz.