Men in Heels, Angela Shelton Highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Efforts

 

Have you ever googled your name to see if other people share your moniker?

 

In 2001, documentary film producer Angela Shelton set out to interview 40 women around the nation who shared her name for an experimental film project. Her cross-country lark led to a sobering discovery. Nearly three-fourths of the Angelas she interviewed had been raped, beaten or molested.

 

Shelton says her experience in filming “Searching for Angela Shelton” forced her to confront her own abusive past and inspired her to begin a campaign of healing. She founded the Angela Shelton Foundation to provide financial assistance to worldwide organizations and projects in the arts and media that are dedicated to inspiring, empowering and aiding all survivors of abuse to heal and lead joyful lives.

 

Shelton speaks about her journey at Utah State University Tuesday, April 10, at 3 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center Stevenson Ballroom. Her talk, “Breaking the Cycle,” is free and open to all.

 

Shelton appears on campus during the university’s observance of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month as part of the ASUSU Convocation Series. USU’s observance also includes the Walk-a-Mile-in-Her-Shoes fundraiser Wednesday, April 11, on the TSC patio. Sponsored by USU’s Sexual Assault and Anti-Violence office, the wacky spectacle raises funds for campus rape prevention educational efforts.

 

To view the documentary, “Searching for Angela Shelton,” visit the Web site.

 

 

Contact: Rachel Brighton [saaviinfo@cc.usu.edu], 435-797-1510