Hope for Trauma Survivors & Victim Rights Rally
5pm CST July 11, 2021
Prairie Center for Arts | Schaumburg, IL
Join us virtually Sunday July 11th for powerful spoken word poetry, an inspirational tribute to survivors, and learn about PAVE’s past, present and future!
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A NIGHT HONORING SURVIVORS
Streamed Live From the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg, IL
Event Details
Arrivals - 4:30pm CST
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Awards and Entertainment - 5:00 - 6:30 pm CST
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After Party - 7pm CST
Esme Bianco
Esme recently bravely shattered the silence against a high profile musician.
British-born Esmé Bianco is an internationally-acclaimed actress and performer, best-known for her role as "Ros" in the Emmy Award-winning show, Game of Thrones (2011).
Degree-educated in Drama and Theatre Arts at London's Goldsmiths University; Bianco's acting career started with performances in music videos for the likes of Robbie Williams and Slayer, and UK television appearances on BBC and Channel 4; before she was cast as "Ros" in the pilot episode of HBO's "Game of Thrones".
Bianco has enjoyed a successful modeling career, fronting campaigns for luxury lingerie brands, such as Agent Provocateur, Modern Courtesan and Atsuko Kudo, and has traveled the world with her burlesque and cabaret shows, creating high octane performances for the likes of Sting, the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, W hotel, Ministry of Sound and Vanity Fair.
Angela Rose - PAVE Founder
In 2001 Angela founded the non-profit organization, Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment (PAVE), to create education and action surrounding the issues of sexual violence. Today PAVE has chapters in multiple states, trains fraternities and sororities on sexual assault prevention and convened the National Campus Sexual Assault Summit held at Georgetown Law that broadcasted live to over 300 colleges.
Angela’s efforts have been profiled by the Oprah Winfrey Network, Bio Channel, The Today Show, TIME Magazine, CosmoGirl, Girl’s Life magazine, and CNN Headline News profiled her on their “Breakthrough Women” series. Rose authored the book Hope, Healing and Happiness: Going Inward to Transform Your Life. She has been awarded accolades for her work including “Forward Under 40” by her alma mater University of Wisconsin-Madison, “The Inspiration Award” from Today’s Chicago Woman magazine, and the “Promise Award” from the YWCA.
PAVE now operates the newly launched Survivors.org site, one of the nations most comprehensive survivors support portals.
Whitney Reynolds
Emmy nominated & Telly Award winning Whitney Reynolds' national news background and love for people have been combined to create a show that is changing the dialogue for talk TV. She produces a program that is dedicated to being a safe space for delicate life stories. She discovered this mission first hand through her own difficult childhood. The Whitney Reynolds Show educates, inspires and makes a difference, one topic at a time. What started as an online talk show moved to NBC within its first year. In 2012 the show made strategic changes, which included a shift in focus and move to PBS, Amazon Prime & Apple TV. In 2020 the show was picked up for national distribution by NETA and starting premiering across the country January 6th of 2021.
The mission however, doesn’t stop with her TV program. Since 2013 Whitney has hosted a motivational “give back” segment on iHeart Radio and in 2021 launched a national iHeart Podcast, Pop and Positivity. She also authored Beyond The Interview and has a column in Cancer Wellness Magazine. Over the years Whitney has help fundraising over 2 million of dollars for local and global charities through her media work.
Originally from Oklahoma, she's learned how to combine southern charm with big city hustle. Her motto is: If the door closes, find the darn window. Whitney graduated from Baylor University in three years and moved to New York to intern for Good Morning America. Post GMA, she was a morning anchor in both Oklahoma and Texas. She has since planted her roots in Chicago and lives in the Roscoe Village neighborhood with her husband David, 17 year old Shih Tzu and 4 year old twins.
Steve Connell
Equal parts actor, comic, poet, and motivator Steve Connell has become, over the last few years, a transformative and sought after entertainer with private performances for President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Norman Lear and many others. Corporate giants like Sony/Universal, Pioneer, Farmers and Gap Inc. are among the many organizations amazed by Steve’s ability to be highly entertaining while explaining key messages and complex thoughts.
His performances have been seen on stage, film and tv, everywhere from Sundance to the Whitehouse, from the Kennedy Center to the Public, on ABC, HBO, MTV and more.
Steve is also a PAVE Ambassador.
Soulful Ambitions
Lauren D. Armour, aka Soulful Ambitions, raised on the south side of Chicago, is a poet who aims to Speak Up and Speak Out as a voice for the voiceless. She also is a writer and actress and has appeared on Windy City Live for Domestic Violence Awareness in 2019, Hosted an NPO week at Robert Morris University with special guests from PAVE and Tiffany Ray a survivor or human trafficking.
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