The EPEC Echo

In this episode of our pop culture mini-series Media Musings, I sit down with EPEC Shelter Director, Andrea Brown Riley. We're discussing the impact that the hit tv series The Office has had on us. We're giving you the tools to start having conversations that address the negative side of some of our favorite movies and tv shows, as well as other types of media that we consume. To suggest topic ideas or guests please visit: https://epecwv.org/epec-echo/

Welcome to a new year with the EPEC Echo! January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and this month I am joined by EPEC executive director Katie Spriggs. We discuss some of the most common myths about human trafficking, and lean on Katie's expertise for a great look inside of the human trafficking prevention and intervention happening in West Virginia. To find anti-trafficking organizations and programs that offer emergency, transitional, or long-term services to victims and survivors of human trafficking, please visit: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en/find-local-services 

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December is home to some pretty big holidays including Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the ringing in of the New Year. Today’s episode is going to be directed towards survivors of interpersonal violence (sexual, domestic, and dating violence as well as stalking and human trafficking). I’m joined by LaShae Lopez, Rural Technical Assistance Coordinator at the Resource Sharing Project, a partnership between the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault. We discuss ways that survivors can cope with travel stress, unsafe or unsupportive loved ones, and how safety planning and boundaries can be used as tools - incuding a segment on ways the community can better support survivors. 

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In this episode of our pop culture mini-series Media Musings, I sit down with EPEC advocate, Meghan Boehmer. We're discussing the impact that the hit movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom has had on us and our view of violence, masculinity, and oppression.

Do you want to help us choose our next show, movie, or topic? Follow us on social media @TheEPECEcho! We're giving you the tools to start having conversations that address the negative side of some of our favorite movies and tv shows, as well as other types of media that we consume. To suggest topic ideas or guests please visit: https://epecwv.org/epec-echo/

In this episode of our pop culture mini-series Media Musings, I sit down with EPEC advocate, Melanie Kozak. We're discussing the impact that the hit movie Horrible Bosses (2011) has had on us and our view of sexual violence, masculinity, and relationship violence. 

Do you want to help us choose our next show, movie, or topic? Follow us on social media @TheEPECEcho! We're giving you the tools to start having conversations that address the negative side of some of our favorite movies and tv shows, as well as other types of media that we consume. To suggest topic ideas or guests please visit: https://epecwv.org/epec-echo/

In this episode, I sit down with Annie Lewin, Director of Social Equity, Inclusion, and Title IX at Shepherd University. We sit down to discuss the period of time known on college campuses as "The Red Zone" - a period of statistically heightened sexual assaults on college campuses across the country. We talk prevention and intervention on Shepherd's campus throughout the red zone period of late August-November. To suggest topic ideas or guests please visit: https://epecwv.org/epec-echo/

In this episode of our pop culture mini-series Media Musings, I sit down with EPEC Outreach Director, Nicole Roehm. We're discussing the impact that the hit HBO series Euphoria has had on us and our view of relationship abuse, sexual violence, and bias.

Do you want to help us choose our next show, movie, or topic? Follow us on social media @TheEPECEcho! We're giving you the tools to start having conversations that address the negative side of some of our favorite movies and tv shows, as well as other types of media that we consume. To suggest topic ideas or guests please visit: https://epecwv.org/epec-echo/

In this episode of our pop culture mini-series Media Musings, I sit down with EPEC Executive Director Katie Spriggs. We're discussing the impact that the 2008 movie Taken has had on our understanding of human trafficking. We're giving you the tools to start having conversations that address the negative side of some of our favorite movies and tv shows, as well as other types of media that we consume. To suggest topic ideas or guests please visit: https://epecwv.org/epec-echo/

In this episode of our pop culture mini-series Media Musings, I sit down with Amber Ross-Chapman, Director of Client Services at Branches Domestic Violence Shelter in Huntington, WV and EPEC Executive Director Katie Spriggs. We're discussing the impact that the public defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is having on our communities, and on survivors of domestic and sexual violence. 

We're giving you the tools to start having conversations that address the negative side of some of our favorite movies and tv shows, as well as other types of media that we consume. To suggest topic ideas or guests please visit: https://epecwv.org/epec-echo/

In this episode, I sit down with Sierra Santamaria, a sexual assault advocate here at EPEC. We sit down to discuss advocacy for survivors of sexual assault, the purpose of raising awareness, and the overall impact of sexual violence on our community. To suggest topic ideas or guests please visit: https://epecwv.org/epec-echo/