Julie Valentine Luncheon Features Author/Survivor
Chanel Miller will speak at The Art of Healing, the 16th Annual Julie Valentine Center Luncheon, at noon Feb. 14 at the Greenville Convention Center.
The annual luncheon and fundraiser for the Julie Valentine Center will be presented by Ahead Start.
Chanel Miller used the alias, Emily Doe, when she astonished the world with a powerful letter after Brock Turner was sentenced to only six months in county jail after sexually assaulting her on the campus of Stanford University.
The victim impact statement she read in court immediately went viral when it was posted on Buzzfeed. Within days, it had been viewed by 11 million people, translated globally, and read on the floor of Congress.
Miller’s testimony ultimately inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge who presided over her case. Thousands of assault survivors wrote that her letter had given them the courage to speak about their own experiences.
In “Know My Name,” Miller reclaims her identity and narrative in a memoir of trauma and transcendence. Her story underscores that even in a “perfect” sexual assault case – with eyewitnesses and evidence – justice is never a guarantee.