Jan Goff LaFontaine https://janlafontaine.com Creating social change, empowering women and girls, one photograph at a time Fri, 03 May 2019 19:07:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 Speaking Out Opening https://janlafontaine.com/2019/04/29/speaking-out-opening/ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:43:49 +0000 http://janlafontaine.com/?p=84 Continue readingSpeaking Out Opening]]>
Cabrillo opening 2018

(2017) For the last 3 years, the courageous women on a Santa Cruz, California college campus have dared to speak out publicly about their sexual and physical assaults. For many of these women, they spent years suffering in silence, and this was the first time they had ever shared their story. Some had been carrying this heavy burden since childhood.

Like so many women, the reason they were afraid to speak out was because they felt self-blame and shame – for the violence someone else committed against them. But these women dared to come forward not just to speak of their trauma, but to focus on how they have tried to heal and move forward. They do this not just for their own healing, but for others who may be still be carrying this burden in silence, to let them know they are not alone, and to offer hope.

They create a solidarity, a sisterhood, standing together to take their power back. Join them as they speak out to make a difference on their campus and in their community.

Speaking Out Invitation
]]> My Exhibits are Available https://janlafontaine.com/2018/03/02/i-am-available-for-speaking-engagements/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:33:20 +0000 http://janlafontaine.com/?p=166 The Speaking Out, and Women in Shadow and Light exhibits are available for college campuses, conferences, events. I would also be happy to speak at your events,. . Please use the contact page to reach out!

]]> Southeast Museum of Photography https://janlafontaine.com/2018/02/13/southeast-museum-of-photography/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:12:47 +0000 http://janlafontaine.com/?p=91 Continue readingSoutheast Museum of Photography]]> The exhibit at the Southeast Museum of Photography from Tuesday March 6th through Saturday April 14th, 2018 was exquisite. Jan Goff-LaFontaine will visit the college to present a lecture and provide a book signing on April 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in the ballroom of the Mori Hosseini Center on the campus of Daytona State College.  The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Southeast Museum of Photography and the Daytona State College Center for Women and Men.

For more information go to

https://www.smponline.org/women-in-shadow-and-light

 

]]> Bella Pelle Opening https://janlafontaine.com/2018/02/13/bella-pelle-opening/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:38:39 +0000 http://janlafontaine.com/?p=75 Continue readingBella Pelle Opening]]> Courage for a Cause (2016) – A wonderful gathering in support of women at this beautiful salon on Maiden Lane in San Francisco. All proceeds from book and print sales going to SPARK, a philanthropic network of young professionals who invest to improve the lives of women around the world. Also donations going to La Casa de Las Madres, and San Francisco Women Against Rape.

So heartwarming to see the overwhelming outpouring of community support for this issue.

Bella Pelle Flyer
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