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Molly Secours has earned national recognition for her health care documentary “Faces Of TennCare”and her work has been praised by members of the United States Congress as well as Rep. Senator Edward Kennedy and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In 1998 Ms. Secours was invited to serve as an Advisory Board Member at Fisk University's Race Relations Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2000, she presented an intervention to the United Nations in Santiago, Chile and during the Summer of 2001, Secours attended the United Nations Prep-com in Geneva, Switzerland, and, as a journalist, covered the historic World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa (August 2001). Secours is a contributing writer for several books including Should America Pay? published by Harper Collins (Jan. 2003). Her chapter, entitled "Riding the Reparations Bandwagon," addresses issues of white privilege and reparations for the African Slave Trade. In 2001, The Scene, Nashville's alternative weekly, identified Secours as one of "Nashville's most influential public Intellectuals" and as a strong presence in the community, Secours has used her skills as a writer and orator to challenge state and local officials to carefully consider the state's position on the death penalty and the racial disparities of the criminal justice system. In a previous life, Secours worked in theater, film and television and later founded a program called Youth Voice Through Video (Y.V.T.V.) wherein she taught video-making to juvenile offenders. She has written, produced and edited documentary videos related to social justice issues and is working on several documentary film projects for her company, One Woman Show Productions. Client List Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Penn State University Race Relations Center of East Tennessee, Inc. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis University of Kentucky Paula Zahn NOW St. Mary's College University of Illinois Scarritt Bennett Center Highland Hills, OH Menomonie, WI Southwest Minnesota State University More Info TBA 100 Black Women of Nashville Middle Tennessee State University Tennessee State University Tennessee Corrections Association Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Luncheon NAACP State Wide Conference Fisk University Middle Tennessee State University 2005 Dates Volunteer State Community College Vanderbilt University Tennessee State University University of Minnesota University of Michigan Rutger's University More Info TBA Spokane Falls Community College White Privilege Conference Southeast Civil Rights Association (SECRA) Conference Born Again Church Concordia College Carleton College Middle Tennessee State University St. Michael's College |
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For the past 15 years Molly Secours has used her artistic talents to effect social change and public policy regarding inequities in health care, education and criminal justice. She has appeared on numerous local and national radio and television talk shows including CNN's |
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