Posted 10:18 a.m. Monday, April 21, 2014
A PBS documentary “Rape in the Fields” will be shown at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in 1404 Centennial Hall as part of the event “Justice for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault in the Fields of California, Iowa and Washington.”
A PBS documentary “Rape in the Fields” will be shown at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in 1404 Centennial Hall as part of the event “Justice for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault in the Fields of California, Iowa and Washington.”
After the film, participants are encouraged to engage in discussion from 5:30-8 p.m. with the two lead attorneys from the cases profiled in the documentary, Sonia Parras-Konrad and William Tamayo. The attorneys will discuss the cases and the immigrant victims as well as what people can do to prevent a similar situation from happening again. Tamayo is the regional attorney of the San Francisco District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Parras-Konrad is of the Law Office of Sonia Parras, PLLC & ASISTA, Des Moines, Iowa.
“Rape in the Fields” is a Frontline investigation of rape on the job for immigrant women. The story unveils the struggle to undocumented women who are working hard to provide for their families while falling prey to field bosses and other male co-workers, according to the Frontline website.