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With honesty, vulnerability, passion, and courage, Tanya Selvaratnam draws from her personal story growing up around violence to offer a blueprint for a violence-free world. By providing a global context about the generational cycle of violence, she advocates for a society in which everyone feels safe, feels loved, feels seen, heard, and held.

The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series is a regular series in Washington, DC, presenting informal conversations with notable authors of current books

Join Tanya Selvaratnam and The Meteor's founder Cindi Leive as they present Tanya's newest book Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence.

Writer, artist, and award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam in conversation with acclaimed writer Andrew Solomon, discussing Tanya’s new book, Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence.

Three different forces on the front lines of the women’s movement discuss the triumphs, the setbacks, and what happens next.

Discussion on the Art of the Accused. A panel of authors discussed how to receive artists accused of crimes.

Selvaratnam is in conversation with Farai Chideya, creator and host of Our Body Politic, a nationally syndicated public radio show centering Black women and all women of color as we seek to build a better nation and world.

In this meeting, works of art will be displayed with the intent of catalyzing discussion about freedom of speech. Can an exploration of creative expression bring us closer to our collective values?

Book Tour: Assume Nothing, hosted by Skylight Books on February 25, 2021

In her memoir, Assume Nothing: A Story about Intimate Violence, Tanya chronicles her painful experience of isolation, control, and abuse, how she extricated herself from it, and her decision to come forward against the top law enforcement officer of New York State.

Assume Nothing: Self-Awareness in Violent Relationships