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Photos - James X Play and Panel Discussion

On December 15, 2011, the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault organized a special performance of James X, the critically acclaimed one-man show about the child abuse scandal in Ireland, at the Cultural Project. The play was directed by Gabriel Byrne (“In Treatment”), and written and performed by Gerard Mannix Flynn. A Panel Discussion afterwards focused on how to respond to and prevent child sexual abuse at large, respected institutions, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
The panelists were:

Susan Xenarios, Director, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Crime Victims Treatment Center;
NYS Senator Thomas Duane;
Karen Baker, Director of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center;
Robert Hettleman, Chief of the Child Abuse Unit, The New York County District Attorney’s Office;
Billye Jones Mulraine, Assistant Executive Director of Clinical Services, Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) Child Sexual Abuse Treatment and Prevention Program Child Sexual Abuse Treatment and Prevention Program;
Gerard Mannix Flynn, James X playwright and actor

Alliance Executive Director Mary Haviland gave the closing remarks, and presented Mr. Flynn and Mr. Byrne with the Alliance’s “Artistic Ally” Certificates of Recognition.

Below, please find photos from the event and a video clip of the panel discussion. To view the entire panel discussion, please visit our Youtube channel.

Photography and videography by David B. Mattingly (www.davidmattingly.com)

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Alliance E.D. Mary Haviland with NYS Senator Tom Duane and James X playwright/actor Gerard Mannix Flynn

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Panel Discussion

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Scene from James X