Please join us for a film screening and discussion of the powerful documentary "Anonymous Sister," with Ami Angel of the h3 Project. The film chronicles director Jamie Boyle's family and their personal journey and collision with the opioid epidemic over the past thirty years. It sheds light on the devastating effects of this crisis and aims to raise awareness and promote action.
ANONYMOUS SISTER is a recounting of what the opioid crisis looked like before it was labeled as such, when it entered your home under the guise of standard healthcare, when those to whom we entrust our lives became the greatest threat to it, when there was nothing left to do but bear witness. ANONYMOUS SISTER began as a teenage girl’s scream into the wind. -- Jamie Boyle, Two-time Emmy Award Winning Film Director
Agenda
7:00pm Welcoming Remarks
Uwe S. Brandes, Faculty Director
7:05pm Film Screening
8:35pm In Dialogue: Addiction & Community
Ami Angel, Founder, h3 Project
8:50pm Narcan Training
9:00pm Adjourn
About Ami Angel
Ami M. Angell, PhD, LLM, created The h3 Project to creatively address the issue of homelessness and human trafficking in Washington, D.C. Through previous work with other DC homeless agencies, she recognized a need that was not being met. Other positions she has held in the DCMV area include Executive Director at HER Resiliency Center and Director of Outreach with Pathways to Housing DC. Ami came to the DC area as a specialist in education and global threats, particularly in Anti-Human Trafficking.
Prior experience includes as a counter-terrorism and human trafficking research fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore, as well as a Rehabilitation and Reintegration Development Advisor with USAID in Afghanistan. She has spent a substantial amount of time working in the Middle East and Asia, including 44 months in Iraq (2005–2008), 22 months in Afghanistan (2010-2012), and 24 months in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel. She has also worked and lived in Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Switzerland, England, and Singapore. Her pastimes include traveling the world, enjoying good food, boxing, and competing in triathlons.
