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 Anne ReamA Chicago-based writer and creative director, Anne Ream brings her private sector experience and passion for social justice together in her work with The Voices and Faces Project, the national non-profit she founded in 2003. A longstanding advocate for women's issues, Anne is also Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer for Girl360.net, a line of "tween" products launching in 2008, and the Executive Producer of The Voices and Faces Project, Volume One, a compilation CD featuring many of today's hottest indie rock acts (canasongchangetheworld.com). A former Senior Vice President and Group Creative Director at Leo Burnett USA, one of the country's largest communications companies, Anne believes that compelling creative ideas play a critical role in social movements. Anne serves on the advisory board of RAINN (the country's largest anti-violence organization), is Co-Chair of the Leadership Committee for Rape Victim Advocates, and has consulted for the Congressional Commission investigating sexual violence at the Air Force Academy. Anne’s essays and opinion pieces have appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and Washingtonpost.com. Anne was recently named one of People Magazine's "Heroes Among Us," and in 2006-2007 she received the Susan Estrich Courage Award, the End Violence Against Women International Visionary Award, and Soroptomist International's Woman Making a Difference Award. Anne was also named one of "Chicago's Top 40" by the Chicago Tribune. A finalist for the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize for documentary excellence, Anne’s written articulation of sexual assault survivor stories is shaped by her own experience as a rape survivor and her partnership with award-winning documentary photographer Patricia Evans. It is her history as a writer, activist and survivor that makes Anne well suited to direct The Voices and Faces Project. Of this project, which started as a book and has grown into a national movement, Anne says, "I went in search of the stories I needed to hear in the wake of my own rape - stories of women and men who have survived trauma, and gone on to live rich and meaningful lives. Our communities, our policymakers and our health care providers need to hear the voices and see these faces of rape and abuse, responding with not only compassion, but also action. If more of us stand up and speak out about this human rights issue, I believe that we can change things." |