Marnie Goodfriend

Sexual Assault Advocate/Author/Artist

A sexual assault advocate, writer, public speaker and artist, Marnie Goodfriend's activism spans over two decades. She is a speaker’s bureau member for RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network), a former Mount Sinai SAVI emergency room advocate and speaker, and has worked with the Silence Breakers, Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation, USC's Violence Intervention Program, Peace Over Violence, and changemakers including Rosanna Arquette and Rose McGowan. Her consultant work for Shonda Rhimes’ multi-episode rape storyline for ABC’s Private Practice garnered 2011 PRISM and NAACP awards.
Her writing has been published in TIME, The Washington Post, The Rumpus, Los Angeles Review of Books, LA Weekly, HealthyWomen, Health, and many others. She lives in Connecticut with her bullpei rescue, Dempsey.