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Councilwoman Gym's office, the Mayor’s Commission on Women, and the Mayor’s Office of Public Engagement hosted a public reading of the Stanford rape survivor’s public statement in its entirety to build awareness about sexual violence.
Kathy McGrath reads portions of the letter.
A
Hello,
Your
Honor,
if
it
is
all
right
for
the
majority
of
this
statement,
I
would
like
to
address
the
defendant
directly.
You
don't
know
me,
but
you've
been
inside
me
and
that's
why
we're
here
today
on
January
17th
2015,
it
was
a
quiet
Saturday
night
at
home.
My
dad
made
some
dinner
and
I
sat
at
the
table
with
my
younger
sister
who
was
visiting
for
the
weekend.
I
was
working
full
time
and
it
was
approaching
my
bedtime
I
plan
to
stay
at
home
by
myself
watch
some
TV
and
read.
A
While
she
went
to
a
party
with
her
friends,
then
I
decided
it
was
my
only
night
with
her
I
had
nothing
better
to
do
so.
Why
not?
There's
a
dumb
party
10
minutes
from
my
house
I
would
go
dance,
weird,
like
a
fool
embarrass
my
younger
sister,
on
the
way
there
I
joked
that
the
undergrad
guys
would
have
braces.
My
sister
teased
me
for
wearing
a
beige
cardigan
to
a
frat
party
like
I,
was
a
librarian
I
called
myself
big
momma,
because
I
knew
I'd
be
the
oldest
one.
There
I
made
silly
faces
I.
A
You
should
never
have
done
this
to
me.
Secondly,
you
should
have
never
made
me
fight
so
long
to
tell
you
you
should
never
have
done
this
to
me,
but
here
we
are,
the
damage
is
done,
no
one
can
undo
it,
and
now
we
both
have
a
choice.
We
can
let
this
destroy
us
I
can
remain
angry
and
hurt
and
you
can
be
in
denial
or
we
can
face
it
head-on.
I
accept
the
pain
you
accept.
The
punishment
and
we
move
on
your
life
is
not
over.
You
have
decades
of
years
ahead
to
rewrite
your
story.
A
The
world
is
huge,
it's
so
much
bigger
than
Palo,
Alto
and
Stanford,
and
you
will
make
a
space
for
yourself
in
it
where
you
can
be
useful
and
happy
right
now.
Your
name
is
tainted.
So
I
challenge
you
to
make
a
new
name
for
yourself
to
do
something
so
good
for
the
world.
It
blows
everyone
away,
you
have
a
brain
and
a
voice
and
a
heart
use
them
wisely.
You
possess
immense
love
from
your
family.
That
alone
can
pull
you
out
of
anything
mine
has
held
me
up
through.
All
of
this.
A
Yours
will
hold
you
and
you
will
go
on
I
believe
that
one
day
you
will
understand
all
of
this
better
I
hope
you
will
become
a
better,
more
honest
person
who
can
properly
use
this
story
to
prevent
another
story
like
this
from
ever
happening
again.
I
fully
support
your
journey
to
healing
to
rebuilding
your
life,
because
that
is
the
only
way
you'll
begin
to
help.
Others.