Comments on: Neither naive nor cynical, Oscar winner Stacey Kabat ’85 reflects on her domestic-violence activism

By: Betsy Warrior

Betsy Warrior — Tue, 28 May 2024 19:57:40 +0000

So great to hear Stacey’s long-term commitment to supporting those in need.

By: Sharon Williams '86

Sharon Williams '86 — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:18:36 +0000

It’s good to hear about Stacey and what she is doing after all these years. As a fellow student I remember her as an earnest humanitarian deeply involved in Amnesty International. She was serious and taken seriously. It’s nice to see that her commitment to her ideals has not faded over the years, and that she took an adverse life experience and transformed it into a passion for helping others. Bravo!

By: Christine McKenna '91

Christine McKenna '91 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:40:20 +0000

So pleased to see this story about a crucial social issue. I have an unusual memory of Stacey Kabat. While attending �ֲ��ý, I volunteered at a local domestic violence shelter and later went on to work in a different shelter in Worcester MA. I subsequently earned my PhD and for many years used “Defending Our Lives” in Women’s Studies and Social Work courses. Fast forward to 2011 and the birth of my son at Mass General. Somehow in the haze of post-Caesarian anesthesia and medication, I managed to have a coherent enough conversation to realize that my nurse Stacey was the same woman whose film had touched hundreds of my students. The experience was so surreal I continued to ask my spouse after returning home from the hospital whether I had dreamt the whole thing! Thank you for highlighting her work.

By: Erika Hanloser Kliem

Erika Hanloser Kliem — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:27:40 +0000

The focus seems to be on physical abuse, but emotional and psychological abuse can be just as damaging. What is her stand on that issue?

By: judith robbins

judith robbins — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:45:19 +0000

In an article I wrote about Stacey Kabat for �ֲ��ý The Alumni Magazine in the spring of ’94, I noted that Stacey’s activism took root in her years at �ֲ��ý between 1981 and ’86. She took a leave of absence at the end of her junior year to work in London because she was “furious that �ֲ��ý wasn’t divesting their interests in South Africa.”
The late Professor of Rhetoric Bob Branham called Stacey a “key figure” in �ֲ��ý’s eventual divestiture and remarked that what impressed him most was that Stacey “…really had a sense of the route to take to get something done. She had real persistence and patience.”
Stacey returned to �ֲ��ý, which divested its holdings in South Africa in the fall of her senior year, and she graduated in May 1986

By: Jim Callahan '65

Jim Callahan '65 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:04:22 +0000

Excellent article. I hope today’s �ֲ��ý students who heard Stacey Kabat’s message will pick up where she left off. A great reminder to all of us that it is up to us.