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By: Sarah Hofstedt, CSUN Public Health Intern
An Interview with Andrew Pari (and Anita Roghanian) from Center for Positive Sexuality
It was mid-morning on a sunny Tuesday outside the CSUN Bookstore Complex, and the Center for Positive Sexuality’s royal purple tablecloth fluttered gently in the San Fernando Valley breeze, a selection of the Center’s reading material holding it down. Andrew Pari, Executive Director of Sexual Assault Awareness, and Anita Roghanian, a CSUN Psychology graduate, sat behind the table, smiling as students and staff drifted by. I met Andrew several years ago and have since enjoyed the privilege of discussing feminist principles and trauma-informed approaches in all aspects with him, and I was excited to know that he had partnered with the Center to help bring awareness of positive sexuality resources to my college campus. He agreed to answer a few questions for the Institute: