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Marisol Bonifaz

Young progressive activist from Amherst, MA — founder of the Amherst Young Feminist Party and intern for Congressman Jim McGovern; daughter of voting-rights lawyer John Bonifaz.

Oct 14, 2026

39:23
Can you talk about the Epstein ties at Columbia and what your organization, what your organization is demanding here?
39:30
Yeah, absolutely.
39:31
So in terms of Epstein ties at Columbia, we'll start at Barnard.
39:36
At Barnard, there is a board of trustee member named Francine Lafrak, who is mentioned several times in the file.
39:43
She never directly emailed Jeffrey Epstein.
39:45
However, she did invite him to go on vacation with her on a trip to Africa within her organization, was on several exclusive dinner invitations, was seen at Ghislaine Maxwell, who's Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accomplice's house, and is very much connected explicitly to Jeffrey Epstein.
40:04
And this was all after he was convicted.

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45:28
Could you just speak a little bit about that experience? And yeah, yeah.
3:36
right so as we mentioned earlier you are co-founder and director of epstein off columbia can you talk about the epstein ties at columbia and what your organization um what your organization is demanding here
3:48
yeah absolutely um so in terms of epstein ties at columbia we'll start at barnard um at barnard there is a board of trustee member named named francine lafrak who is mentioned several times in the file she never directly emailed jeffrey epstein however she did invite him to go on vacation with her on a trip to Africa within her organization, was on several exclusive dinner invitations, was seen at Ghislaine Maxwell, who's Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accomplice's house, and is very much connected explicitly to Jeffrey Epstein.
4:23
And this was all after he was convicted.
4:25
And she herself has claimed that she never knew him.
4:29
Barnard has backed her on that.
4:31
And she currently is the name behind our wellness center that houses our sexual violence prevention program.
4:38
And so at Barnard, we are demanding that she be removed from the Board of Trustees, that the wellness center be renamed, and that Barnard issue a public apology and condemnation of her.
9:42
Could you just speak a little bit about that experience? And yeah.

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