VOICES
AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE
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| CJ |
The wind dances a winter chill
and tingles my bare, brown ears.
I listen and I hear
Bits of old/new stories
Whispered songs of
Slavery and rust
Of humans shaking
Ghosts in their white breath
I reach to the moon
And pick up the snow
25 August 2005 - Wisconsin
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| Melissa DeDomenico-Payne |
| My healing came the fastest when I found my voice and the
perspective that what I had experienced was actually some sort
of divine gift that prepared me to help others. Healing moves
you like a wheel -- sometimes backward and sometimes forward.
It is a journey -- not a destination. Believe that you can find
what you need within yourself and from others to keep moving
on this great journey.
24 August 2005 - Virginia
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| nicole |
| I am a survivor of sexual abuse. 7 years of hell and silence.
When I had the courage to tell, nobody believed me. I wanted
to die every day growing up, but not anymore. I'm still healing.The
scars on my wrists have faded, and so will the pain. I know that
there are good men out there somewhere because of my big brother,
Dave. His heart is good and it gives me faith that there are
others like him. Believe your children when they tell you something's
not right at home. It's not easy to break the silence.
23 August 2005 - Texas
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| Dro Winter |
Dear Xavier
As I read of you mural, I close my eyes and I see
a 13 year old girl sitting in a witness box, the judge, the
DA the attorney for the defense are glaring down at her,
faces grim, eyes judging
her skin begins to burn, there are flames searing her breast
as though branded
as the jury sits by
a part of her dies there
she searches for it still
althoug
h she is65
23 August 2005 - Alaska
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| Andrea |
| Keep Making a Difference, One Child at a Time
23 August 2005 - Florida
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| Amy Nystrom |
Are you desensitized
to the brutality?
Wo
men with black eyes.
But not those
who hide behind shades.
Look, you'll see. Dark
blues and purples swept
across eye lids.
Makeup mimicking bruises.
Fema
le models posed
in vulnerable positions.
Lo
ok at their
express
ions, exploited.
Is this how you anticipate
se
eing us?
23 August 2005 - New York, NY
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| Phoebe |
| I have survived 10 years of child sexual abuse. Date rape.
Beatings at the hands of my spouse. My mother knew about it all
and thought it was our lot in life. SHE WAS WRONG. All human
beings deserve to be able to TRUST. Sexual violence invades the
mind, heart and spirit. If these scars manifested as facial scars,
it would be shocking how many people are truly affected.
23 August 2005 - Virginia
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| TBAD&E Y-L |
| Thank you for working to make the world a safer place for
everyone! We can all Do Something.
23 August 2005 - MD
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| Judith |
Rape is not a myth. It's presence is not spectral in the
lives of wimmin.
It is real.
I want you to know that I am here. You work with me. I live
next door to you. I am your lawyer, your doctor, your drycleaner.
I am a survivor.
And I am real.
22 August 2005 - Massachusetts
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| Alaina, Jacob, Marie, and Sammie |
You thought you had the power to destroy our lives with
the sexual assaults on our persons. We will never be the same
people we were before you abused us--we've become stronger. You
could not destroy our souls--we're still here while we hope you
rot in Hell!
In your face, Hal!
22 August 2005 - Virginia
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