Funding A Woman's Voice

I am writing on behalf of the "A Woman’s Voice" project to ask you to very strongly consider providing the means for us to record a CD that can be professionally distributed and to film a mini documentary of the process that happens to the women who participate in the program.

There are so many people who would be helped from hearing our songs, our stories, and our voices and to realize "You are not alone."

The nature of sexual abuse and trauma is that the victim goes into hiding, often in isolating circumstances. With the full mental disability I have had since my mind crashed open with traumatic, tortuous memories 10 years ago, I lost my entire "life" as I knew it. I lost my high paying job in N.Y.C. at a well-known magazine, then my friends, family, house and almost all possessions. I’ve not had any stability at any one address for more than 6 months.

Along this journey, I’ve met SO MANY others who have said "Me Too." We help each other in the small ways we can.

Right now, there are dozens of songs inside of people waiting for someone to coax them out, tell them it’s safe to use their voice again to speak the truth. For me, that person is Robin Lane, who fearlessly "dives in" with a ready guitar and an attitude of "Let’s get this down!" She recorded all our rough drafts, and there were amazing songs from every single person in the group the first 2 lessons.

I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to record these songs. With this we can make CD’s that will actually heal people many times; the tears come when the music or words "strike a chord."

With trauma, it is like there is screaming trapped inside or parts of your mind that you can no longer access, because the pain of the situation caused you to disconnect. But the music can reach those places and help drain the trauma away, restoring health and balance.

Just to know this, to be able to speak about my illness has taken 10 full years of intensive, hard work and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of therapy and medical care.

Your funding support could save so many people in hugely important ways, helping us find a way to make something good about something so horribly unspeakable. Please help in any way you can. No amount is too small...A Woman’s Voice is worthy, and it’s a non-profit, too.