Finding Our Voices survivors lead community conversation about domestic abuse in Freeport on May 10

FREEPORT – Eight Maine survivors aged 18 to 83 will lead a community conversation about domestic abuse at the Freeport Community Library on Wednesday, May 10, starting at 5:30 p.m.

The Finding Our Voices program includes powerful short films on coercive control, and the impact on children. Survivors leading the conversation include teenager Riley Kennedy, Miss Maine Princess International 2023, who was abused by her father and then a boyfriend. The two-hour event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. 

In support of Finding Our Voices coming to Freeport,  the town council unanimously voted to designate May as “Freeport Breaks the Silence of Domestic Abuse Month.” Council member John Egan said, “The entire community has a responsibility to end the cycle and call out incidents instead of looking the other way.”

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