Domestic abuse survivors host Freeport event to break silence, spread awareness

Finding Our Voices, a nonprofit for domestic violence survivors, is hosting a public event Wednesday at the Freeport Community Library where survivors aged 18-83 will share their stories of abuse, escape and healing to spread awareness.

Nonprofit founder and photojournalist Patrisha McLean said she created the organization to help other women in crisis after her nearly three-decade marriage to folk singer Don McLean ended.

She said before her exhusband’s arrest in 2016, she never spoke of the physical and emotional abuse in her home out of embarrassment and fear. After going public, she said dozens of women approached her to share their stories, igniting her idea to start an organization for survivors.

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