SISTERHOOD OF SURVIVORS
Forty-five Maine women survivors aged 18 to 83 are standing proud and speaking loud on posters and bookmarks to educate the general public, and to let others know they are not alone, it is not their shame, and there IS a way out.
View video recordings of survivors sharing their experiences on our Survivor Voices page.
Click on our names below to hear our voices.
Photo portraits by Patrisha McLean
Know your worth.
He stole my glasses so I couldn’t see.
In his Maine State Police uniform he put his gun to my head. Three times. No consequences.
He threatened to shoot our dog.
When it's your mother doing it, you make a million excuses for her.
He told me no one else would ever love me.
I couldn't figure out when I fell off the pedestal.
Everything he did to me, he said I did to him.
He didn't hurt me physically, but he tortured me psychologically.
I couldn’t see my family.
Ida
My body and mind are my own again.
Jackie (daughter of Patrisha McLean)
I am done being manipulated, controlled, afraid, and silenced.
He punched me in the face.
Governor
Janet T. Mills
Domestic Violence affects everyone. Years ago, a man I loved threatened my life. Escape from violence is possible.
I was drowning in financial and court abuse.
There are five other victims before us that we know about.
He told me I was fat and ugly and he was the only one who loved me.
I thought if I just loved him enough, he wouldn’t want to hurt me.
My father almost killed my mother. I loved him.
My mother was afraid he would smash my hands so I couldn't work [hairdresser].
