Moonstone Presents:
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Virtual Reading: Betrayed: Violence Against Women
Virtual Reading: Betrayed: Violence Against Women
Sunday July 20, 2025
2pm EDT – VIRTUAL
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3RqcVPSiSfO6TwlOsIMQmg
BETRAYED – Violence Against Women, invites survivors of gender-based violence to share their stories so that we can bring awareness to this issue and challenge the culture surrounding domestic violence—a culture that overwhelmingly encourages silence and shame.
The purpose of this anthology is to uplift survivors and open up a space for them to share their stories. We hope to create a community in which we can ultimately find healing through the powerful medium of art. 50 Poets responded.
Not All Poets Will Be Reading
| Nicole Abuhamada
Lisa Acerbo Jenny Adrekedes Virginia Alcott Kimm Antell Jeff Bien Jill Bindewald A. C. Blake Susan Breall Maia Brown-Jackson Suzanne Bruce Katerina Canyon AJ Chilson
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Candice Louisa Daquin
Nickie DeSardo R.G. Evans Francis Flavin Ana Fores Tamayo Caitlin Gille Linda Goss Juliana Gray Alaina Hammond Colleen Harris Annie Hartford Leah Hummel
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Taylor Johnston
Kathleen Johnston AtiyaOla Malik Kahn Jennifer Karp J. M. Liles Patricia Middleton Alison Miller K. Molle (Carol Fisher) Shagufta Mulla Traci Neal Andrea Nicki Katie Rose Arivana Russell
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David Schast
Courtney Seymour Miki Simic Katherine Stairs Pam Ward Gail Wasserman Erin Watson Becky Bishop White Kelley White Pharoha Womack Diana Woodcock Samantha Wright Otella Wruck
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This program was stimulated by the publication of Not If I Can Help It: A Family Lawyer’s Battles for Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence and the Poor By Meg Groff – who will be presenting an inter-active presentation at the Free Library at 19th and Vine Street on Tuesday July 15, 2025.
“The cases she recounts range from harrowing to infuriating: The police shrugged away potential murders as suicides, children were left unsupervised with dangerous fathers with devastating results, doctors assumed that struggling young mothers must be alcoholics. Each episode carries a tremendous punch, as well as a searing lesson about the failings of society to help those in need. . . . Despite such heavy details and subject matter, Groff balances her book with warmth and humor.” – Kirkus Reviews
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