from: Words  of  Hope  and  Healing

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Lansing Area Community Trust Fund has awarded a $3,000 grant to the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing to coordinate a performance in conjunction with 

Take Back the Night, an annual event to raise awareness of sexual and domestic violence in April. The theme is “Hope and Healing” after abusive situations.  

The purpose of the production is to promote and facilitate healing after domestic violence and sexual assault through the performance art medium. Survivors will be 

given the opportunity to give voice to their experiences. This production will also offer an opportunity for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence to join 

with other community members to provide a message and vision of hope and healing to the Greater Lansing community. The cast will consist of women and men 

survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.  This production serves to benefit both the performers and the audience. 

The performance was inspired by Nancy Allen, performer and writer, who attended our production of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer in October, 2007.  

Nancy left her abusive husband in January 2006 and enrolled at LCC to begin pursuit of a teaching certification. After a successful poetry writing assignment, her 

professor encouraged her to continue to write about her experience. It continues to be an important part of her healing process. Her poems have been performed at 

a Sistrum concert and other venues and have been published in the New Citizen’s Press.