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VOW’s Mission

The Voices of Women Organizing Project (VOW) brings together survivors of domestic violence to improve the systems that abused women and their children turn to for safety and justice. VOW provides training, support and technical assistance so that survivors can reclaim their power, identify their needs and collectively craft public recommendations. VOW members organize to promote long-term systemic change by documenting institutional failures, testifying at hearings, creating position papers and meeting with local and state officials. VOW is dedicated to ensuring that the voices of survivors are heard, recognized for their expertise and included in the decision-making process.

Take A Walk In My Shoes

VOW released a cd (a single) in November 2008. VOW members, all survivors of domestic violence, have used their passion and creativity to describe their experiences of both partner abuse and revictimization by the systems they turned to for safety and justice. In 2005, they worked with acclaimed poet Suheir Hamad to create a series of poems. In 2007, VOW asked singer/songwriter/activist Bev Grant to work with VOW members to turn their poems into a song. Over a process of two months, Bev and the group met and created the lyrics for "Take A Walk In My Shoes", which celebrates the courage, perseverance and activism of survivors. Music by Bev Grant. The recording was co-produced by David Roach and Bev Grant with background vocals provided by Angela Lockhart from the Dissident Daughters. Two members of VOW (Maria Santiago and Tanya McLeod) are singing lead.