About this project
My name is Zoe Flowers and today I am a playwright, educator and advocate. And I need your help! Like many young women, I found myself in an abusive relationship. Tired of suffering in silence, I ended it after almost three years. However, the experience motivated me to turn my anger and confusion into a catalyst for change. I decided to write Dirty Laundry, a series of candid interviews with women like me who'd experienced domestic and sexual violence.
In 2005, I began writing From Ashes to Angel's Dust: A Journey Through Womanhood (FA2AD) a Choreodrama that uses monologues; poetry and vignettes based on Dirty Laundry. FA2AD includes new stories about clergy abuse, same sex violence, body image and self-love. Domestic and sexual violence impacts all of us! From Ashes to Angel’s Dust is the story of your mother, grandmother, auntie, sister, niece, best friend and daughters.
On a leap of faith, I left my secure job to produce this show and ensure that the voices of women and children be heard worldwide! We’ve been to Baltimore, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia and Hartford, CT. Next year we'll travel to Atlanta, Seattle and California.
Your contribution will allow me to produce a showcase at The Brecht Forum in New York City on October 30, 2011 to coincide with Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To date, FA2AD has been funded by my low to no income and I really need your help to make this show happen!!!! The money raised will go toward renting the rehearsal and theatre space, paying the actors and advertising the show.
Donate today! The voices of our mothers and grandmothers deserve to be heard!!
Below is an excerpt from the show
Children of War
Fists clash with teeth
nuckles grasp throats
and
squeeze
Squeezing out
voice
anger
judgement
In between
life is
ribbons
Barbies
operation
Easy bake ovens
Bombs explode over head
We run for cover
Chaos comes from nowhere
Children of war
Are familiar with bloodshed
Deadly silence
And
parenting parents
tiny fingers
Apply first aid
Hide liquor bottles
Dial 911
We
escape
learn not see
sleep light
Stretch truths
Self medicate
Ignore wounds
Bleed internally
And often
repeat cycles
Excerpt: From Ashes to Angel's Dust
Project location: New York, NY
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Zoe Flowers is the founder of Highest Good Consulting (HGC). HGC is a group of dynamic training professionals who provide a wide range of training on domestic violence, culturally competent advocacy and primary prevention of domestic violence. They also specialize in project management and conduct self-improvement retreats upon request.
With several years experience in the domestic violence field, her career began in Atlanta, Georgia where she served as the Public Awareness/Training and Membership Coordinator for the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In this role, Ms. Flowers coordinated one of the country’s first domestic violence conference planned entirely by survivors of domestic violence.
Ms. Flowers also served as the Prevention Education Coordinator for the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence. As the statewide coordinator for the Centers for Disease Control funded Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program, she worked to increase the capacity of state and local grantees to use evidence-informed planning and primary prevention strategies to reduce incidences of intimate partner violence.
Prior to founding HGC, Ms. Flowers was the Director of Training and Technical Assistance with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Ms. Flowers personally coordinated two statewide Institutes and 30 workshops for domestic violence center staff and community partners. Additionally, she was responsible for overseeing grant programs and the departmental budget.
In 2009, The Florida Surgeon General appointed Ms. Flowers to The State Child Abuse Death Review Committee, to conduct detailed reviews of the facts and circumstances surrounding child abuse and neglect cases.
Zoe is also the author of Dirty Laundry and has appeared on National Public Radio, Black Power Radio and was a guest speaker at U*Space Gallery in Atlanta, GA. Flowers also works internationally on the issue of domestic violence. Most recently, in Lima, Peru where she spoke at the country’s first international conference on domestic violence.
In 2011, Zoe started the Angel’s Dust Theatre company to produce socially relevant and culturally responsible theater.
