Kennebunk Free Library to host domestic violence awareness event

In fall of last year, Bethany Perkins took a brave step and decided to leave her abusive relationship. She moved in with friends and began to establish a life on her own, though she said she still dealt with feelings of shame and guilt that her marriage was “failed.”

Listening to the radio one day, she heard about an event at the Scarborough Public Library — a photo exhibit and panel talk featuring domestic abuse survivors put on by the domestic abuse awareness group Finding Our Voices. She decided to go and heard testimonies from multiple survivors. At the event, she had a chance to speak with some of the panelists.

Read the Kennebunk Post article here.