Iowa Central Community College

Ace Building, Fort Dodge Campus

Free & Open to the Public

This traveling exhibit consists of portraits of 31 amazing women.  Each of these women have shared, not only their true stories of domestic violence survival, but their identities as well.  They are helping ICADV show that there is no “typical” victim of domestic violence.  The women come from all walks of life, age groups, ethnic backgrounds and parts of the state.  Their stories and portraits serve as a testament to the bravery and strength of these women and the other 22,317 abuse victims served by Iowa domestic violence programs last year. 

 ICADV launched the Iowa Voices Project last fall.  Each survivor met with Author and photographer, Katie Thompson for an extensive interview and photo session.  Katie then compiled the stories in a first person format.  Not only has Katie volunteered countless hours on this project, she is also one of the project participants.  The stories are being compiled and will be released as a book in October, 2009.