"The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated 2.4 million adults aged 16 years and over experienced domestic abuse in the year ending March 2022"
And that’s just one form of abuse.
Abuse can take many shapes, including emotional, physical, sexual, psychological, coercive control, rape, modern slavery, trafficking, and more.
This is happening right now.
For many, it is not as simple as walking away.
There are barriers such as fear, shame, manipulation, and survival.
The Digital Book of Expression is a collective stand a creative call that says to those still enduring abuse:
You are not alone.
The art you see here is from survivors of all kinds of abuse powerful voices using creativity to speak, to reach out, and to show solidarity.
We hear you.
We feel you.
We stand with you.