Healing trauma one song at a time!

Songbird Sings is a dynamic non-profit created by nationally known musician/educator/domestic violence survivor Robin Lane. Domestic violence and child abuse have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The numbers and the costs of domestic violence against women are staggering.

• Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten.
• One in Three women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime
• Domestic violence victims lose nearly 8 million days of paid work per year in the US alone—the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs.
• The costs of intimate partner violence in the US alone exceed $5.8 billion per year: $4.1 billion are for direct medical and health care services, while productivity losses account for nearly $1.8 billion.

Children too are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year in the United States.

• A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds
• Almost five children die every day as a result of child abuse and approximately 80% are under the age of 4
• More than 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some way 3
• Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education
• About 80% of 21 year olds that were abused as children met criteria for at least one psychological disorder
• The estimated annual cost of child abuse and neglect in the United States for 2007 is $104 billion

For many survivors, the experience often results in the development of years of emotional and psychological complications. It is Songbird Sings mission to transform those silenced by domestic violence enabling them to give voice to their experiences and emotions through songwriting and creative collaboration in a safe, enjoyable, and structured environment.

Songbird Sings helps participants to learn inner strength and resilience as they come to trust themselves, and others, while building support systems between those with a shared history of trauma. Through the healing power of music and the realization of the power contained in their own voice, self-transformation is possible.

“They will learn to use their voice as a means of strengthening connection to their peers and their community and to affect social change. This isn’t a cure but for those who have survived trauma, for those who are incarcerated, it is a powerful step in the healing transformation.”   Robin Lane