SCARF in partnership with I-WILL & Edmonds College present

Her Stories: Breaking Silence on Violence Against Women – A Collaborative Celebration of Resilience and Voices of Immigrant Women

DANCE: 25th Nov 2025 | 4:00 to 7:30 pm at the Black Box Theatre, Edmonds Community College

Inspiring talks and Q&A sessions with speakers from diverse immigrant backgrounds. Artistic performances, including dance and voice narration. Art exhibit showcasing the work of immigrant women artists, with opportunities to engage with organizers and explore solutions while amplifying marginalized voices.

Questions? please email programming@scarf.global

TIME DURATION 4:00 to 4:05 05 min Introductions 4:05 to 4:15 10 min Dance - Baraye (Woman Life Freedom) 4:15 to 5:15 60 min Speaker/Talk/Q&A - Lawdan Bazargan, Tenzing Dorjee, Ladan Zarabadi 5:15 to 5:30 15 min Dance - Pulse (Healing) 5:30 to 6:00 - break 30 min 6:00 to 6:15 15 min Dance - Girls that Never Die (intro Anya) 6:15 to 7:15 60 min Speaker/Talk/Q&A - Naiara Santos 7:15 to 7:30 15 min Final talk with organizers (SCARF and IWILL representative) 7:30 to 8:00 - breakdown 30 min Tear down and close

Lyrics

Cast & Crew

Join us for an art exhibition at 5:30 to see some amazing artists present their work

GTND rehearsal photo

PULSE

Choreography by Emmy Fansler Bakari

Healing begins when we acknowledge and treat women as the whole, complex, beautiful humans that they are, rather than a collection of their parts and uses.

Dancers:

Emmy Fansler Bakari

Bianca Kamnitzer

Shea Hatch

Anaya Lorio

Jenna Laurente

Katie Danvers

Terri Wilmoth

Anna Holmes

Scarlett Danvers

London Stewart

Andi Laramy

Claire McGourty

Avery Lang

Amelia Buss

Annabelle Harder

Maya Covert

Priscilla Danvers

Clhoe Taylor

Sarah Shepard

Ashley Smith

Girls That Never Die

Choreography by Joyce Paul Siamak

Poem - Safia Elhillo | Music composition & vocals - Meera Krishna | Guitar - Rajesh Kamath | Virtual Instruments, Recording, Editing and Mixing - Siamak Poursabahian

This poem resonates with global issues: child marriage, gender-based violence, and cultural practices that harm women. It critiques systems where women’s bodies are controlled, traded, and violated, often under the guise of tradition or family honor. The speaker does not name the girl—emphasizing how her identity is erased.

This poem is not just a critique—it’s a lament, a witness, a scream. It speaks to

Child marriage and sexual violence
Patriarchal systems that erase identity
Traditions that harm under the guise of honor

The girl remains unnamed, unvoiced, and unformed—until she is shaped by others. That absence of agency is the poem’s most powerful indictment. This passage doesn’t just describe a practice—it indicts a system where girls are mutilated, silenced, and passed between men.

Dancers

Meera Krishna

Tanvee Kale

Swetha Sasikumar

Vidya Sundaram

Joyce Paul Siamak

"Also"

Poem by Anya Kumar

While the trauma of teen rape may be acknowledged, the vital work of healing and rehabilitation often remains overlooked. As a society, we still have a long way to go in truly supporting survivors on their path to recovery.

Baraye

Choreography by Joyce Paul Siamak

Lyrics - Twitter posts from WLF

Music - Shervin Hajipour

A haunting anthem of hope and resistance, “Baraye” voices the dreams, grief, silent screams, everyday dreams, and collective heartbeat of a people demanding to be seen.