{"id":4325,"date":"2017-04-07T14:38:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T14:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/?p=4325"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:00:52","slug":"jana-kramers-tearful-speech-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/statements-and-press-releases\/jana-kramers-tearful-speech-domestic-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Jana Kramer\u2019s Tearful Speech: \u201cThis man just broke me down to absolutely nothing.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gZLG2vqCwwQ\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Huffington Post<br \/>\nBy Ariel Zwang<br \/>\nApril 7, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jana Kramer, a world recognized actress, country music singer and <em>Dancing with the Stars <\/em>alum, gave a moving speech at <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/press-statements\/safe-horizon-22nd-annual-champion-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Safe Horizon\u2019s Champion Awards&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/press-statements\/safe-horizon-22nd-annual-champion-awards\/&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">Safe Horizon\u2019s Champion Awards<\/a>. Journalist Tamron Hall\u2014whose sister Renate was murdered in 2004 after years of relationships with abusive men\u2014presented Jana with Safe Horizon\u2019s Voice of Empowerment award for her efforts to speak out against domestic violence after coming forward as a survivor herself in an exclusive with <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/dancing-star-jana-kramer-speaks-surviving-abuse\/story?id=42716020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;ABC\u2019s Good Morning America&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:2,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/dancing-star-jana-kramer-speaks-surviving-abuse\/story?id=42716020&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">ABC\u2019s Good Morning America<\/a> last October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>\u201c<em>It started with little comments here and there. It started with more verbal abuse and then [it became] a push or a shove. And then it became a choke. [Jana thought] if you choke me harder than I am going to leave, but every time I tried to leave\u2026 it kept getting worse and I didn\u2019t know how to get out,<\/em>\u201d she said to a packed house of nearly 900 attendees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"content-list-component image bn-content-list-image\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_image&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\"><span class=\"share-bar-image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__src aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/58e7cc992c00002300ff2e12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"546\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>About two minutes into her speech, Jana became silent before recounting the abuse she faced at the hands of her then-husband. Through her tears, she spoke about remaining silent about the abuse she suffered because she feared no one would believe her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>She would also pray to her deceased Grandfather to \u201c<em>\u2018Please take me away,\u2019 because I didn\u2019t want to be this person. I was a girl full of light, energy and charm and this man just broke me down to absolutely nothing.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>Jana, who began her speech by saying she was initially scared to share her story because she didn\u2019t want to seem broken, ended by saying &#8220;<em>I will be the loudest voice for [Safe Horizon], to let other victims and survivors know that even in their darkest moments, help is available and there are better moments ahead.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"content-list-component image bn-content-list-image\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_image&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\"><span class=\"share-bar-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__src\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/58e7cce81500002700c7e8c5.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>Before Safe Horizon\u2019s Champion Awards, Jana visited one of our domestic violence shelters where she was visibly moved by the childcare room. She had the opportunity to meet a small handful of the 1,600 children who last year called one of our eight domestic violence shelters home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>\u201c<em>I have a 14 month old baby girl and I would do anything in the world to protect her, and to go in there and see these beautiful children being protected means the absolute world to me as a mother, and I know the mothers there too [in shelter] are so grateful,<\/em>\u201d said Jana in her acceptance speech of Safe Horizon\u2019s Voice of Empowerment award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"content-list-component image bn-content-list-image\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_image&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\"><span class=\"share-bar-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__src\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/58e7d3642c00002400ff2e32.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter inline-newsletter--valencia\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>As the CEO of Safe Horizon, I thank Jana for bravely telling her unforgettable story of surviving domestic violence and using her platform as a celebrity to help the affected women, families and children. <strong>Scroll up to watch the speech in full.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/watch-jana-kramers-tearful-speech-this-man-just_us_58e7bca0e4b00dd8e016eb39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Read the original article here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO Ariel Zwang recalls Jana Kramer&#8217;s speech about surviving domestic violence at our 22nd 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