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2003
Vigil
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Afternoon Presenters (4-7pm)
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Hips Accepted!
Hips Accepted! presents bellydance
in the Tribal Fusion style. They encourage women of all shapes and sizes to
use dance as a way of learning to love their bodies and themselves.
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Mary Ita
O'Connell, LICSW, LCPC
Mary Ita is trained as a modern dancer and has
worked as a choreographer and dance teacher. Specializing in mind/body psychotherapy,
she has worked with eating disorder and trauma patients for over twenty
years.
Mary Ita will be presenting a short movement
therapy workshop - audience participation requested!
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The Thin-Line
The Thin Line is a 30-minute play about one girl's struggle with her
eating disorder and the struggles of those close to her in their efforts to
understand and to help. The program breaks the silence that traditionally
surrounds eating eating disorders, the mental
illness with the highest fatality rate in this country, In the play, four
characters - a girl who is struggling with the illness, her internal
negative voice, her mother and a friend - explore the realities of eating
disorders.
The Thin Line was written by Cathy Plourde
and will be presented by Diane Cooper-Goulde.
Following the play, a therapist will be available for discussion.
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Allison Boyer
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Allison is a freshman at Central
Michigan University.
She will be performing an original song titled Mirror, Mirror.
Cynthia
French
Cynthia is a singer/songwriter who lives in Los Angeles, CA. She has sung
at the Grand Ole Opry and as backup on many
country, alternative, and pop albums. She has recovered from anorexia and
bulimia, and has written an autobiographical novel about her experiences
titled Humanville. Cynthia is currently
at work on an album of original music and owns a company representing
music for film and television.
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Colleen McGowan
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Colleen is currently a hospital administrator working in Bethesda, MD
after spending 10 years in the Air Force. Both Colleen and her sister
Anne struggled with eating disorders for many years. Anne died from
anorexia in April 2000, at the age of 27.
Kitty Westin
Kitty lost her daughter Anna to suicide in 2000 after family health
insurance refused to cover treatment for Anna's anorexia. The Westins
successfully sued the insurance company and has used the money to
open a new treatment center in their native Minnesota. Kitty continues to lead
efforts for nationwide insurance reform as a member of the board of
directors for ANAD both and the Eating Disorders Coalition.
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