Additional reporting by Online editor in chief Taylor Miles.

A domestic violence survivor and City College student gave a presentation on how she is now a survivor March 9 in the Cultural Awareness Center.

Tamara Knox is a domestic violence survivor of eight years, a published photographer and author,  and a former member of the Express campus newspaper. Knox spoke to a diverse group of women about her struggles and determination to escape her situation. She also discussed her two published books, “My Journey” and “Standing Tall.” Both are photography books that dive deep into the triumph of surviving domestic violence and her journey through her experiences.

“Her books speak volumes and speak to her reinventing herself and becoming a stronger women,” said Victoria Henderson, Cultural Awareness Center coordinator. “You feel sense a of joy when you read her book…she’s a role model to women and men who find themselves in those types of situations.”

Knox said she lost three children during her struggle. Two were miscarriages from the beatings she endured while with her husband.

On Jan. 12, 2009, Knox said she was the victim of her husband’s violence in front of her son. When she asked him to stop and he did, Knox says she “heard a voice” and said to herself, “Lord, I found my beginning.”
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She was able to get help from social services and Hope Inc., a domestic violence agency in West Virginia, where she was living at the time. They rescued her from what she calls the “dark times” in her life. Her father and brother moved her to California for a new start.

“She has found great ways to heal through the lens of a camera and is an amazing photographer and a great edition to the Cultural Awareness Center,” said Henderson.

Knox is now taking classes at City College and living with her parents on her road to a normal life. She says she is on her way to achieving her photojournalism degree.

“I think she is certainly a survivor who has decided to live and to grow and to give back not only to her son but to the community,” said Henderson.

Recently, Knox won the Soroptimist Sierra Nevada Region Women Opportunity Award in Reno.

“I wanted to be strong for [my son,] Jamal, he is the reason for my strength and my reason for moving forward,” said Knox during her acceptance speech in Reno. “He inspired me to get on the right path to a better life.”