Due to the current recommendations of the CDC, we have determined that this event will be a virtual auction and celebration of survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and their stories of healing.
Michelle Knight has graciously offered to reschedule her appearance at next year’s Evening of Light on April 21st and 22nd of 2021.
Michelle is one of three women who escaped after 11 years of captivity, torture and abuse by her abductor, Ariel Castro, in the Cleveland, Ohio kidnappings.
Michelle speaks openly about her experiences, sharing her empowering story to reclaim her life. Knight is an international and New York Times best-selling author. Her first memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, A Life Reclaimed, provides insights to readers about her captivity inside Ariel Castro’s home as well as her tumultuous childhood. Her new book about her life after escape, Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings, shares her inspiring journey to find friendship, healing, happiness and her life’s purpose of advocating for victims of trauma and abuse. Knight and her story have been featured on 20/20, Dr. Phil, The Today Show, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek and People, among others.