One woman’s decades-long conflict is now an album calling us to take action.

Without awareness, support, and compassionate community ​action for abused women, we all suffer.

This Album Is for All of Us
“You Don’t Know Me” is a lyrical ode—in screams and whispers—to women who have experienced abuse in the arms of someone they trusted. The album will resonate with anyone who has struggled with patriarchy, but has special meaning to women who have been mistreated by their partners.
Lively, passionate, and even humorous at times, tracks like “I Need a Drink or Two” capture the pain, resignation, and defiance of the too-common shared experience. Each song is the necessary beginning of a conversation: we as a society need to talk about abuse, or we condemn ourselves to repeat it.
With her compelling storytelling, Ana Leanca lifts us and offers anthems of hope and determination in the face of adversity. Share it as a show of support— support for women who have suffered and for women who need not suffer in the future.

Watch, Listen, Share, Discuss.​

We are all stakeholders who need to take action:​

for the COMMUNITY

Discussing partner abuse creates a future with awareness: a future where abuse is not tolerated in any social circle.
Share the video or track below, or buy the album. (All profits go to programs for abused women.)

for MUSICIANS

Use your talents to tell the stories of abused women. Capture their pain, hope, determination, and path to freedom.
Compose a future without abuse.​
Connect with a survivor to find inspiration.

for the ABUSED

First, GET SAFE: Open this link in an incognito browser window.
You were not born to suffer. Change the direction of your life.
Share your story. Adding to our shared conversation can help prevent future abuse. Discover the “Survivors’ Bond.”

for ABUSERS

You may feel love, but if you see pain or fear in the person you care about, you are not showing love.
SHOW YOUR LOVE by learning more about how you act with your partner.

Silence = suffering. Together we can make change.

Donate Now to Get the “You Don’t Know Me” CD

  1. Make a donation of $50 or more to one of the charities below.
  2. Send your donation receipt to ana [dot] leanca [dot] music [at] gmail [dot] com with your choice from the charities listed below.
  3. We’ll mail your CD to the address listed on the donation receipt.
World Food Program USA
1725 Eye Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20006​
(designated charity for April 2022)
Casa Iona (Bucharest)
Șoseaua Olteniței 39-41
București 041294, Romania
(designated charity for April 2022)

About the Artists

This project is a collaboration of composer/singer Ana Leanca and poet, writer, and journalist Judy Jamison Dubois. The artists humbly ask you to listen, to share, and to use this album to strengthen the conversation around partner abuse.

Your support and immediate help means everything to these women!
Judy Jamison Dubois (lyricist) with Ana Leanca.

Reach out.
Please let us know in the comment how you would like to support the project:
  • Become a muse. (For any abuse survivor who would like to share your story with an artist.)
  • Create music to inspire change. (For musicians who would like to be connected with survivors.)
  • Nominate a beneficiary group for the next 60-day period.
  • Become a sponsor for this project.
  • Reproduce this music to support my group.
Media and sponsorship inquiries, please call 646-924-7494 or 301-520-6332.
(c) Ana Leanca 2022