“Porter has made a beautiful, complex album. It speaks volumes about growing up and getting wise, but its seductive murmur makes each lesson feel like a promise.”
--Karla Peterson, San Diego Union Tribune
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“I watched as the heads of seasoned child serving professionals nodded in agreement and tears filled more than one jaded professional eye...She sent our attendees out to begin the conference with renewed energy and purpose.”
--Lauren Hoffman, Prevent Child Abuse Georgia

“She led us into the pain and out of the pain to a triumph that transcends survival. Cici Porter is the real thing.”
--Linda Cirulli-Burton, Professional Speaker, Author

"Cici has mastered the art of using her exquisite voice as an instrument of truth-telling: the kind of truth that registers in the body/mind and settles in the soul."
--Sharon, Sexual Abuse Survivor

“Your music is powerful and your message important. You truly inspired, encouraged and affirmed me...and I pray that my “journey to wellness’ continues to be successful like yours.”
--Attendee at North Dakota Summit on Child Sexual Abuse

“Cici Porter is a force of nature. Her lyrics articulate the pain and confusion of child abuse survivors, and tell a triumphant story of healing. Her performances are simultaneously heart-rending and incredibly empowering. She is a one woman show that should not be missed.”
--Barbara Rutherford, The National Call to Action

“With the voice of an angel singing about the depths of hell, Cici startles us with the beauty of her truth echoing the unfortunate stories of so many of America’s children.”
--Ellen Speert, A.T.R.- B.C. Art Therapist

“You made a huge impression on the group. I especially appreciate your ability to come into a group of teenagers and relate to them with such authenticity and ease.”
--Home Start Program Coordinator

“Cici Porter is a talented musician, a courageous woman, and a human being dedicated to ending the abuse of children. I recently had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Cici on the occasion of the release of her new album, Emergence, so I can tell you the only thing better than buying the album, is to hear her live. "
--Ellen Bass, Co-Author of The Courage to Heal

“Music has the unique ability to awaken the part of the soul that has been buried so deep within. Cici Porter’s songs have been created by a survivor for a survivor for this very purpose, and therein lies their beauty.”
--Heidi Sproull, MFCC

"...your music had a wonderful clarifying effect....how open and safe our communication is after your concert! ...gave me permission to speak without feeling guilty for opening that door."
--A Survivor after the First Flight Concert

“I’ve been using your music in our AMAC group. Your experience has been very helpful to others.”
--Women’s Resource Center, Oceanside CA

“... so inspired by your songs and story that she’s taken some real positive steps in her recovery...”
--Group Facilitator, Southern California Survivors of Incest Anonymous

“Cici Porter is a performer of striking maturity. There’s an honesty and lack of pretense to her songs that qualifies her as far more than another pretender to the folk-queen throne... "
--Mike Keneally, San Diego Reader

"Music is the way our memories sing to us across time."
--L. Morrow