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Clothesline Project

Santa Monica College student, Heidi Jones, 24, hangs a t-shirts during Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance's Clothesline Project in honor of  National Domestic Violence Awareness Week on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. The Clothesline Project is a visual display that bears witness to the violence against women and children. The Clothesline Project comprises T-shirts designed by survivors of abuse and those who have lost loved ones to it. The shirts are hung on a clothesline display to: honor survivors and memorialize victims; help with the healing process for survivors and people who have lost a loved one to violence and educate, document, and raise society's awareness of about the crimes of violence against women and children

 
The Clothesline Project originated with 31 shirts in Hyannis, MA, in 1990 through the Cape Cod Women's Agenda. A small group of women - many of whom had experienced violence in their own lives - designed the visual monument to help transform staggering statistics about violence against women and children into a powerful educational and healing tool.
 
They decided to use a clothesline after discussing how many women in close-knit neighborhoods have traditionally exchanged information over backyard fences while hanging laundry out to dry.
 
The Clothesline Project breaks the silence about violence against women and children by giving a voice to survivors and victims. Since 1990, hundreds of Clotheline Projects have emerged nationwide and abroad, resulting in tens of thousands of shirt designs. 

 

Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 12:19AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint