Domestic Violence Awareness Month
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Women’s and Gender Studies will be hosting The Clothesline Project and Shine the Light on Domestic Violence.
The Clothesline Project
The Clothesline Project is an artistic visual representation of the pervasiveness of violence against women, the LGBTQ community, and other marginalized populations. Originally started on Cape Cod, MA, Clothesline Projects have sprung up throughout the US and around the world as a way for survivors and allies against violence to express their emotions and feeling by decorating a t-shirt. T-shirt decorating will take place on campus through October. The decorated t-shirts will be hung on campus in the trees by the campanile as testimony to the problem of violence against women and marginalized people.
The shirts are color coded to show the form of abuse:
- White represents women who died because of violence;
- Yellow or beige represents survivors of domestic violence;
- Red, pink, & orange are for survivors of rape and sexual assault;
- Blue & green t-shirts represent survivors of childhood sexual abuse;
- Purple or lavender represents people attacked because of their sexual orientation;
- Black is for women attacked for political reasons.
Events & Activities
T-Shirt Decorating in Maucker Union
Monday, October 22nd & Tuesday, October 23rd from 11am to 2pm
Share your feelings against violence by decorating a t-shirt to be included in the Clothesline Project display on Campus.
Sponsored by Women’s & Gender Studies & Feminist Action League
Survivors of Domestic Violence Panel
Monday, October 22nd at 6:00pm in Sabin 2
Find out what domestic violence is from Survivors themselves.
Sponsored by Seeds of Hope
Clothesline Project Display by the Campanile
Wednesday, October 24nd from 11am-3pm
View decorated t-shirts made survivors and allies against violence.
Sponsored by Women’s & Gender Studies & Feminist Action League
The Invisible War
Wednesday, October 24th at 7pm in Lang Hall
An investigation & powerfully emotional documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers in the US Military, the institutions that perpetuate & cover up its existence, & its profound personal & social consequences.
Sponsored by Master of Social Work Student Association and UNI Veterans Association
Clothesline Project Display by the Campanile
Thursday, October 25th from 11am-9pm
View decorated t-shirts made by survivors and allies against violence.
Sponsored by Women’s & Gender Studies & Feminist Action League
Shine the Light on Domestic Violence
Thursday, October 25th from 6:30pm-8pm in Sabin 2
Find out how you can prevent domestic violence and learn how domestic violence is prevented in the Cedar Valley.
Sponsored by Women’s & Gender Studies, The Center for Violence Prevention, Feminist Action League, Seeds of Hope & Cedar Valley Friends of the Family