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Local survivor stories told through messages on t-shirts in Clothesline Project display
To coincide with One Billion Rising, North Central Michigan College and the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRCNM) are teaming up to organize a Clothesline Project display of more than 40 t-shirts created by local survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault. The shirts will be displayed February 10-21 at the college library. The shirts are a powerful and creative way for survivors to explore the power of their unique voices, to tell their stories and for the community to bear witness to this extraordinary, enlightening and empowering process.
One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that one in three women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, that amounts to more than one billion women and girls.
In 2013, one billion women and men in 207 countries shook the earth through dance and music to raise awareness and help end this violence. One Billion Rising was the biggest global action in the history of the world.
One Billion Rising takes place annually on February 14. The focus this year is to break the silence that continues to surround domestic abuse and sexual assault, as well as examine the root causes of these crimes. It is a call to survivors to break the silence and release their stories – politically, spiritually, outrageously – through art, dance, marches, ritual, song, spoken word, testimonies and whatever way feels right.
“The shirts represented in this Clothesline Project display represent each person’s personal experience with violence,” said Chris Krajewski, domestic abuse and sexual assault program director at the WRCNM. “The messages are so impactful because they are raw and so brutally honest they take your breath away. The shirts show the pain, fear and anger that survivors experience, as well as hope and healing.”
The Clothesline Project display will be available for public viewing and reflection February 10-21, at the North Central Michigan College library in Petoskey. Books focusing on social injustice will also be displayed.
For more information or library hours, contact North Central Michigan College at (231) 348-6600, or contact the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan at (231) 347-0067 or online at wrcnm.org.
To coincide with One Billion Rising, North Central Michigan College and the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRCNM) are teaming up to organize a Clothesline Project display of more than 40 t-shirts created by local survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault. The shirts will be displayed February 10-21 at the college library. The shirts are a powerful and creative way for survivors to explore the power of their unique voices, to tell their stories and for the community to bear witness to this extraordinary, enlightening and empowering process.
One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that one in three women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, that amounts to more than one billion women and girls.
In 2013, one billion women and men in 207 countries shook the earth through dance and music to raise awareness and help end this violence. One Billion Rising was the biggest global action in the history of the world.
One Billion Rising takes place annually on February 14. The focus this year is to break the silence that continues to surround domestic abuse and sexual assault, as well as examine the root causes of these crimes. It is a call to survivors to break the silence and release their stories – politically, spiritually, outrageously – through art, dance, marches, ritual, song, spoken word, testimonies and whatever way feels right.
“The shirts represented in this Clothesline Project display represent each person’s personal experience with violence,” said Chris Krajewski, domestic abuse and sexual assault program director at the WRCNM. “The messages are so impactful because they are raw and so brutally honest they take your breath away. The shirts show the pain, fear and anger that survivors experience, as well as hope and healing.”
The Clothesline Project display will be available for public viewing and reflection February 10-21, at the North Central Michigan College library in Petoskey. Books focusing on social injustice will also be displayed.
For more information or library hours, contact North Central Michigan College at (231) 348-6600, or contact the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan at (231) 347-0067 or online at wrcnm.org.