September 29, 2006
For Immediate Release
For more information:
Peggy Pasin
(801) 863-8080
Clothesline Project Displayed at UVSC
The UVSC Courtyard will be filled with T-shirts Oct. 5-6 from 8 a.m.
to 7 p.m. as part of The Clothesline Project. To mark the event,
Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) will appear Thursday at 6 p.m. in
the courtyard, followed by a special presentation and ending with a
candlelight vigil.
The Clothesline Project began in 1990 in Cape Cod, Mass. as a way for
women to express their emotions against any form of abuse they have
experienced. The display features shirts decorated by survivors of
abuse and friends of victims of abuse who wish to share their
experience with the public. The colors of the shirts each represent
a different form of abuse, such as battery, rape, incest and violent
attacks. The display not only promotes awareness of the widespread
problem of abuse, but also enables survivors of abuse to move on with
their lives and gives support to those silently struggling with abuse.
“The Clothesline Project is not a comforting, uplifting
experience,” said Peggy Pasin, coordinator for the Women’s
Resource Center. “Instead, it is moving and eye-opening. Informing
the community about the problem is the first step toward ending the
violence.”
UVSC’s display consists solely of shirts decorated by male and
female UVSC students and faculty. Materials and shirts will be
available at Centre Stage in the Sorensen Center for those who would
like to decorate a shirt for a friend or for themselves.
Along with the display in the courtyard, UVSC has a permanent
Clothesline Project on the Equity in Education Training and Resource
Center’s Web site, which can be viewed year-round at www.uvsc.edu/
conted/equity/clothesline.html.
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Megan Laurie
(801) 863-7149
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Valerie Chapman
(801) 863-8504