T-Shirts Quietly Break Silence About Domestic Violence

Published 04.28.2015

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T-shirt testimony aired on library "clothesline"Daylight illuminates a problem that needn't be faced alone.Karissa N. Stone, a work-study student in Madigan Library, reminds patrons of The Clothesline Project.T-shirts and markers await fresh messages of survival and solidarity.A timeless message, silently broadcastThe Clothesline Project, a way for women affected by violence to express their emotions, has returned to Madigan Library through Thursday. T-shirts bearing testimony to the enduring problem, designed by survivors and their supporters, are pinned to the clothesline in hopes that their hanging will lead to healing.
Photos by Caleb G. Schirmer, student photographer