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2025 Clothesline Project Display
Venue: Virginia Tech Drillfield, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Women's Center at Virginia Tech presents the 2025 Clothesline Project Display on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 on the Virginia Tech Drillfield.

The Clothesline Project, an effort to raise awareness of gender-based and sexual violence, is a visual testimony to the shattering effect of violence and its impact on society. Survivors of violence, and friends and families of victims, create shirts emblazoned with direct messages and strong illustrations. The shirts express the pain and suffering of the survivors, aid in their healing process, and celebrate their strength and courage to overcome the past.

The shirts, hung side by side on a clothesline, are color coded: white for victims who have died of violence; yellow or beige for survivors who have been battered or assaulted; red, pink, or orange for those raped or sexually assaulted; blue or green for survivors of incest or child sexual abuse; purple or lavender for those attacked because of their sexual orientation; and black for those disabled because of violence.

The Clothesline Project educates the public about the scope of gender-based and sexual violence and the impact it has on individuals, their families and friends, and the community.

Note: The rain location is the Squires Student Center.

For more information, visit: https://www.womenscenter.vt.edu/Program/womens-month/womens-month-events.html or email Susan Anderson at anderson@math.vt.edu.