04/19/2023
By Melissa Wall

The Clothesline Project is a national movement focused on creating a visual reminder of the impact that power-based personal violence has had on our community, turning statistics into shirts. The movement gives a voice to those who have been silenced, sending the message that help is available and there is a path to healing.

Shirts are color-coded to highlight the form of violence and type of violence experienced by the individual making the shirt or experienced by the individual who the shirt is made in honor of.

  • White: People who died as a result of violence
  • Yellow: Survivors of physical assault and/or dating/domestic violence or abuse
  • Pink: Survivors of rape and/or sexual assault
  • Blue: Survivors of incest or childhood sexual abuse
  • Purple: Survivors of attacks due to perceived or actual sexual orientation
  • Grey: Survivors of emotional, spiritual or verbal abuse
  • Black: Those disabled as the result of an attack or assaulted because of a disability

We invite all members of our campus community to come decorate T-shirts in the University Crossing atrium on Tuesday, April 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will provide the shirts and other materials. The T-shirts will be displayed throughout the week. Please contact Melissa Wall at melissa_wall@uml.edu if you have any questions.