The Clothesline Project Chicagoland & Suburbs™
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The Clothesline Project Chicagoland & Suburbs™
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We are often asked, "How can we start a Clothesline Project in our area?" We have gathered some information here to help you in this process. A Clothesline Project does demand time and attention! For those who do have the time and other needed recourses to start and maintain a line, we hope that the following will be helpful. We would like you to know that The Clothesline Project Chicagoland & Suburbs™ office is available to discuss any problems you may have along the way, particularly in managing the ongoing displays to 'Break the Silence'. Others who have a strong interest, but who presently do not have the the time or other needed recourses can be put in contact with an already existing line in their area. To find a line in your area, please contact The Clothesline Project Chicagoland & Suburbs™. The Clothesline Project welcomes both new lines and volunteers to help the already existing lines in your area. The Clothesline Project is a visual display that calls attention to violence against women. The project displays shirts designed by women survivors of violence and families/friends of women victims of violence. The shirts hang side-by-side to 'Break the Silence' and to bear witness to this violence. The project focuses on providing healing for survivors of violence, educating the public about violence and providing solutions through individual action to prevent future acts of violence against women. The project displays at universities, hospitals, high schools, theaters, collages, churches, libraries, art galleries, workshops, conferences, health fairs, rallies and corporations. Contact us for more information through the Send Me Information button. Starting a Clothesline Project
Time Involved.The project demands time and attention to run smoothly. Displays have to be monitored, cared for, and publicized. Many times facilitators of the lines spend time working within the community by giving presentations, sitting on panels, contacting interested display site representatives, and working with survivors on shirt making sessions. The project accepts shirts from women
survivors and makes a commitment to the survivor that the shirt will be
displayed often to 'Break the Silence'. Back to TopFinancial Issues.The project needs a certain amount of financial backing to run smoothly. Even though volunteers can donate their time, there are real expenses that center around printing display site informational materials, shirt making materials, display hardware, and office costs. Funding the project can mean a vigilance to writing grants, planning fund raisers, or overseeing other donation related projects. The Clothesline Project Chicagoland & Suburbs™ often cuts the cost of purchasing shirts by sending volunteers to purchase shirts at garage sales, surplus stores, rummage sales and thrift shops. We ask anyone holding a garage sale to donate unsold shirts to the project at the end of their sale. Other ideas to cut shirt costs are to keep containers for donated shirts at all displays and to include a request for shirts to be donated on all printed materials. Back to TopSpace Required.The project does need a certain amount of space. As the project grows, so does the number of shirts and related items that need to be stored. The Clothesline Project Chicago & Suburbs™ has hundreds of shirts and large amounts of support materials related to the displays which take up over 500 square feet of office space. Back to TopWhat is the first step?The first step click the button to the left, print out the registration form, fill out the registration form and send the form to our office. Back to TopAre there Clothesline Project Goals?Yes. The following goals should be considered when setting up a Clothesline Project.
What messages
should a clothesline project communicate?
The four most important messages that a Clothesline Project should communicate are:
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What should the display look like?Click the button to the left for some suggestions that we have put together from our experiences of displaying the project over the last six years. These are only meant to be general guidelines since you have to work with many hosts and the space given to you to put up the display varies from auditoriums, art galleries, hallways, classrooms, lunchrooms, libraries and to open spaces outside. We have found that the Clothesline Project in all cases will become the focal point because of the powerful visual story that it tells. Back to TopWhat if this is more than we can handle at this time?Do not give up your determination to stop the violence! Join up with an already working line in your area and help them to grow or support distant lines by sending them your shirts or donations. Contact the National Network or The Clothesline Project of Chicagoland & Suburbs™ for a list of lines in your area. Back to Top |
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shirts, donations or to request more information:
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