2024 Candlelight Vigil memories
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Candlelight Vigil & Clothesline Project
for Domestic Violence Awareness
for Domestic Violence Awareness
2024 Memories
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Remember • Honor • Act
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Event Agenda:
5:30 - 6:30 Clothesline Project & Resource Fair 6:30 - 7:30 Program & Vigil
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About the Speakers
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Activities will start at 5:30 p.m. with a resource fair of local organizations sharing community resources. The Clothesline Project returns this year, displaying t-shirts decorated by survivors, allies, and those who have lost loved ones to violence. Attendees are encouraged to create a shirt at home or at the event. Shirts and fabric markers will be available. The purpose of the project is to increase awareness of the impact of violence and abuse, to honor a survivor's strength to continue, and to provide another avenue for them to courageously break the silence that often surrounds their experience.
The program begins at 6:30 PM with live music and speakers and ends at 7:30 with the lighting of the candles. Our candlelight vigil is a way to remember the victims of relationship violence, to honor the survivors, and to act to create change.
The program begins at 6:30 PM with live music and speakers and ends at 7:30 with the lighting of the candles. Our candlelight vigil is a way to remember the victims of relationship violence, to honor the survivors, and to act to create change.
Resource Fair 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Attend the Resource Fair and learn more about all the great resources available to the Douglas County Community. Interested in being a resource at the fair in 2025? contact [email protected]
What is the Clothesline Project?
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What: The Clothesline Project is a collective public exhibit of t-shirts created by survivors of violence and those who have lost a loved one to violence. In the public display, each shirt is hung so that viewers can witness the impact of domestic violence in our community. Join us in this empowering event designed to bring healing to survivors of violence, education about violence, and violence prevention.
Who: Write your story as a survivor, tell the story of the one you are there to remember, or write a message of support as an ally. Anyone who has been affected by relationship violence at any time in their life is encouraged to come forward and design a shirt to represent their story. Where: You can create your shirt at home or at the event. If you want to create your shirt that night, bring a white or light-colored t-shirt you can write on. We will have some extra shirts and sharpies available; if you have an extra t-shirt, bring it along for someone else to use. In your design, please do not include a name or any other identifying information in your design. |
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Interested in volunteering at this event? We would love the help! Visit here to learn more.
