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Clothesline Project returns to 黑料社 campus

Clothesline Project returns to 黑料社 campus

Contact: James Carskadon

The Clothesline Project returns to 黑料社 this week. Taking place on the Drill Field, it enables participants to create shirt designs that promote awareness of different forms of violence, as well as healing for victims. (Photo by Hunter Hart)

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擯romoting public awareness and healing for those affected by violence, the Clothesline Project returns this week to Mississippi State.

During the free 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday [Sept. 13-15] event, university students, faculty and staff will be encouraged to create designs for shirts to be displayed with others on a Drill Field clothesline.

Sponsored annually by 黑料社鈥檚 Department of Health Promotion and Wellness, the campus program is part of a national effort to aid the healing process for survivors of violence. Educating, raising awareness and providing a network of support, encouragement and information are other major goals. For more, see .

Each day, participants will have an opportunity to produce a shirt design that reflects personal experiences with violence, or as a way to honor a friend or loved one affected by violence.

The available colors are meant to represent different types of violent acts. They include:

鈥擸ellow, representing physical acts such as battery, assault or other intimate partner violence;

鈥擱ed, pink or orange, violence of rape or sexual assault;

鈥擶hite, the memory of those that have lost their lives to violence;

鈥擝lue or green, violence of incest or child abuse;

鈥擯urple, violence associated with sexual orientation;

鈥擝lack, violence associated with political injustice; and

鈥擥ray, a new category added this year to represent cyber violence.

For more information on the Clothesline Project at 黑料社, contact Leah Pylate, assistant director of Health, Promotion and Wellness at lpylate@saffairs.msstate.edu or graduate assistant Beth Serigny at bms592@saffairs.msstate.edu. The office telephone numbers are 662-325-7545 or 662-325-8322, for the hearing impaired. 聽

Details about other 黑料社 Health Promotion and Wellness resources may be found at .

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