UNI Clothesline Project Photo Archive
The Clothesline Project is organized by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at UNI in conjunction with Relationship Violence Awareness month in October to create awareness about the continual violence against women, children, men, the LGBTQ+ community, and other marginalized communities through the decoration (arts & writing positive words) of t-shirts.
The Clothesline Project is an international movement meant to protest violence against women. The project started in 1990 in Hyannis, Mass. when a member of the Cape Cod Women’s Defense Agenda learned that while 58,000 U.S. soldiers died in Vietnam, 51,000 women were killed by domestic violence on the home front. These women were shocked to hear that so many women died at the hands of people they were meant to trust.
The Clothesline Project is a visual display of violence statistics that often go ignored. Each shirt is made by a survivor of violence or by someone who has lost a loved one to violence. The color of each shirt represents a different type of violence.
- White represents women who died because of violence
- Yellow represents survivors of domestic violence
- Red, Pink, or Orange represent survivors of rape and sexual assault
- Blue or Green represent survivors of childhood sexual abuse
- Purple represents people attacked because of their sexual orientation
- Grey or Brown represent survivors of emotional verbal or spiritual abuse
- Black represents women attacked for political reasons
Sub-Collections. Photos of T-Shirts by color (arranged alphabetically in columns):
T-Shirts (all) | Brown Shirts | Orange Shirts | Red Shirts |
Black Shirts | Green Shirts | Pink Shirts | White Shirts |
Blue Shirts | Grey Shirts | Purple Shirts | Yellow Shirts |
Sub-Collections. Photos for each year (arranged in reverse chronological order in columns):
2023 Photos | 2020 Photos | 2017 Photos | 2013 Photos | |
2022 Photos | 2019 Photos | 2016 Photos | 2012 Photos | |
2021 Photos | 2018 Photos | 2014 Photos |
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Shirt Decorating [Photo 05]
2013
Colorful shirts decorated by students on shirt decorating event. A student decorating a shirt.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Shirt Decorating [04 Photo 04]
2013
Colorful shirts decorated by students on shirt decorating event.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Shirt Decorating [03 Photo 03]
2013
A yellow shirt decorated by a student.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Shirt Decorating [02 Photo 02]
2013
Colorful shirts decorated by students on shirt decorating event.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Shirt Decorating [01 Photo 01]
2013
A student decorating a shirt at WRC.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project [Photo 02]
2013
Lights shining on the campanile on Bearing Witness Day.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project [Photo 01]
2013
A collage of pictures taken during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, highlighting Clothesline Bearing Witness Day around campus.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 12]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the north side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 11]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the north side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 10]
10-2013
Clothesline Project poster. Text title, "The Clothesline Project: Break the Silence."
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 09]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the northwest side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 08]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the northwest side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 07]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the northwest side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 06]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the northwest of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 05]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the north side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 04]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the north side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 03]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the north side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 02]
10-2013
Decorated yellow t-shirt. Open door. Text, "There Is Hope."
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day [Photo 01]
10-2013
Decorated shirts hung on clothesline outside on the north side of Rod Library.
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Fall 2013 Clothesline Project Bearing Witness Day
2013
Colorful and decorated shirts hung on clothesline for Bearing Witness Day.
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Fall 2012 Clothesline Project [05 Photo 05]
2012
A newspaper article highlighting the Clothesline Project done on campus.
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Fall 2012 Clothesline Project [04 Photo 04]
2012
A collage of activities done as a part of the Clothesline Project. Students decorating shirts and colorful and decorated shirts hung on clotheslines around campus for Bearing Witness Day.
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Fall 2012 Clothesline Project [03 Photo 03]
2012
As a part of Domestic and Intimate Violence Awareness Month, the poster advertises a "Shine the Light" event.
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Fall 2012 Clothesline Project [01 Photo 01]
2012
A collage of pictures taken on shirt decorating events and Bearing Witness Day. Colorful and decorated shirts hung on clotheslines and students decorating shirts.
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156. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 014, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "I am a survivor of abuse and rape from my father, stranger and partner of 8 years. I ran away with my kids 7 years ago. There's no lonleir [lonelier], painful,sadder place to be than me."
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155. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 013, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "Love shouldn't hurt, but I'm stronger because it did."
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154. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 012, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Image on front, "Two stick figures holding hands, heart in between."
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153. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 011, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "I'm sorry: he hurt you, he took your innocence, they didn't protect you, you couldn't tell, I love you brother."
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152. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 010, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "Believe our children."
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151. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 009, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "I support those who were too young to understand the severity of what happened to... I love you."
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150. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 008, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "your [you're] safe now."
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149. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 007, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "I was molested and told to face the world at 8 years old."
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148. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 006, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "You wouldn't let me have job friends family."
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146. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2023 [Blue, Photo 004, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt front. Text on front, "We need to care for our kids."
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145. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2021 [Blue, Photo 003, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "I will not let you control me by saying it's love."
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144. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2023 [Blue, Photo 002, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "I will not stay silent so you can stay comfortable ."
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143. UNI Clothesline Project T-Shirt, 2012-2023 [Blue, Photo 001, Front]
6-2022
Blue shirt. Text on front, "Stop Rape."