Shrewsbury – The Worcester County Clothesline Project came to the Shrewsbury Town Common Oct. 15.
The Clothesline Project was started in 1992 and since 2000 has been part of Pathways for Change. Its mission is to make the issues of sexual violence more widely known and to allow the victims of this violence to start the process of healing. The T-shirts are color coded to depict the nature of the violence be it battering, sexual violence, incest, sexual abuse of children and women who were attacked because of their sexual orientation. Sadly, white depicts women who have died because of this violence.
Pathways for Change has offices at 588 Main St, Worcester, MA and 275 Nichols Rd, Simmons Building, Fitchburg, Mass. Its phone number is 508- 852-7600. Office hours are Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The crisis support number (800- 870-5905) is open 24 hours a day every day of the year.
Photos/Jerry Callaghan