Web designer and developer needed to create a web interface for a digital version of the Monument Quilt. The Monument Quilt is an on-going collection of stories from survivors of rape and abuse. Written, stitched, and painted onto red fabric, our stories are displayed in city and town centers to create and demand public space to heal. The digital quilt will integrate images of the fabric squares with video and audio from survivors, including a feature where people can add their video or audio story to their quilt square.
Applicants should send work samples, resume and cover letter to upsettingrapeculture@gmail.com by September 6th.
Skills needed: PHP, Javascript, MySQL (and some experience with WordPress to integrate with the Monument Quilt website)
Compensation: $1500
Project completion deadline: October 1
More about the Monument Quilt: The quilt resists the popular and narrow narrative of how sexual violence occurs by telling many stories, not one. The quilt builds a new culture where survivors are publicly supported, rather than publicly shamed.
To date, over 1,000 collected quilt squares have been displayed in 19 different cities across the US. As the quilt continues to grow, survivors, loved ones and supporters are encouraged to make a square. In a culminating display in Washington DC, 6,000 fabric squares will blanket over one mile of the national mall to spell “Not Alone.