FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2014 BATON ROUGE TO HOST THE MONUMENT QUILT, PUBLICLY SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND ABUSE On August 12, residents of the Baton Rouge will witness stories from survivors of sexual violence stitched together on 200 bright, red quilt squares. The Monument Quilt will be on display from 10:30am to 1:30pm […]
BIRMINGHAM TO HOST THE MONUMENT QUILT, PUBLICLY SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND ABUSE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2014 BIRMINGHAM TO HOST THE MONUMENT QUILT, PUBLICLY SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND ABUSE On August 10, 2014, residents of the Birmingham will witness stories from survivors of sexual violence stitched together on 200 bright, red quilt squares. The Monument Quilt will be on display from 4pm to 8pm […]
ALTERNATE ROOTS TO HOST THE MONUMENT QUILT, PUBLICLY SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND ABUSE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2014 ALTERNATE ROOTS TO HOST THE MONUMENT QUILT, PUBLICLY SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND ABUSE On the evening of August 9, artists and activists will gather in Arden to witness stories from survivors of sexual violence stitched together on 200 bright, red quilt squares. The Monument Quilt will be on […]
The Monument Quilt Workshop at Johns Hopkins University
This summer, I helped to facilitate a Monument Quilt workshop on the Johns Hopkins campus. In the days before the workshop, I felt rather doubtful of my abilities as a facilitator. Both the resources provided on the website and a few conversations with Hannah Brancato certainly helped to assuage my nerves. But it was only […]
PUBLIC MONUMENT TO RAPE SURVIVORS TOURS THE UNITED STATES
This August, visitors across the US will witness stories from survivors of sexual violence emblazoned on 200 bright, red quilt squares. During a 12-city tour, The Monument Quilt will be displayed at public parks, town squares, college campuses and high school football fields from White River, SD to Queens, NY. Larger than two basketball courts […]
The Monument Quilt Workshop at the University of Oklahoma
As the interpersonal violence intern for the University of Oklahoma’s Women’s Outreach Center, I was honored to involve the university community in FORCE’s Monument Quilt Project. Because we cannot prevent sexual assault or solve the problems stemming from sexual assault without first talking about it, our quilts were an important tenant to our Sexual Assault […]
The Monument Quilt Workshop at Connecticut College
We didn’t host a traditional workshop; instead, we incorporated The Monument Quilt into the Think S.A.F.E. Project’s end of the year field day. Held in the middle of our central lawn, the activities drew in students from across campus. My partner and I manned a table littered with quilt squares and fabric pens situated between […]
Force announces a 10-city tour for the Monument Quilt
Today, Force launched a Kickstarter to fund a tour of The Monument Quilt. The 2014 tour will give cities and towns the opportunity to witness the quilt, engage in the project and transform their local response to rape. The Monument Quilt is a crowd-sourced collection of thousands of stories from survivors of rape and abuse. […]
100 Red Quilts Blanket Lawn of US Capitol Building with Stories from Survivors of Rape and Abuse
On a sunny, winter Saturday, 100 red quilts blanketed the lawn of the US Capitol Building with survivors’ stories of rape and abuse. In three hours, roughly 300 visitors saw the 100 quilts. The project, The Monument Quilt, is an effort to create public healing space for survivors. With the symbolic capitol dome as a […]
FORCE invites survivors and allies to add their story to The Monument Quilt
Today, FORCE released instructions for survivors of rape and abuse on how to make a submit a quilt square to be part of the historic Monument Quilt. The Monument Quilt is a crowd-sourced collection of thousands of stories from survivors of rape and abuse. FORCE says, “By making a square, your voice will join thousands […]