View a display that tells a story about domestic violence in Shawnee Co. Each shirt is decorated by a survivor, by someone who cares about them, or YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment staff member.
This display is sponsored by YWCA Northeast Kansas and BlueCross BlueShield Kansas.
The purpose of the project is to increase awareness of the impact of violence and abuse, to honor a survivor's strength to continue, and to provide another avenue fro them to courageously break the silence that often surrounds their experience.
The Clothesline Project started with one jarring statistic. In 2990 member of the Cape Cod Women's Defense Agenda were shocked to learn that during the same timeframe in which 58,000 soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War, 51,000 U.S. women were killed by intimate partner violence. Now more than three decades after the first clothesline was hung on Cape Cod, organizers have spread The Clothesline Project to numerous countries, highlighting the need for uninhibited access to local resources and increased global awareness.
Our mission is sparking curiosity and connecting our community through literacy and learning. The library features the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, the Millennium Café, Chandler Booktique (bookstore and gift shop), free meeting rooms, computer training and free Wi-Fi access. The library has a collection of more than 414,000 books and serves more than 81,000 registered borrowers. Bookmobiles make 23 stops Monday-Saturday across Shawnee County. The website tscpl.org serves customers’ needs 24/7. The library offers state-of-the art technology, youth programs that encourage learning and reading, adult learning programs, online learning tools, events, and reference and research tools.
