"The Clothesline Project," a display of T-shirts calling attention to violence against women, can be viewed throughout the month of April in the atrium of West Shore Community College's Schoenherr Campus Center.

The T-shirts are designed and created by women survivors of violence and families and friends of women victims

of violence.

"The shirts hang side-by side to 'break the silence' and to bear witness to this violence," says Carla Shay, director

of the college's Women's Resource Center, which sponsored and organized the exhibit along with Communities

Overcoming Violent Encounters.

The display is to raise awareness about violence in the community since April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Awareness month, and National Crime Victims Rights Week is April 18-24.

Anyone who is a victim, family/friend of a victim, or who wishes to support victims of violence, is encouraged to create a T-shirt for this display. For more information, contact the Women's Resource Center on the upper level of the Campus Center.

The public is encouraged to stop by to view the shirts. Information about COVE, sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, crime victims, stalking, teen dating violence and volunteer opportunities are available at the

Women's Resource Center as well as at COVE office.  

A silent art auction benefiting COVE is from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 10 at the Ludington Area Center for the

Arts. There will be refreshments, and a chance to buy art.