University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Clothesline Project

The Clothesline Project (CLP) is a program started on Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence against women.

This event is brought to you The Women’s Health Project, along with ALANA Health Outreach and Education, Everywoman’s Center, Men’s Resource Center,Pride Alliance, Safe Passage, Stonewall Center, Take Back The Night, Tzedek, VOX Women’s Studies Dept.

The Women’s Health Project is part of Health Education - UHS - 577-5181

We encourage women to be empowered by their choices.