The Clothesline Project

Their blood, sweat, and, tears went into the fixture and is now displayed for us to see. Its very personal and being able to visit and see it is quite lovely because we as humans are very personal only to our self and loved ones, but when we share with others just to show and make and impactions creates a light that the world is full of greatness in our humanity. But if I could add anything, just one to top off the whole piece would be to add photos of each lost victims and heroes. I would love to see tiny photographs of each individual. Maybe a book could be displayed on the site that had photos of the heroes and victims and their commitments to 911. Or just to credit them and have them know in a history book. I feel I can now truly appreciate art by visiting an artwork outside of the classroom. I found the fun that accompanied with the trip and in the artwork. I saw so much wisdom because of the memorial and pieces that were involved with it. Art is so much more that colors, textures, and, conceptions. The feelings I had when first seeing is more than all of

Penny Ann Beernsten, a thirty-six year old small business co-owner and physical fitness instructor, went through a traumatic experience on the afternoon of July 29, 1985. She jogged at a stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline in Wisconsin. She was planning on meeting with her father at the beach at 4:00 PM and she started the jog at 3:50 PM, but was grabbed and taken to the woods where she was raped and deprived her of oxygen by suffocation until she passed out. When she woke up, she walked out of the woods, where couples comforted her until she found her husband and finally the police. (Possley).

In the Anne Frank exhibit they show you different artifacts collected after the end of the Holocaust. Such as a copy of her diary, letters to and from her pen pal, baby pictures, etc. Besides the information and artifacts in front of you, there's a wall that catches your eye. It's a wall covered with bright articles of clothing, but as you continue walking the clothing gradually becomes darker. You can even see a few uniforms that prisoners wore in concentration camps. These articles of clothing represent the children murdered during World War 2. Topics like these, victims of genocide, are better learned about in person. Seeing a video or things that a child owned during a horrific time is more personal and powerful than reading about it in a

I completed my service project working alongside Dawn McKee from the Centre County Women’s Resource Center. She, along with the director of the Children’s Advocacy Center, director of the Youth Service Bureau, a representative from Children and Youth Services, and a representative from YMCA of Centre County came together to organize an event for sexual assault and child abuse. They coordinated an event on the courthouse steps in Bellefonte where they recognized members in the community who were dedicated to preventing and spreading awareness of sexual assault and child abuse.

Tonier Cain, a nationally- known public speaker and traumatic event educator has inspired many women across the nation, she tells her story to audiences filled with men and women who specialize in substance abuse programs, mental health agencies, corrections facilities as well as trauma survivors and many more. Tonier, also known as Neen was introduced to the jail system at an early age and has a criminal record of 83 arrest followed by 66 convictions. Cain’s story is empowering, inspirational and unforgettable. As of today, her efforts to uplift women who have experienced trauma has given her a position as the team leader for the newly funded National Center for Trauma.

The Columbia Missouri Stake President Harvey James was the keynote speaker. He opened the conference and said, “Things we feel certain about may be different from others perspective.” He reassured the crowd of over one-hundred women that they are not alone and there “is opposition in all things.”

Since the dawn of American culture, women have been oppressed. Due to inequalities in the hierarchy of social power, women have been targeted for discrimination. However, women have not sat quietly and let the “man” dictate their lives. Through movement raised through women of all cultures, change has come to all American women. Racism, homophobia and classism created hardships for the American women who rebled through reproductive justice organizations, anarcho-syndicalism, and embracement of their sexual orientation. These helped efforts created the foundation that we live in today and continues to inspire and mold the environment .

The overall programmatic goal of the Jame Madison University Valley Scholars program is primarily to provide access to higher education and academic support to local, low-income, at-risk, and underserved middle and high school students in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. In order to establish this goal, the Valley Scholars program provides and encompasses a variety of activities for these students, which are mentioned in the previous sections.

Mission: Develop a Non –Profit, third party program and find source funding to help female veterans (active & non active duty) one on one with counseling, career advancement, and listen to their every need without judgment and comparison to male veterans.

Women residents of the Stearns County Jail can be members of our group. This population was chosen because we both thought it would be a new learning experience to work within the jail system; in addition, our supervisor at the jail suggested that he needed an all-female group. Furthermore, we liked the idea of stepping outside of our comfort-zones. We also though this group would be a little more challenging, yet we have high hopes that this will be a great learning experience for the both of us.

To demonstrate even further barriers to access for rural veterans, rural female veterans present with many differing challenges…limited labor and job opportunities, lack of available childcare resources, and limited job opportunities (Szelwach, Steinkogler, Badger, & Muttukumaru, 2011). Additionally, according to the NHRA (2014) female veterans encounter even more barriers in accessing mental health care due to the potential effects of military sexual trauma (MST). Moreover, there is a need for those who are trained in mental and primary

Studying Social Justice in college has made me more aware to the sexism that occurs in my community. In the latest neighborhood chisme (gossip) or the local Logan square newspaper, it is often reported that acts of gang violence or property crimes have occurred throughout the week. Never does one encounter any awareness of the sexism that occurs throughout the community, nor is it a topic anyone is willing to openly discuss. Sexism is the

My program, "The Wounds of Words," was held on the campus of area high schools. Three women spoke; one was a specialist on dating and domestic violence, and the other two were survivors of emotionally and physically abusive relationships. Approximately two hundred people attended the program; some came out of concern for loved ones, others came out of concern for themselves. Regardless of their reasons for coming, I knew as I listened to the speakers and their courageous stories that if one girl could be saved from the emotional abuse that may await her in the future because of my program, the program was a success.

People in the audience who lost close loved ones in this disaster may not think the other worldly tragedies Giovanni describes are of the same magnitude as this. For others though these images she gives may help them connect with the loss some are experiencing. Speeches can affect people in different ways, some speeches will inspire you, others will make you reflect on your own life, some will teach you a life lesson, but Nikki Giovanni’s poem was meant to bring together a group of disheartened people. Giovanni’s speech did not affect me as intensely as it did to the families of the victims who actually saw her give the speech. Similar to whether you are seeing a photo of a piece of artwork or seeing it in person, seeing or hearing a recording of a speech it will affect you differently. Sontag says, “real art has the capacity to make us nervous” (Sontag 759). This speech is meant to bring out the sadness, but also the hope for a better future that people are feeling. Preston Risser said, “her poem brought out the hurt people were feeling and brought awareness to the situation at hand.” As seen in the video people are either crying after she is finished, or standing up with a newfound inspiration to stand tall and put this tragedy in the past. The way a piece of art might make you feel does not have to be displayed by some physical expression, it can be an emotion that is kept inside.

Ms. Boorkovec is enrolled in the Women’s Domestic Violence Education and Empowerment Group at the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center. Her first intake was on November 29, 2016. The group meets once weekly over a 12 week period. The class will start on January 4, 2016 and will conclude with graduation in March 29, 2017.