Admission is free. Friends and survivors of violence to women may design a shirt at the display, or at home, to be added to the project. Viewers are invited to donate new or used plain shirts. Colors should be white, red, pink, beige, yellow, blue, green, orange, lavender or purple. Donated shirts are given free to any survivor of violence to women.
Survivors then design shirts that are added to the display.
According to Fraser-Vaselakos, the project began when women noticed 51,000 U.S. women were murdered by partners during the time that 58,000 men were killed in Vietnam. The public is invited to create and send shirts to the project at 12727 S. 143rd St., Lockport, IL 60441. The American Medical Association has declared domestic violence an epidemic The March of Dimes names battery as the top cause of birth defects The American Osteopathic Association calls for continued education on domestic violence.