Clothes Line at the Billings Courthouse Against Domestic Violence
"Always treat a woman like you would want someone else to treat your little sister," my Father said all my life. If we all followed this, we wouldn't need a domestic violence awareness month in October.
The Northern Lights Family Justice Center will host a "Clothes Line Project" with supportive, personal messages decorated on t-shirts and hung on clothes lines to display support for Survivors. The get-together starts Friday the 25th at noon on the lawn of the Billings Courthouse on 27th Street downtown, and they will dress up shirts for presentation until 7:00 that evening. Then the good work continues Saturday the 26th from 10:00 in the morning until 2:00 that afternoon.
Certainly You are Invited!
Please bring a t-shirt or two, whether old and used or new, along with the messages you wish to convey to those who endured and are enduring this awful trauma. This absolutely includes the survivors of sexual violence and trafficking.
The Northern Lights
Northern Lights provides a welcoming space where survivors can recover and determine a path forward. A unique feature to this coordination is that the client reports the torment only once at the initial visit and assessment. Hard to heal if one has to retell the awful stories over and over again.
From there options will be available. Northern Lights is a network that include the Billings Police Department, city prosecutors, clerks of the court, civil and legal aid. If the survivor wishes justice, they will bring the heavy end of the gavel down on the abusers.
On the flip side will be recovery support for the escaped survivors. YWCA provides a secure shelter away from the trauma and transitioning services to better living. Angela's Piazza opens their arms to love and support their recovery. All options may be exercised at the survivor's discretion and when she is ready.
If your spirit sinks at the news of violence against women and girls and some boys, as mine does, then please express your support for them and the Northern Lights. You can wear your heart on a shirt in the fall breeze.
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