Showing posts with label abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abuse. Show all posts
Sunday, April 20, 2014
The Clothesline Project is helping survivors of abuse express themselves.
The Women’s Center in Waukesha sponsored The Clothesline Project on April 19th to honor Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month.
The project gives women, who have been affected by abuse, an opportunity to express their emotions through art, by decorating T-shirts with messages and artwork.
The shirts were color-coded to depict the type of abuse suffered. Green shirts represent survivors of child sexual abuse and yellow shirts represent domestic violence. The finished T-shirts can be seen displayed on walls of U.W. Waukesa and WCTC.
The Women's Center, has served 9,000 women in the last year. The Executive Director Angela Mancuso,is hoping the project is cathartic for those who take part and that someone who see's this, will be more inclined to come for help.
The Clothesline Project will run through the end of April.
The Women’s Center in Waukesha offers an emergency shelter for women, a crisis hotline, as well as group and individual counseling. If you or someone you know needs assistance from The Women’s Center in Waukesha call the 24-hour hotline: 262-542-3828
Monday, December 9, 2013
Milwaukee man gets 18 year for torturing a 2 year old boy, the boy's mother gets 12 years
"Dennis Buford, who tortured his girlfriend's 2-year-old son for more than a year and whose abuse of the boy is among the worst cases that child maltreatment experts have ever seen, was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision."
"Those sitting in the courtroom gallery literally shuddered as Torbenson described the boy's injuries, which took more than 200 photographs and a 26-page doctor's report to document.
The boy, who was hospitalized for more than a month, remains covered with scars, must be fed through a tube and take medications to control his seizures, Torbenson."
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