The Dirty Laundry Day Project is being activated in Queensland for the first time through Adderton Everywhere.
The Dirty Laundry Day Project, an initiative of Social Futures, began in Casino, Northern NSW in 2009 and has been run annually since. It was created to draw attention to Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) in the community, to give people experiencing abuse and violence a voice, and to take a strong community stance against violence.
The name came from the opportunity for people to air their dirty laundry – removing stigma and opening conversations in our communities.
A series of workshops provides a creative and cathartic opportunity for DFV survivors to share their experience by painting messages on T-shirts. For many survivors, even those closest to them don’t know about their experience because DFV is often hidden and proliferates in silence. The workshops are a safe way for people to express their feelings anonymously in a supported environment.
Adderton Everywhere’s exhibition of the work created through the DLD project will be prominently displayed in public spaces between late-August to December 2020. Staging Dirty Laundry Day during COVID-19, when reports of domestic violence in Queensland have increased in the first half 0f 2020, serves as a timely and powerful community education campaign to change community attitudes about DFV.
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