guns are increasingly being used in instances of domestic violence and the stories of survivors are on a visual display today in Bergen County turning the statistics into t-shirts for the clothesline project more than 2 000 shirts each color representing a different type of violence made by a Survivor or someone who's lost a loved one to the violence it's a national movement that began in 1990 in Cape Cod giving a voice to anyone who's been silenced allowing them to express their emotions by decorating a shirt and hanging it on the clothesline the powerful display a reminder that the problem exists in every Community more than half of women and almost one in three men have experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes according to the CDC the shirts are on view in recognition of national crime victim rights week for many many years survivors even today are ashamed and embarrassed that this is happening in their own home and when they find out they're not the only ones and not no longer isolated they're able to express and reach out for Harold they're able to say this is what's happening to me I need some help here [Music] [Music]