This article was published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. By Teresa Ristow.
Steamboat Springs — A unique exhibit called Breaking Silence is at Colorado Mountain College for the week and aims to start a dialogue about domestic violence and sexual assault.
Visitors to the exhibit put on headphones to hear the difficult, true stories of three people affected in different ways by interpersonal violence. As they listen, visitors walk through a series of curtained rooms that resemble the places where the stories of violence take place.
The tour ends at a reflection wall where people are invited to write down how the exhibit affected them or which stories they connected with most.
“We’re breaking the silence, because we want to start a dialogue,” said Alli Watt, a Colorado State University graduate who first created the exhibit two-and-a-half years ago. Click for full article