The wooden sculpture will be unveiled at the Arts and Culture Park in the valley on May 10th as part of the Silent Witness Project. Laun-Marie Scott, the coordinator for the KV outreach program, tells CHSJ News that that each figure is painted red and wears a shield with text from the victim's family, which brings the reality of domestic violence home.
Scott says they want the figures to open people's eyes to the fact that domestic violence happens everywhere, even in small, quiet communities like the ones in the valley. Constable Kelley McIntyre of the Rothesay Regional Police saying in a presentation to Quispamsis council that they respond to at least one call of domestic violence per day.
