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The Silent Witness Project Unveiling Ceremony is a solemn ceremony recounts the stories of women and girls whose lives ended violently at the hands of an intimate partner or stalker.
Please join the Bethany House and The Toledo Lucas County Public Library as we present the Northwest Ohio Silent Witness Project Unveiling Ceremony.
The Silent Witness Project is a national initiative, founded in 1990 in Minnesota, in response to an epidemic of domestic violence homicides. There are local Silent Witness Project chapters in all 50 states. The 2026 Northwest Ohio Silent Witness Project exhibit features more than 40 figures and dozens of retired chest plates, each representing a life abruptly and violently ended by an intimate partner or stalker.
During the unveiling, the silhouettes will be revealed one by one in a solemn ceremony. Each Silent Witness will be represented by an individual reader, who will recount the story of the girl or woman represented by that figure.
The Northwest Ohio Silent Witness Project is housed and maintained by Bethany House. For more information about Bethany House and the Silent Witness Project, please visit their website: https://bethanyhousetoledo.org/silent-witness-project/
This event is free and open to the public; however, due to the intense nature of the program, organizers ask that those in attendance do not bring young children.
