Confronted with the face of abuse, what would you do?

Invisible. Humiliated. Nervous. Those are just a few words volunteers used to describe how they felt spending an entire day sporting black eyes and bruises, created with makeup, to raise awareness of domestic violence.

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, seven volunteers, men and women, were made up Oct. 18 to have black eyes, slap marks, bloody knuckles and other bruises, and then sent out to continue their day at work. They met again at the end of the day to talk about their experiences.
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