What the group wants the quilt to look like on the Mall. Courtesy of FORCE.

Update: Because of the snow, the quilt will be displayed on March 1. The below post has been updated.

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One hundred red quilts featuring the stories of survivors of sexual assault, rape and abuse will blanket the West Lawn of the Capitol on March 1.

Known collectively as The Monument Quilt, the crowd-sourced piece is the work of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture. In June, organizers from the activist-artist effort told DCist they hope the quilt will grow and eventually go on display at the National Mall. When it does, it will spell “Not Alone.”

While the Mall quilt will hopefully begin a dialogue about consent, [organizers Hannah Brancato and Rebecca Nagle] said it’s also meant to mobilize the action needed to create a permanent monument to survivors of rape and abuse. If created, the monument would serve as a symbol to “help our country imagine a day without rape,” Nagle said.

The March 1st display of the quilt, from 1 to 4 p.m., will be the first in D.C. It was last displayed in Baltimore, where FORCE is based. The group projected the phrase “Rape is rape,” as well as survivors’ stories, on a wall near the Capitol building in 2012. Survivors can learn how to contribute a square here.