TOOLS: Blanketed By Blame

The API Institute has developed a skit that is easy to stage; engages any audience; and by contrasting victim-blaming with empowerment, it shows what a difference a friend, a parent, a child, a professional, a community can make.

Dramatization by the Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
Based on an exercise developed by Ellen Pence
Credited to the Duluth Project and Ellen Pence
Adapted by Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence

1. Blanketed By Blame: Maya’s Story

Maya's Story raises awareness about:

• Domestic violence
• Victim-blaming by family and community members
• What a difference support can make
• Women’s experiences of oppression and liberation
• Harms that everyone suffers
• Empowerment that strengthens everyone.

• Blanketed By Blame: Maya's Story (Word)
• Blanketed By Blame: Maya's Story (PDF)

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2. Cargada con la Culpa, Fortalecida por el Apoyo: La Historia de Isabel

A Spanish-language adaptation of Maya's Story.

• Cargada con la Culpa, Fortalecida por el Apoyo: La Historia de Isabel (Word)
• Cargada con la Culpa, Fortalecida por el Apoyo: La Historia de Isabel (PDF)

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3. Blanketed By Tradition: Riwa’s Story

Riwa's Story raises awarenesss about:

• Rigid gender expectations by women and men
• How they perpetuate harsh and unforgiving environments
• Frozen culture in refugee and immigrant communities
• Benefits of change to women, men, elders, youth and children of
• How gender equality enriches family and community life.

• Blanketed By Tradition: Riwa’s Story (Word)
• Blanketed By Tradition: Riwa’s Story (PDF)

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Blanketed By Blame has been used in Alabama, Arizona, Bangladesh, California, Hawai'i, Lebanon, Minnesota, Ohio, Palestine, Texas, Wisconsin… let us know if you use it and we’ll add your location to the list.
We grant permission to adapt the text, change characters, names, translate the skits, etc. Please fully credit the API Institute and send us a copy of the adapted version.

Adapted Scripts

• Posted with permission from the Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS), Atlanta, GA
• www.icpas.org
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• Blanketed By Blame: A Cancer Survivor’s Story (Word)
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• Blanketed By Blame: A Story to Address Mental Health Issues (Word)