Posted by Scott on April 17th, 2007 — Posted in TBTN
Christy Johnson recently wrote about a rally to raise violence awareness in Ohio. I include an excerpt:
The struggle to end domestic violence and rape led students, faculty and community members to the 3rd annual “Take Back the Night” rally and march Saturday.
Approximately 100 men and women headed to the lawn near University Hall to listen to musicians and speakers and share personal stories about domestic violence.
Domestic violence and rape is becoming increasingly more prevalent in America, where one out of every six women experiences sexual assault, and one out of every four women will face some sort of domestic violence during her lifetime.
Read entire article by Christy Johnson.
It makes me happy to hear of all those people standing up and protesting violence. However, it makes me sad that we have violence to protest. We need to keep standing up against offensive violence and keep working harder to end it until we have eradicated it from the world.
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Posted by Scott on December 4th, 2006 — Posted in TBTN
The phrases “Reclaim The Night” and “Take Back the Night” refer to international marches and rallies intended as direct action and protests opposing forms of violence against women such as rape. It originated with the radical feminist movement.
The term “Take Back the Night” comes from the title of a memorial read by Anne Pride in 1977 at a Pittsburgh anti-violence rally. The first march of “Reclaim the Night” was held in 1976 in Belgium by the women attending the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. The women marched together in solidarity, holding candles to protest the ways in which violence permeates the lives of women globally.
Events usually consist of a rally, followed by a march, and often finished with a candlelight vigil or speak-out on violence against women. The marches are often intentionally women-only, in order to symbolize women’s individual walk through darkness, and to demonstrate that united women can resist violence and fear. (Other marches include men; the organization differs as each event is organized locally.)
In agreement with TBTN, this blog adamantly opposes violence against women. It tears my heart apart to think of preventable suffering inflicted on women by other human beings, including the nearly 100,000 rapes that take place in the U.S. yearly. See: Self-Defense: End Victimization! and Tools For Self-Defense Strategy. I have included the following links about TBTN:
Take Back the Night at James Madison University
Take Back the Night - Will County, Illinois
History Of Reclaim The Night
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