CR Women's Club

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 2008
April 23rd, 6:00 – 9:00 pm at CR’s Cafeteria and Lakeview Room

Take Back the Night is a march and rally that began in England during the 1970s to protest against the fear that women felt walking in the streets at night. The first Take Back the Night march and rally in the United States was held in San Francisco in 1978. While the march began as a way to protest the violence that women, primarily prostitutes, experienced while walking in public at night, the purpose of these marches was to speak out against this violence and raise community awareness as a preventative measure against future violence. The movement has since grown to encompass all forms of violence against all persons (men, women, and children) though violence against women is still the movement's main focus. The word NIGHT was originally meant to be taken literally to express the fear that many women feel at night, but has since changed to symbolize a fear of violence in general. This helps the movement incorporate other feminist concerns such as domestic violence and sexual abuse. The march has grown to be an international event advocating for the right of everyone to feel safe from violence that happens in large metropolitan areas and small college campuses. Women are often told to be extra careful and take precautions when going out at night. In some parts of the world, even today, women are not allowed to go out at night. So, women must start at the beginning by fighting for freedom of movement when women struggle for freedom because it is non-existent. Freedom of movement is a precondition for anything else. It comes before freedom of speech in importance, because without it, freedom of speech cannot exist.

All are welcome to come and participate in CR's Take Back the Night 2008 Events.  Take Back the Night will host guest speakers, agency tables, open microphone for survivors, discussion groups, poetry, music, food and drink.  This is safe space for education and sharing. Please join us on April 23rd at 6:00 pm and help stop violence against all who identify as women!!