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Worldwide march sends message of rights, hope
GRACE MORRIS
Issue date: 4/9/09 Section: Out & About
Last April, Jenny Aszman stood by the University arch with 100 other students and community members chanting powerful statements and persistently waving signs.
The group spoke and moved in unison. For those moments at the arch, one thought reigned over the protesters' minds - Take Back the Night.
Some people believe Take Back the Night started on the streets of London, England in 1877 where women marched in protest of violence that kept them indoors after nightfall. Others contest that the march was born in 1976 through Belgian women who walked through the streets with candles in hand and sexual violence as their common stigma.
Where: Tate Center and North Campus
Price: Free
Whatever the case may be, the march has continued since its inception in various forms and countries throughout the world.
"TBTN is a rally to promote awareness and inspire everyone to join the movement to stop sexual violence," Tiago Moura, PR representative for the Women's Studies Student Organization (WSSO), said.
Throughout the globe, rallies generally take place in April, as it is Sexual Awareness Month.
The Athens chapter of the National Organization of Women brought TBTN to the University campus.
"Although the date of the first Athens march is unknown, we do know that WSSO took over after the dissolution of that group around 2001," Joanna Randazzo, co-facilitator for WSSO, said.
Since 2001, WSSO along with The Cottage, the University's local sexual assault center, has organized awareness events, fundraising and an annual march.
Throughout the week, TBTN events included Tuesday's Dance Back the Night at Ciné and a discussion on sex trafficking on Wednesday led by Cheryl Deluca-Johnson, executive director of Street GRACE. The culmination of these events will take place today.
Today's TBTN rally opens with The Clothesline Project, an organization that encourages sexual assault survivors to design their own awareness T-shirts.
The group spoke and moved in unison. For those moments at the arch, one thought reigned over the protesters' minds - Take Back the Night.
Some people believe Take Back the Night started on the streets of London, England in 1877 where women marched in protest of violence that kept them indoors after nightfall. Others contest that the march was born in 1976 through Belgian women who walked through the streets with candles in hand and sexual violence as their common stigma.
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT RALLY
When: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. todayWhere: Tate Center and North Campus
Price: Free
Whatever the case may be, the march has continued since its inception in various forms and countries throughout the world.
"TBTN is a rally to promote awareness and inspire everyone to join the movement to stop sexual violence," Tiago Moura, PR representative for the Women's Studies Student Organization (WSSO), said.
Throughout the globe, rallies generally take place in April, as it is Sexual Awareness Month.
The Athens chapter of the National Organization of Women brought TBTN to the University campus.
"Although the date of the first Athens march is unknown, we do know that WSSO took over after the dissolution of that group around 2001," Joanna Randazzo, co-facilitator for WSSO, said.
Since 2001, WSSO along with The Cottage, the University's local sexual assault center, has organized awareness events, fundraising and an annual march.
Throughout the week, TBTN events included Tuesday's Dance Back the Night at Ciné and a discussion on sex trafficking on Wednesday led by Cheryl Deluca-Johnson, executive director of Street GRACE. The culmination of these events will take place today.
Today's TBTN rally opens with The Clothesline Project, an organization that encourages sexual assault survivors to design their own awareness T-shirts.
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