To all of you in NYC and the surrounding areas, check out Barnard and Columbia’s Take Back the Night event. The details:
April 17th, 2008
8pm March
10pm Speak Out
The march will meet outside of Barnard Hall on the Barnard campus, which is at the intersection of 117th and Broadway (1 Train to 116th Street). The Speak Out will happen after the March, and last as long as necessary.
Take Back the Night is a national movement that began in Belgium in 1976. At first, the movement was primarily concerned with the role of pornography in perpetuating violence against women. Today, however, on many college campuses nationwide, student-run Take Back the Night chapters largely focus on sexual assault and domestic violence.
The first march at Columbia University was organized at Barnard College as a product of a Seven Sisters conference. The march was held in April of 1988, with a participation of nearly 200 students. Since then, march attendance has grown every year.
They’re also on Facebook. Hope lots of you can make it!