TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
Herstory of TBTN
A woman walks alone down a dark, deserted street. With every shadow she sees, and every sound she hears, her pounding heart flutters and skips a beat. She hurries her pace as she sees her destination become closer. She is almost there. She reaches the front door, goes inside, collects herself, and moves on forgetting, at least for tonight, the gripping fear that momentarily enveloped her life. This scene could have occurred anywhere last night, last year, or even 100 years ago. Historically, women faced the anxiety of walking alone at night and that is why Take Back the Night began.(http://www.takebackthenight.org/history.html)
In 1978, the first Take Back the Night events took place in Ottawa, Vancouver, and Halifax. Since then women across Canada have joined the marches as a way of protesting violence against women. In Ottawa, women continue to live in the fear of violence, in their homes and on the streets as well as at night.
SASC has participated in TBTN for over 20 years.
A woman walks alone down a dark, deserted street. With every shadow she sees, and every sound she hears, her pounding heart flutters and skips a beat. She hurries her pace as she sees her destination become closer. She is almost there. She reaches the front door, goes inside, collects herself, and moves on forgetting, at least for tonight, the gripping fear that momentarily enveloped her life. This scene could have occurred anywhere last night, last year, or even 100 years ago. Historically, women faced the anxiety of walking alone at night and that is why Take Back the Night began.(http://www.takebackthenight.org/history.html)
In 1978, the first Take Back the Night events took place in Ottawa, Vancouver, and Halifax. Since then women across Canada have joined the marches as a way of protesting violence against women. In Ottawa, women continue to live in the fear of violence, in their homes and on the streets as well as at night.
SASC has participated in TBTN for over 20 years.
