Take Back the Night in Halifax!

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st

7 pm – Rally @ Victoria Park (corner of Spring Garden Road & South
Park Street) hosted by spoken word artist El Jones.*
8 pm – March through the streets of downtown Halifax
9 pm – Community gathering and reception @ the MicMac Native Friendship
Centre

*There will be an opportunity for women in attendance to speak about their experiences, should they wish to do so, in an open mic-style format.

Take Back the Night is an evening where women and children from diverse communities and struggles come together in collective resistance against sexual violence. It is a time for honouring the strength and resilence of women who have experienced violence and to speak out against the social and political systems that perpertuate violence against women. Ultimately, we reclaim the streets as a space
where all should be able to walk free from the threat and fear of violence.

Allies (non-woman identified folks) are welcome to attend Take Back the Night and march under the leadership of women.

Also!!! Please join us for an TBTN after party at the Company House! You will all be in the neighbourhood anyhow so why not? It’s a fundraiser being organized by Third Wave Radio and it is going to be smashing!

Here are the details:

Take On the Night
by women, for everyone

Brought to you by Third Wave Radio (a weekly female-focused news and music program on CKDU 88.1FM and www.ckdu.ca)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 1
The Company House
2202 Gottingen Street
Music by Ladies Beverage Room – rad local female djay collective!

This is a fundraiser for CKDU
Halifax’s alternative radio station
Pay What You Can 8:30pm
Come dance, talk, and celebrate women!

The Company House is wheelchair accessible and this event is for folk 19+

Why we march:

To stand together as women, refusing to be silent about sexual violence.

To celebrate the steps we are taking to support each other and to create change.

To remind us of our individual and collective strength.

To remember our sisters who have survived, and those who have been taken from us, as a result of sexual violence.

To proclaim our shared desire for all to live freely without the threat and fear of violence.

For more information about Tack Back the Night folks can call
(494-2432) or e-mail (dwc@dal.ca) the Dal Women’s Centre.

Much gratitude and we look forward to marching with you!

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