Tucson Community Take Back the Night 2010

April 13, 2010

6:00pm-8:30pm @ Armory Park

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Take a stand against sexual violence as we TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!   The event includes a Survivors' Speak-Out, music and performances, a display of the Clothesline Project, information fair, and other activities. 

  Take Back the Night is an annual community event demanding an end to sexual violence, accountability for offenders, and support for survivors. We recognize that sexual violence affects all of us, and that it will take all of us to end it.  

The heart of Take Back the Night is the Survivors' Speak-Out, an opportunity for our community to hear in first-person the impact of sexual violence. Too often survivors are shamed and blamed, told to be quiet and hide what has happened to them. Through the Survivors' Speak-out, people affected by sexual violence can give voice to their experiences with a poem, short essay, letter, or message. There are many options for sharing: survivors can read their own work, they can ask a friend to read it for them, and there will be volunteer readers at the event. Survivors may choose to be anonymous or not. Submissions may be sent to take.back.the.night.tucson@gmail.com. Unless the survivor gives explicit written or in-person permission for their name to be used, they will NOT be identified when their story is read at the event and their privacy will be maintained.

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