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FRESNO WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!
Take back the Night candlelight vigil and march in Fresno unites community and student groups.
FRESNO WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!
By Mike Rhodes
Fresno, California
October 31, 2002
In a powerful statement opposing violence against women, 100's of men and women demonstrated at the CSU-Fresno campus yesterday. The coalition of student and community groups listened to speakers and marched through the campus, united under the banner to TAKE BACK THE NIGHT.
Speakers called on the crowd not to tolerate domestic violence in any form. Several speakers from the CSUF and Fresno Police Departments responded with statistics and insisted that they are making violence against women a high priority. The police were given a lot of time by the event organizers to tell participants what a great job they are doing to stop domestic violence and how women can prevent themselves from being victims. It was probably a good strategy to put the police in the position of telling the community how seriously they take this issue.
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT was sponsored by the Women’s Alliance on campus. There were numerous literature tables set up by both campus and community groups. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United Students Against Sweatshops, The Fresno County Green Party, the Campus Peace and Civil Liberties Coalition, and the National Organization for Women were all very visible.
After a two hour rally in the “Peace Garden,” listening to speeches, a poetry jam, and music by the local group Waddama, the crowd was ready to march. They held a spirited march throughout the campus to take the message to the dorms and beyond. This event is held annually in Fresno.
By Mike Rhodes
Fresno, California
October 31, 2002
In a powerful statement opposing violence against women, 100's of men and women demonstrated at the CSU-Fresno campus yesterday. The coalition of student and community groups listened to speakers and marched through the campus, united under the banner to TAKE BACK THE NIGHT.
Speakers called on the crowd not to tolerate domestic violence in any form. Several speakers from the CSUF and Fresno Police Departments responded with statistics and insisted that they are making violence against women a high priority. The police were given a lot of time by the event organizers to tell participants what a great job they are doing to stop domestic violence and how women can prevent themselves from being victims. It was probably a good strategy to put the police in the position of telling the community how seriously they take this issue.
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT was sponsored by the Women’s Alliance on campus. There were numerous literature tables set up by both campus and community groups. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United Students Against Sweatshops, The Fresno County Green Party, the Campus Peace and Civil Liberties Coalition, and the National Organization for Women were all very visible.
After a two hour rally in the “Peace Garden,” listening to speeches, a poetry jam, and music by the local group Waddama, the crowd was ready to march. They held a spirited march throughout the campus to take the message to the dorms and beyond. This event is held annually in Fresno.
For more information:
http://www.fresnoalliance.com/home
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Mike-We had the Fresno Democrat table-fI'm surprized you mentioned the Green party and not us.
Barbara
Barbara
Mike-We had the Fresno Democrat table-fI'm surprized you mentioned the Green party and not us.
Barbara
Barbara
Mike-We had the Fresno Democrat table-fI'm surprized you mentioned the Green party and not us.
Barbara
Barbara
What did you think of 'bowling for columbine'? Moore is going to be on 'Oprah' today. He avoided easy answers, but I was wondering what gun people thought of it?
The bassist for the people's park band Fifteen shot himself in the head in the house I live in a few years ago, but it might have been a reasoned decision on his part. The problem was if the bullet would hit the neighboring rooms or apartments.
The bassist for the people's park band Fifteen shot himself in the head in the house I live in a few years ago, but it might have been a reasoned decision on his part. The problem was if the bullet would hit the neighboring rooms or apartments.
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