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monday, october 16th

this march represents Hobart and William smith colleges’ call for change and action and affirms that violence against women will not be tolerated.

women meet at 9:15pm in front of smith hall

 

 

men join us at 10:30pm at the hws sign on the corner of pultney and 5 &20

at 10:45pm there will be a candlelight vigil on the steps of coxe hall
Text Box: Take Back the Night is an international event which started in Germany in 1973 to protest violent crimes against women. It spread to the US in 1978 when the first march occurred in San Francisco. Take Back the Night has grown stronger since, spreading to many college campuses across the country. The march’s name is given because the night is often a time when it is considered unsafe for a woman to walk alone. This year’s march on the HWS campus starts on the steps of Smith Hall at 9:15 pm as an all female statement of strength and commitment, and winds throughout campus and into downtown Geneva. The march then loops back around to Hamilton and Pultney St., where at 10:30 pm Hobart men are invited to join us at the Hobart and William Smith sign as a symbol of the commitment by the men of Hobart to recognize this issue, and to work side by side with the William Smith women to remedy it. From the sign at 5&20 we will light candles and proceed down to the quad where a candlelight vigil and speak-out will be held. Throughout the march, white carnations will be laid down at specific places where domestic violence or violence against women has occurred. The Women’s Collective would like to invite all members of the HWS and Geneva communities to come out with us on this important night, and to remain afterwards to participate in the vigil. It is only with the help of everyone that we will ever truly be able to “take back the night.”

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