Video: 30th anniversary of Take Back the Night
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Lake Fong
and Annie O'Neill
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape and other partnering agencies sponsored the 30th anniversary of Take Back the Night, held at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church on Penn and Highland Avenues.
The phrase "Take Back the Night" comes from a speech given in 1977 by Anne Pride, former Executive Director of PAAR, at an anti-violence rally held at the Public Safety building in Pittsburgh.
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Take Back the Night literally means that women must take back their sense of safety on the streets, no matter what hour, and that all should be free to live without fear.
Events included bands, artistic performances, art projects, local speakers, survivor speak out and candlelight vigil. The school of Oom Yung Doe offered free self defense training.
The Clothesline Projectis a program started on Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence against women.
Questions or comments on this presentation may be sent here. Video by Lake Fong and produced by Melissa Tkach, Lake Fong and Annie O'Neill.
First Published October 19, 2007 12:25 am
