On April 19th Ohio University held the 30th annual Take Back the Night March and Rally. Speakers included distinguished women of Athens.
Sally Neidhrad, Student Senate women’s affair commissioner, started the event with a speech that encouraged women to “empower” themselves. Later, Susanne Dietzel, the Director of the Women’s Center informed the crowed on the reality of sexual assault. “One out of six women has been in a situation of sexual violence,” she said. Local activist Jan Griesinger was the last person to speak before the march. Her words were powerful. She recognized that abuse is a problem for men and women. “Why are men beating women,” she sincerely asked the crowd.
My favorite part of the night was listening to Title IX, an all women a capella group, sing “Beautiful.”
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2 comments:
Natalie,
I really enjoyed the slideshow of pictures for the Take Back the Night post. As someone who has participated in the march for 2 years, I think your pictures really do justice to the emotion of the event. I like that you had a variety of pictures also - ranging from the shirts, the speakers, the candle vigil, and the participants.
The slideshow added a lot to this post. Sometimes words are a poor substitute for the power of an image.
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