Word: march
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHILE this year's Take Back the Night rally attracted many enthusiastic participants, the march seemed to have lost touch with its original purpose. The event is designed to give women the opportunity to act together to reclaim areas where the threat of sexual violence prevents us from normally going. By marching and chanting confidently through these streets, we empower ourselves and defy this threat. As women acting in solidarity we can--for one night at least--take charge of the streets without protection or assistance...
...Take Back the Night is more than a march by women into streets that are dangerous at night. It is also a forum where women speak to each other, defend our right to control our bodies and demand that we be heard when we say "No" to men. Actions such as Take Back the Night reveal our strength in numbers, provide women with too-infrequent leadership roles and recognize a community which will support us in personal crises involving sexual aggression. They bolster our confidence as women and enable us to approach interaction with men from a position of strength...
...message of last week's Take Back the Night march lacked the feminist strength of past years. The traditional chant "Women unite, take back the night" was diluted to "People unite" in acknowledgement of the men who were present. Speakers repeatedly thanked these men for participating and warned the crowd that women alone cannot stop rape and sexual violence. In addition, a male student, Jeff Goldberg '88, spoke at the rally...
Olmsted met with officials of the Leningrad library to discuss the fire in March, while he was in the country studying the Soviet Union's library system...
...Nigel Holmes (Executive Director); Dorothy D. Chapman, Irene Ramp (Deputies); Arthur Hochstein, Billy Powers, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Assistant Directors); Angel Ackemyer, James Elsis, Carol March (Designers); Nickolas Kalamaras Layout: Steve Conley (Chief); John P. Dowd (Deputy); Stefano Arata, Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Kenneth Smith, Eugene Tick Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Cynthia Davis, Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells...