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Take Back the Night Rally Oct. 26 at WIU
October 16, 2017
MACOMB, IL -- As part of a campaign of awareness, empowerment and fighting against sexual assault and other forms of gender-based violence, the 28th annual Take Back the Night (TBTN) march and rally will be held Thursday, Oct. 26 at Western Illinois University.
A campus and community resource table fair will begin at 6:30 p.m. on the front steps of Sherman Hall, followed by the rally at 7 p.m. and the march to Chandler Park at 7:30 p.m. The rally and march begin on the steps of Sherman Hall and end at Macomb's Chandler Park, where there will be a "Survivor Speak Out."
Event T-shirts will be sold in the University Union Concourse from Oct. 23-25 and at the event for $5 for students and $8 for faculty, staff and the community.
Take Back the Night is an international event with the mission of ending sexual, relationship and domestic violence in all forms.
For more information about the rally, call the WIU Women's Center at (309) 298-2242.
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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