The 32nd annual Take Back the Night march is around the corner. Take Back The Night is an event to honour the memory of the women who have not survived violence; to celebrate those who have; and to demand an end to all forms of violence against women.
On Friday Sept. 15, women and children will gather at the Canada Games Plaza in the Civic Centre to hear speakers, march and make some noise.
Speakers will start at 6:30 p.m. and the march will begin at 7 p.m. The march will include a moment of silence at the courthouse. Take Back the Night is open to and welcomes all allies; however, the march itself is exclusively for persons who identify as women and for children.
The first Take Back the Night on record occurred at The International Tribunal on Crimes against Women in 1976 in Brussels, Belgium after which the event began spreading around the world.
Canadian women held their first Take Back the Night event in 1978 in Vancouver.
In 1992, the first march in Prince George was organized.
