The 34th annual Take Back the Night March in Prince George is right around the corner.
It is set for September 19th with the event starting from Canada Games Plaza before marching to the Courthouse before wrapping up with an Open Mic night at the Omineca Arts Centre.
Organizer, Tanvi Guhagarkar told MyPGNow.com the event is “to promote living a life free of violence for women.
“What we are seeing right now is an increase in crime against women, trans people as well as people who still live alone or are in bad relationships.”
The event will begin with a series of speakers at 6:30pm.
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 the Tribunal, Reclaim the Night arose in Rome in 1976 where 16,000 rapes were recorded. West Germany and England soon followed suit.
Canadian women held their first Take Back the Night event in 1978 in Vancouver organized by the “Fly-By-Night Collective”.
Vancouver Rape Relief held Take Back the Night marches from 1980-1985. Shortly thereafter, in 1992, the first march in Prince George was organized.
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