Take Back The Night

March 27, 2008

F&M's eleventh annual Take Back The Night was on a cold and rainy Thursday night in March. The event was co-sponsored by The Women's Center, SAVE, Ware College House, Ware Institute, Alpha Phi Sorority, the Office of Health and Wellness Education, Athletics, Chi Omega Sorority, CLAS, Public Safety, Office of the Dean of Students, and Women and Gender Studies.

 

The Take Back The Night planning committee takes a break from preparations to pose for a picture. From left to right, bottom row: Chelsea Barrows '11, Maddie Jolles '10, Merav Lahr '08, Kim Greenfield '10; top row: Jan Masland (Health & Wellness Education Director), Nicole DeAugustine '09, Shawn Culbreth '11, Adriana Lara '11, Chelsea Schein '11, Kate Peck '10.

 

F&M's all male a capalla group, The Chessmen, opened the night's program by singing two songs.

 

F&M's all male sexual assault awareness group, One in Four, was represented at Take Back The Night, with representatives speaking to the audience about the importance of men in the movement against sexual assault.

 

SAVE President and Women's Center Executive Board member, Kim Greenfield '10, moments before people arrived.

 

President John Fry addresses the audience about sexual assault at F&M.

 

Philadelphia-based harpist and songstress, Gillian Grassie, entertains the audience before the program begins.

 

Kate Peck '10 and Maddie Jolles '10 pass out programs and ribbons to audience members.

 

Keynote Speaker Steve Thompson from Central Michigan University addresses the audience.

 

The Take Back The Night tent on Hartman Green provided an intimate (and dry!) atmosphere for the night's event.