Volunteer Meeting - Tuesday, Sept. 9th

Are you interested in volunteering for Take Back the Night 2008? We are looking for volunteers and event helpers. Are you interested in getting involved with the event through speaking, having your organization's pamphlets at the event or in another way?

We will be having a Take Back the Night Volunteer Meeting next week!

Tuesday, September 9th at 3 pm
at Marianne's Park
(On Gordon Street, across the river by The Boathouse)
(please RSVP if you are planning on attending)

Rain location: Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis Sexual Assault Centre
38 Elizabeth Street
(next to the Red Chevron)

Please send an e-mail to wiceducator AT gwwomenincrisis DOT org if you plan on attending this meeting.

Silkscreening and Sign Making Event!

ON the eve before Take Back The Night, learn how to make your own silkscreened craft and paint your own sign to bring with you to the rally and march.

The Silkscreening and Sign Making Event

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
5:30-7 pm
presented by the
Guelph Resource Centre for Gender Empowerment and Diversity (GRCGED)
University Centre, University of Guelph
facilitated by Aislinn Thomas

For more information, please phone GRCGED at
519 824 4120 ext. 58559
This workshop is open to everyone.

Poster for 2008! Contact us for a copy!

Take Back the Night 2008

On Thursday September, 18th, at 6 pm. Guelph's Annual Take Back the Night Rally and March will take place at Marianne's Park in Guelph. We are currently looking for volunteers and organizations interested in having brochures or information at the event.

We welcome volunteers of all backgrounds in genders who are interested in ending violence against women and promoting equality. If you are interested in helping out with the event, please e-mail wiceducator AT gwwomenincrisis DOT org.

We will be posting a list of volunteer positions shortly.

Great Rally, Great March!

Over a hundred people gathered at Marianne's Park last night for the 20th Annual Take Back the Night in Guelph. A group of women from many different age groups, riding bicycles, rolling on wheelchairs marched through Downtown Guelph. Participants called for safe streets, safe homes, and a safe Guelph community.

Check out the Guelph Mercury article today! Thank you to all our volunteers and community partners.

Workshop Photos

We'd like to thank our sponsor, OPIRG and the many participants of our Silkscreening 101 workshop last night at the OPIRG office. Many creations were made with TBTN themes. In these pictures you can see participants working at their patches and t-shirts. Look out for TBTN gear at the rally and march tomorrow.

And be sure to come by the OPIRG office (1 Trent Lane, off of College Avenue, behind Creelman Hall) for our Take Back the Night Sign Making Party, tonight! 5:30 PM). Thanks to CUPE local 1334 for providing us with poster board for our signs.

Store Displays in the Take Back the Night Spirit

The Bookshelf and On the Verge are "taking back the night" in their store windows. Be sure to stop by their storefronts downtown to see their creative Take Back the Night-themed displays.
On the Verge is at 112 Wyndham Street North, Guelph.
The Bookshelf is at 41 Quebec Street, Guelph.

Photos of the window displays coming to this site soon!