TBTN March Route

2018 TBTN March Route. Check out the Take Back the Night March Route below! We will be starting at Marianne's Park, passing by Church of our Lady, St. George's Square and many downtown businesses. Feel free to join for the entire march or join in at any point you feel comfortable.

This year's event will feature both spoken word and musical performances, as well as a speaker to share their personal story of courage and bravery. All are welcome, so come out and take back the night with us.


We will also be holding a TBTN themed event each night leading up to the day of.
Events include:

• Yoga at Marianne's Park
• Sign and Button Making with the LGBTQ+ Youth Group of Guelph
• Skate Night at the Guelph Skate Park
• Sexuality Wellness Workshop on UofG campus

SAVE THE DATE: Take Back the Night 2018

SAVE THE DATE: This year's Take Back the Night will be held on Thursday, September 27th at Marianne's Park in Guelph. It will be a night for sharing stories, supporting survivors, and reclaiming our streets.

Come out and unite in solidarity. We are stronger together.

Sidewalk Talk

Mediation Guelph-Wellington is a program of Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region.

Sidewalk Talk is an initiative that fits really well in the core vision and mission of CJI. Supporting people through conflict and lead more peaceful lives. Listening to someone is one way this can be accomplished.

There will be two or three listening stations at Take Back the Night in hopes to give people a place to share their views, emotions or just an outlet for their frustrations.

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 2017

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you, your friends, and family to join us at the annual Take Back the Night (TBTN) event on Thursday September 28th. The event will be held at Marianne’s Park, Gordon Street, Guelph. Take Back the Night will start at 6:00PM. 

The University of Guelph campus community will have a meet up at 5:15PM on Johnston Green to march together to Marianne's Park for TBTN. 

 

TBTN provides a safer place for survivors to speak-out, share their story and continue their healing journey by participating in a violence prevention event. All are welcomed to stand in solidarity and seek an end to sexual violence.

In order to create a safer community it will take united active steps towards the elimination of gender based violence.

In celebration of G-W Women in Crisis' 40th Anniversary, we wanted to highlight the continual impact of sexual violence in the past, present and future. This recognition is important in the work we do within our agency and community collaborations. At the forefront of community and national legislative progress has been the voice of survivors, to honor their strength we want to commit to the movement, #WE BELIEVE SURVIVORS.

Our theme for this year’s Take Back the Night is “Past, Present, Future: We believe survivors”.

Ways you can help:

•  Share our Facebook page: Take Back the Night Guelph 2017
• VOLUNTEER!   
• Spread the word about TBTN 
• Request/Post event posters in your businesses, organizations, social spaces
• Get together a group to participate in the event
•  Support TBTN's purpose by creating signs and banners with your thoughts and ideas about supporting survivors and ending sexual violence
• Attend/Promote GRCGED Sign Making: September 26^th 12-5pm at UofG, UC courtyard
• If you are a cyclist, consider stopping by The Bike Centre to decorate your ride and be part of this years Bike Pack: September 28^th 2-5pm 620 Gordon Street 

All are welcome. Take back the streets. Take back the night. Make your voice heard!

Community partners are welcome to bring resources and displays relevant to survivors and/or violence prevention initiatives in our community. Please contact Jessica to inform us of your interest.

If you require accessibility supports to participate in this event, are interested in volunteering or would like to sponsor an aspect of this event please contact Jessica.

We look forward to your participation in making this event a great success!

This event is made possible through the hard work and support of many community partners and volunteers. 

Guelph Wellington Action Committee on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

Anishnabeg Outreach

ARCH HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health

The Bike Centre 

CFRU 93.3

Canadian Federation of University Women Guelph

Guelph Resource Centre for Gender Empowerment and Diversity 

Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis

OPIRG Guelph

University of Guelph 

YMCA-YWCA Guelph

ZONTA Club of Guelph

Take Back the Night in Guelph 2016 September 22nd @6pm

Mark your calendars! This year's Take Back the Night march and rally will take place Thursday, September 22nd at 6pm at Marianne's Park

We invite you to participate in our upcoming Wall of Stories workshop!

Contribute to the Wall with a story, thought about sexual violence, message of support to survivors or another submission.

These stories and thoughts will be displayed and illuminated at Marianne's Park on the evening of Take Back the Night - Sept. 24th - in hopes of educating the community and showing our support for survivors.

The workshop will be taking place on Tuesday September 15th from 7-9 pm at the U of G's JT Powell Building, room 207.

Second question in our series of questions for the Wall of Stories:

What myths would you like to break down about sexual assault and sexual violence?

 

Have your response added to our Wall!