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News article from the Daily Tar Heel, UNC Women March for Empowerment, November 10, 1994, Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ March Highlight of Rape Awareness Week
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News article from the Daily Tar Heel, UNC Women March for Empowerment, November 10, 1994, Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ March Highlight of Rape Awareness Week. Performed by Aubree Dixon, Katia Carmichael, and Lauren Ragsdale.
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2021
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News article from the Daily Tar Heel
UNC Women March for Empowerment, November 10, 1994
Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ March Highlight of Rape Awareness Week
All 3 women chant: “Women Unite, Take Back the Night!” (three times)
A: Voice 1: “Women Unite, Take Back the Night!” chanted a group of women as they marched from the Pit, down Franklin Street and through the University campus Wednesday night.
L; Voice 2: “Women Unite, Take Back the Night” is an annual march for the empowerment of women, said Joan Petit, this year’s organizer. “The march is a march against violence,” said Petit, co-secretary of the Women’s Issues Committee. “It’s not safe for women to walk alone at night, and that is representative of the barriers that women face in pursuit of equality,” she said.
A: Voice 1: Nearly 250 women from across campus and the community attended the rally and march to make a personal statement in opposition to violence against women.
K: Voice 3: Local feminist Gloria Faley spoke in favor of women and women’s issues at the rally. She said women needed to take back the school systems, families, and court systems. “Let’s take it all back,” she said. “If we don’t take it all back, then the night will not be ours and neither will the day.” Faley said she thought there was something wrong with a society that discriminated against women, when women made up 52 percent of the population. “There is something wrong with the soul of America,” Faley said. “There is something wrong when violent crimes against women are on the significant increase, not decrease.” Faley began marching with “Women Unite, Take Back the Night” in the ’70s in Chapel Hill. She wanted to speak out against rape. “I am not a rape victim, I am a rape survivor,” she said.
L: Voice 2: Ruby SIN-reich, a UNC alumna who now works for the Women's Center, painted a picture of a typical night for a woman when walking alone. Her picture was one of fear for one’s safety, of watching every corner, of being afraid to speak to the nice-looking guy that might be approaching, she said. “It’s going to take time and hard work, but this is the only way,” she said. “We have to take the night for ourselves and we are going to take back the night starting now!”
K: Voice 3: Marion Carter, co-chairwoman of POWER, said the night felt good for her. The march is a national event, she said. She said Duke University and N.C. State University had their marches last week.
L: Voice 2: Petit began planning the march this summer and designed the “Women Unite” shirts that some wore during the march.
A: Voice 1: Adrienne Lockie, coordinator of the march, became involved through her work with the Women’s Issues Network. “The important part of the march is that it brings women together,” Lockie said.
UNC Women March for Empowerment, November 10, 1994
Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ March Highlight of Rape Awareness Week
All 3 women chant: “Women Unite, Take Back the Night!” (three times)
A: Voice 1: “Women Unite, Take Back the Night!” chanted a group of women as they marched from the Pit, down Franklin Street and through the University campus Wednesday night.
L; Voice 2: “Women Unite, Take Back the Night” is an annual march for the empowerment of women, said Joan Petit, this year’s organizer. “The march is a march against violence,” said Petit, co-secretary of the Women’s Issues Committee. “It’s not safe for women to walk alone at night, and that is representative of the barriers that women face in pursuit of equality,” she said.
A: Voice 1: Nearly 250 women from across campus and the community attended the rally and march to make a personal statement in opposition to violence against women.
K: Voice 3: Local feminist Gloria Faley spoke in favor of women and women’s issues at the rally. She said women needed to take back the school systems, families, and court systems. “Let’s take it all back,” she said. “If we don’t take it all back, then the night will not be ours and neither will the day.” Faley said she thought there was something wrong with a society that discriminated against women, when women made up 52 percent of the population. “There is something wrong with the soul of America,” Faley said. “There is something wrong when violent crimes against women are on the significant increase, not decrease.” Faley began marching with “Women Unite, Take Back the Night” in the ’70s in Chapel Hill. She wanted to speak out against rape. “I am not a rape victim, I am a rape survivor,” she said.
L: Voice 2: Ruby SIN-reich, a UNC alumna who now works for the Women's Center, painted a picture of a typical night for a woman when walking alone. Her picture was one of fear for one’s safety, of watching every corner, of being afraid to speak to the nice-looking guy that might be approaching, she said. “It’s going to take time and hard work, but this is the only way,” she said. “We have to take the night for ourselves and we are going to take back the night starting now!”
K: Voice 3: Marion Carter, co-chairwoman of POWER, said the night felt good for her. The march is a national event, she said. She said Duke University and N.C. State University had their marches last week.
L: Voice 2: Petit began planning the march this summer and designed the “Women Unite” shirts that some wore during the march.
A: Voice 1: Adrienne Lockie, coordinator of the march, became involved through her work with the Women’s Issues Network. “The important part of the march is that it brings women together,” Lockie said.