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WKU Home -> News -> Release
  Awareness Month Committee, are hosting “Take Back the Night: A Celebration” at 6:30 p.m. March 3 at the Capitol Arts Center in downtown Bowling Green.Take Back the Night events have been in existence since the 1970s and are held worldwide. Take Back the Night is an annual celebration honoring individuals who have endured the trauma of sexual abuse or assault. Locally, this year’s Take Back the Night will be an artistic expression as a community joins together to Break the Silence. The event is free to the public. Take Back the Night includes a variety of performances from Kaleidoscope, to individual performances by Mark Whitley and the Amazing Tones of Joy. Other performers include the Latin American Student Association of Western Kentucky University, Just Us, Jennifer Scott, and a monologue by Judy Woodring. Goody bags will be given to the first 82 to attend; other door prizes and event merchandise will also be available. For information, call (270) 782-5014 or visit www.hopeharbor.net or call (270) 745-3159. Take Back the Night is sponsored by the Sexual Assault Awareness Month Committee, a collaborative effort with Hope Harbor: A Sexual Trauma Recovery Center and other agencies and departments such as WKU’s Campus Activities Board, Health Services and the Counseling and Testing Center, with support from the A.L.I.V.E. Center and MADD. Take Back the Night is one of several events planned for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The schedule includes the following: March 1: Hope Harbor Open House, 3 p.m. at Hope Harbor. March 4: “Drunk Sex or Date Rape,” a presentation by Brett Sokolow, 9 a.m. at Downing University Center. March 9: Clothesline Project, all day at Downing University Center. March 9: Concert by Dave Tamkin, 11:30 a.m. at Downing University Center. March 14: Healthy Days Display, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. at Preston Health and Activities Center. March 14: Lecture by Angela Shelton, author of “Searching for Angela Shelton,” 7 p.m. at Mass Media and Technology Hall Auditorium. March 30: Take Back the Night: Light Up Lost River, candlelight vigil, 6 p.m. at Lost River Cave. More information about the events is available online at http://www.wku.edu/healthservices/SAAM.htm More WKU news is available at www.wku.edu. If you’d like to receive WKU news via e-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.
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