Take Back the Night

WEATHER UPDATE: 

Tonight's Fox Valley Take Back The Night 5:30 p.m. activities and 6 p.m. rally will take place inside Kolf Sports Center at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Parking is available in the lot immediately adjacent to Kolf. The event’s march and vigil will proceed as planned immediately following the 6 p.m. rally's conclusion. Join us!

2009 Fox Valley Take Back The Night involves partner agencies and citizens from throughout the Fox Valley standing up to violence. The problem of violence against women as well as the broader issues of sexual violence needs to be addressed.  Stand up to Violence. Don't Stand By.

Join us at the UW Oshkosh campus, October 6 at the Polk Library Mall.

Event Information

5:30 p.m. Activities

Come make your own personalized Take Back the Night sign or a wristband to walk in honor of a victim, view t-shirts made for the Clothesline Project as testimony to the problem of violence against women or join us in the Drum Circle.

We will also have resource tables from community agencies.

6 p.m. Rally

The rally is a time for us to learn more about domestic and sexual violence and hear from survivors and allies as they talk about their experiences with domestic and sexual violence in their lives.  

6:45 p.m. March

We will be walking from Polk Library to Winnebago County Courthouse (415 Jackson) via High Avenue and Division Street. Drummers will lead the procession and stop for a moment of silence in front of Christine Ann Center. The march will proceed in silence to the courthouse.

7:15 p.m. Closing at Courthouse

The closing starts as a candlelight vigil to remember the lives lost to violence. A representative from Voices of Men will lead the group in taking a pledge to intervene to stop violence in their lives and community.