The Widener Center for Violence
Prevention is proud to host, Take Back the Night, a day of events to
promote awareness of sexual assault and domestic violence.
The events will begin at noon on
Wednesday, April 3 in University Center (14th Street between Melrose
Avenue and Walnut Street) with the Clothesline Project, a display of T-shirts
created by survivors of abuse and those who have lost loved ones to violence.
Guests will also have the opportunity to create their own T-shirts in
dedication to victims.
Several workshops will also be held
throughout the day in University Center, starting at noon with a self-defense
workshop with state troopers and a talk on dating 101 by Blake Cohen of the
Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County. A professor will also speak on
communicating about abuse and a doctoral student will give a presentation on
the sexual victimizing of men.
At 5:30 p.m. there will be a keynote
lecture featuring Debra Puglisi-Sharp, author of Shattered, Reclaiming a
Life Torn Apart by Violence. The evening will conclude with a candlelight
march through the campus to demonstrate a unified stance against all acts of
violence and abuse.
Each session is free and open to the
public. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Braccia at embraccia@mail.widener.edu.
Take Back the Night
is an internationally recognized event intended as a protest and direct action
against rape and other forms of violence towards women. In recent years,
Widener University has expanded the scope of the event to
demonstrate a zero-tolerance mentality
towards all acts of violence against both men and women, on campus and in the
community at large.
Take
Back the Night
Promoting
Awareness of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
Schedule
of events: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Clothesline
Project: Decorate a shirt to express your
or a friend’s experience with violence; 12-4 p.m., University Center, Atrium
What
is the Clothesline Project?
Victims,
family of victims, or friends of victims are welcome to decorate shirts to
spread awareness of sexual violence. Each shirt color represents a different
type of abuse. After the shirt is decorated it is hung on a clothesline for all
to see as a testimony to this problem and to honor those affected.
White
– represents those who died from violence
Yellow
– represents battered or assaulted victims
Pink
– represents survivors of rape/sexual assault
Green
– represents survivors of incest and sexual abuse
Purple
– represents those attacked due to sexual orientation
Workshops: Each session held in the University Center is free
and open to the public.
Room
A:
12–12:45
p.m.
Basic
Self Defense With State Troopers
1–1:45
p.m.
Basic
Self Defense With State Troopers
2–2:45
p.m.
Dana
Forrest, “How Men can be More Involved in Issues of Violence Against Women”
3–3:45
p.m.
Victoria
Panna, Human Sexuality Doctoral Student, “The Sexual Victimizing of Men”
Room
C:
12–12:45
p.m.
Blake
Cohen, Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County “Dating Violence 101”
1–1:45
p.m.
Dr.
Angela Corbo PhD, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies “Communicating
About Abuse”
2–2:45
p.m.
Blake
Cohen, Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County “Dating Violence 101”
3:20–4:00
p.m.
Dr.
Angela Corbo PhD, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies “Communicating
About Abuse”
Main Event:
Keynote Speaker: Debra Puglisi-Sharp, author of Shattered, Reclaiming a Life Torn Apart by
Violence at 5:30 p.m. in the University Center, Webb Room
In April 1998, Debra Puglisi Sharp -
wife, nurse, and mother of teenage twins - was attacked, raped, and kept
hostage for five days by a man who broke into her home and shot and killed her
husband of 25 years. She promotes the understanding of the difference between a
survivor and a victim and urges rape victims to reclaim their shattered lives.
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