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Take Back The Night!!!

            Have you ever experienced the fear of walking alone at night? Wondering what you would do if that strange man approached you? Well, you are not alone!!! Take Back The Night is a program for women who have historically faced the anxiety of walking alone at night. This program has had over 30 years of progress. The first event of this program in the U.S took place in Philadelphia in October of 1975 after a young microbiologist, Susan Alexander Speeth was stabbed to death by a stranger one block from her home while walking alone. This program is also known in other parts of Europe, though used to be known as "Reclaim the night".Outside of Europe, Australia and Asia also participated in hosting events for Relaim the Night, both started with their first event in 1978. Take Back the Night is a well known movement growing more and more everywhere: Europe, Asia, North America and Canada. "30 years ago, women started to stand up and speak out against sexual violence under the banner of Take Back The Night. During those years, it bacame internationally known as a visible way to take a stand against sexual violence, specifically violence against women."



A Little bit about the meaning behind the logo:

Our logo embodies the spirit and mission of Take Back The Night.

The image is more than star and moon, artfully united. Look again. The star is a survivor or a supporter. It is a friend, a sister, a parent, a partner, reaching for strength, for healing, for empowerment and for our cause.

Look closer. The star becomes a vigil candle flickering in the night to light our way as we aim to end sexual violence. The moon represents the first historic moonlit march made by women as they bravely walked through dark city streets in a show of strength during their stand for safety. Today, the moon lights the skies of our cyclical events as women and men take to the streets to end sexual violence and support survivors.

Our colors are carefully selected. The blue “Take Back The Night” lettering represents our support of those affected by sexual assault and abuse. The purple of our star reflects our support of survivors of domestic and dating violence. Black symbolizes the dark night to be reclaimed by survivors, and the white lettering for the “Shatter the Silence. Stop the Violence.” slogan embodies the light and energy of our cause and the many who stand with us.

So, it is critical to community interventions in social practice/ social justice. Community interventions, as I mentioned in my earlier blogg, goeas hand in hand in social work practice. If the community is involve, the voice is louder and change is prone to happen quicker. There is no community without family, no family without social support, no social support without community!!!!

Source: Takebackthenight.org

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Hello,
          My name is Chrisline Felius, I am 28 years old and I am the youngest of 4 children. I was born in Haiti and have been living here in the U.S for the past 13 years. I spent my days here in the U.S living in Brockton, MA until I moved to Taunton, MA 2 years ago. I enjoy reading, hanging out with my friends and family, traveling and exploring new things. I am known to be straight forward, unpredictable, optimistic and multitask- orientated. 
         I know this sounds cliche, but it is what it is and it is the truth. I find myself in Social Work simply because I enjoy helping people. Nothing brings me no greater joy than knowing that I helped someone and I made a difference, regardless how small it might be. I also love Social Work because it is one of the broadest field there is and it is impossible to move away from it. So knowing myself and know how I can at times get easily bored if I am not challenged, I can always move on to the next thing, and yet, still doing what I love. I find social work practice with communities and organizations very interesting because they really go hand in hand, like a web really, when I think about it. This semester, I hope to learn how to better navigate the relation in social work practice with communities and organizations, to better under the full impact and togetherness they have. I have had many great classes and I believe a professor who knows and love the matter he's teaching, interesting books, motivated students and participatory style are those components to having a great class, hence meeting the set goals and expectation for that class. I am looking forward to a great semester.   
         If I could have a magical power, it would have to be being able to be in different places at the same time and if I could solve one major problem it would have to be poverty, which I find to be the root of many, if not all of the social problems.