​2020 Take Back the Night Collective
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The 2020 Take Back the Night Collective meets
Monday evenings from 5:30 pm-6:30 pm at the Advocacy Center

New members always welcome! 

The Collective is a collaboration of dedicated community members and various local organizations who plan each year's Take Back the Night! In the past the Collective has consisted of representatives from:
Cornell Women's Resource Center, LACS, Tompkins County Mental Health, Cornell's SASSY, Tompkins Community Action, IC Feminists United, local Ithaca community members, Ithaca High School, and Wells College.

Together we choose the year's theme,  design 2020's TBTN t-shirts, recruit performers and speakers, plan the march routes, reach out to community members and organizations, and plan other details that arise!

The 2019 theme for the Ithaca Take Back the Night was: Light Out of Darkness
To the collective, Light Out of Darkness conveys hope, creates an inviting tone for Take Back the Night, emphasizes empowerment, builds awareness, and opens conversations.
 If you would like to be part of The Collective,
Please click HERE to fill out the form
Speakers and performers for the Rally will be updated periodically, so keep checking this site for updates!

We have an official winner for our 2019 Artwork & Design Competition,
​Laura Rowley and her celestial creation. Thank  you to everyone who submitted designs!

Support Survivors in Our Community and End
Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault. 
Take Back the Night is a march, rally, and vigil that unites the community to support survivors and envision an
end to sexual assault, domestic violence, rape, and child sexual abuse. This community event is open to anyone
in the public. It creates a safe space for victims, survivors, and allies to speak out. The event includes opportunities for people to participate in survivor and ally speak outs, hear music performance, listen to guest speakers, and
view the Clothesline project.  Tracing roots back to the 1970's, Take Back the Night started as a call to end
violence and reclaim the night for women without fear from walking along after dark.
​It is an annual event, in solidarity with others across the world that occurs every April in Ithaca, NY.

The 2019 theme that the Planning Collective chose this year is: Light Out of Darkness
This beauty of this theme is that it can mean many things to many people. It represents healing, a journey, empowerment, and finding strength for the future. Light out of darkness means creating a space for hope in our community. Together our light provides warmth for survivors and allies.


​Print 2019  Ithaca Take Back the Night posters!
Check-Out the 2018 Take Back the Night below!
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Photo used under Creative Commons from PAUL fotografie (Netherlands)