[Imc-girls] Fwd: Co-sponsorship of TBTN?

[Anne Odom]

I think this is something we participate in; unfortunately, we haven't set any processes or policies to use for determining how we spend our money.  We have $185 right now, which means we could afford to donate $20 to Take Back the Night, but considering our fledgling status and the fact that we'll likely need that $20 for our kick-off weekend expenses, we may need to participate as non-payers this year.  OR, all the RAGG females interested in participating in the rally could pool a couple bucks each and *maybe* we'd get to $20.

If we really want to do this, we should:

1. Get RAGG females to respond saying that they want to march.  If we don't have at least 5, we might just want to participate on an individual basis.
2. Have a "banner night" where we make a banner to carry in the march to promote ourselves.
3. Consider hand-painting t-shirts on banner night, so we each have a ragg t-shirt to wear.  We can also commemorate the TBTN march on the t-shirt, making our own souvenirs for this event.

Ariel - since you brought this to the group, can you take charge of seeing that these things happen?  Obviously, if you don't get enough responses to #1, we don't need to continue with 2 and 3...

A.

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[mailto:imc-girls-bounces at lists.cu.groogroo.com]On Behalf Of Ariel
Clemenzi
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:29 AM
To: imc-girls at ucimc.org
Subject: [Imc-girls] Fwd: Co-sponsorship of TBTN?




---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:13:30 -0500
>From: ruxandra m costescu <rcostesc at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: Co-sponsorship of TBTN?  
>To: Ariel Clemenzi <clemenzi at uiuc.edu>
>
>Hey, Ariel, how are you?
>
>Could you take this letter to both RAGG and Sexual Health 
Peer Educators and 
>see if these groups would be interested in co-sponsoring 
Take Back the Night 
>this year?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>
>Ruxandra.
>
>PS: The fliers are at: 
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rcostesc/www/tbtn/moon.doc 
>and https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rcostesc/www/tbtn/stars.doc .
>
>***
>Dear Ally,
>On behalf of Take Back the Night (TBTN) 2004, a sub-
committee of the Sexual 
>Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) planning committee, we are 
writing to solicit 
>the support of your organization in the mission to bring 
attention to the 
>issues of women’s justice, safety and empowerment. In 
writing this letter, we 
>hope that you will be able to offer your support in this 
year's TBTN March and 
>Rally to be held on April 30th.
>
>TBTN has been organized annually in Champaign-Urbana since 
1978. It aims to 
>publicly express women's determination to eliminate the 
sexism and violence 
>that plague our communities and circumscribe our lives. 
Initially, the event 
>aimed to protest the conditions causing women to feel unsafe 
when alone at 
>night on the streets. "Night" is also a metaphor for the 
fear, isolation, 
>coercion, and cruelty that women experience daily in a rape 
culture. 
>Consistent with our mission, the march and rally also 
attempt to address 
>issues of domestic violence, sexual violence, sexual 
harassment, racism, 
>homophobia, class-based injustices, denial of reproductive 
freedoms, 
>inadequate access to safe and affordable health care, and 
discrimination 
>against disabled persons. 
>
>
>The event will include a rally open to men and women alike.  
Male allies are 
>included in some aspects of the planning process such as 
fundraising, 
>outreach, and organizing men’s activities during the march.  
However, due to 
>its nature as an unique opportunity for women to come 
together on our own in 
>safety and solidarity to symbolically reclaim “the night,” 
the march itself is 
>open to women and transgender persons only.
>
>
>In order to ensure the fullest possible impact of the march, 
we aim to include 
>a diverse group of women both from the C-U community and the 
University of 
>Illinois in its planning.  While SAAM intends to contribute 
resources, 
>organizing, experience, and a structure to the planning, we 
hope that together 
>we can build a strong, diverse, and democratic community 
coalition of many 
>area individuals and organizations to plan the event.  
>
>We hope that you will join us in supporting this year’s Take 
Back the Night 
>rally and march by becoming a co-sponsor of the event.  We 
are requesting the 
>use of your organization’s name in all publicity for the 
march and at the 
>rally, a suggested donation of $20 (not required) and that 
you help advertise 
>the event to your members. Furthermore, we would be happy if 
you sent a 
>liaison to our planning meetings, kept us informed of your 
events and ways 
>that we could help, and would appreciate an opportunity to 
have a member of 
>our planning committee keep in touch with you. Also, we 
could give a 
>presentation on TBTN at one of your meetings if you are 
interested.
>
>We look forward to working with you and your group on this 
upcoming event. 
>Sincerely,
>
>Katie Goldstein (kayonthego at yahoo.com) 
>Ruxandra Costescu (rcostesc at uiuc.edu, 384-8392).
>-see http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/women/awarenesscalendar.asp 
for the SAAM calendar