<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hi friends,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In case you weren't already aware, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and there is a concerted effort in the campus and community led by RACES and the Women's Resources Center to get the community actively participating in consciousness raising around the prevalence of rape in our communities. In that spirit, I want to invite you to attend two events tonight and tomorrow:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style><b><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Short Skirts, Dark Streets: Writ n' Rhymed Poetic Arts Space | Open Mic</font><br>
</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>@ Women's Resources Center 703 S. Wright St. 2nd Floor, Champaign</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style>
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>7pm-9pm TONIGHT, April 23rd </b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">Come to the Women's Resources Center at 7pm and join us for a Writ 'n Rhymed centered around sexual assault awareness month. Today is Denim Day so learn about the art project made for Denim Day. Come listen to and share your own poems about victim blaming and street harassment to raise awareness and break the silence. </div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Featuring work by:</div><div class="gmail_default">Olivia Arredondo</div><div class="gmail_default">Sydney Germaine</div><div class="gmail_default">Cathy Lesmeister</div>
<div class="gmail_default">Molly M. McLay</div><div class="gmail_default">Rachel Lauren Storm</div><div class="gmail_default">and more!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Held at the University of Illinois Women's Resources Center, Writ n' Rhymed is a transformative poetic space created on select Wednesday nights at the University of Illinois. It is a space for art, poetry, spoken word, music, movement, prose, rhyme, performance, and critical engagement. It is creativity at its finest. </div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Our mission is to provide a forum for poetry and other spoken word to the University of Illinois campus community. It is open to anyone at any level of poetry experience, and we welcome those who wish to share their own work as well as the work of others (e.g. a favorite famous author). </div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Come bring your poetry, your friends, and/or your listening ears!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Free and open to the public. This event is part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month programming.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><b>35th Annual <br></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">
<b>Take Back the Night </b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b>march and rally against sexual violence</b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b>April 24th, 2014 </b></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">
We will gather at 6:30p.m. at Anniversary Plaza on the University of Illinois Quad (behind the Illini Union)</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">March begins at 7:00p.m. ending in front of the Champaign County Courthouse</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Rally and speak out to follow</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">This event is open to everyone</div><div class="gmail_default">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">For individuals who do not wish to march, we traditionally arrive at our ending location between 7:45 and 8:15p.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default">**PARKING INFORMATION**</div><div class="gmail_default">Metered parking can be found around the Quad. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Goodwin Ave. has garage parking. </div><div class="gmail_default">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default">Champaign County Courthouse parking is 25cents for the first hour and 50cents for each additional hour. The lot IS ENFORCED after 5p.m. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">
Lincoln Square Mall has free parking. DO NOT park in the West lot (the hotel lot), it is a tow away zone</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">**WEATHER INFORMATION**</div>
<div class="gmail_default">We will march in inclement weather, barring lightening or other dangerous conditions. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The rain location on the Quad is in the English Building Atrium. The English Building is located on the North end of the Quad. </div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Alternate location for Courthouse is Lincoln Square Mall at our office in the North Eat hallway near Charter Fitness </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Questions? Contact Stephanie 344-6298</div></div></font></div></div>