[Tbtn] Re: Today's SAAM meeting

[Michelle Clutts]

Hi all,
Sorry I missed the last meeting but I'm definitely excited about working on 
TBTN this year.  I think this is a great start, I know for the speakers I 
have contacts with some of the potential speakers and could work on 
that.  As for the idea about moving the location I think it would be cool 
to move that march to a more campus and community friendly location.  I've 
participated in a march around downtown and the route was pretty much 
focused on the main streets where the bars, cafes and other businesses are 
located.  Ruxandra, I'm not sure what part of the community you think we 
may be perceived as targeting?

I'm also a little uncomfortable with the idea of 3-5 minute self-defense 
talk.  And I'll explain..to me TBTN is about being loud, big and demanding 
that society take women and violence against them serious, having a talk 
about how we need to learn to defend ourselves seems to reiterate to point 
that women should not be out alone at night and that it's a woman's 
responsibility to not become a victim.  I definitely think we should 
provide information (i.e. a table or info booth) at the rally for anyone 
that wants to learn self-defense, I'm just not sure about talking about it 
at the rally.

Those are my opinions.
Let me know what you think.
~Michelle

At 08:34 AM 2/25/2004 -0600, ruxandra costescu wrote:

>Hm... I'm thinking about it... I don't have a problem with changing the
>location... But the turn out may be smaller b/c it's harder to get to
>Westside Park than the Union. Also, I'm trying to figure out what the
>route would cover. Going through downtown, by the bars etc. would be
>awesome... However, I'm somewhat weary that we're automatically going to
>appear to be "targeting" a certain part of the community, which we might
>want to think about a little. One year, we started at Scott Park, and even
>though it was a campus march, starting there was just a really bad idea,
>it felt very strange, precisely b/c it seemed we were focusing on a
>specific area of the community.
>
>Other thoughts?
>
>Ruxandra.
>
>On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Susan M. Kazmierczak wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >     At the meeting this afternoon, we talked as a group about having the
>rally and march at Westside Park.  Everyone at the meeting thought this
>would be the best way to get the community involved and it would also be a
>change since the last 3 years it has taken place on campus. What do you
>all think?
> >
> > Sue
> > Graduate Assistant for the Office of LGBT Concerns
> > Graduate Assistant for the Children and Family Research Center, Best 
> Practice Research
> >
>
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Michelle Clutts
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