I am so excited to be teaching Yoga for Peace & Healing at Take Back the Night, an international event to raise awareness and empowerment against sexual & domestic violence on October 26th. Wheeling Jesuit University is one of Ten Points of Light, and this event is being held for the first time in West Virginia on our campus! Free & Open to all. Join me.

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Here is the backstory. Hope to see you Thursday!

Greetings WJU Community:

I am pleased to share the attached flier regarding the upcoming 10 Points of Light event that will be hosted on campus on Thursday, October 26, 2017.

​Take Back The Night represents the earliest world-wide stand against sexual violence, especially violence against women. TBTN events began happening in the 1960’s. Belgium and England held some of the earliest protests about women not being safe even walking down the street alone. In the United States, in 1973, women at a Florida campus marched together demanding a women’s center. In 1975, a crowd in Philadelphia held a Take Back The Night Event to protest the rape and murder of a microbiologist walking home after work. Also in the 70’s San Francisco had a number of rallies in protest “snuff” pornography and violence against women. These events grew into hundreds of events on college campuses and in communities of all sizes and locations. The unifying theme was protest of sexual violence and support for victims.​

​On the last Thursday in October (and again in April), TBTN holds a global event in ten locations world wide. These events are known as the 10 Points of Light. These communities unite to demonstrate their support for survivors of sexual violence through speeches, marches, performances, and vigils. ​

WJU is proud to have been chosen as one of the ten locations to host a Point of Light event, the first of its kind in West Virginia!

Please join us on October 26, 2017, for a day of reflection, education and support as we Take Back the Night!

Contact the Title IX Office with any questions regarding the event.

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David Hacker | Director

Title IX Coordinator

Office of Human Resources

316 Washington Ave, Wheeling WV, 26003

Phone: (304) 243-26​50​