ECLI/Vibes, Survivor Advisory Board, Crimes Victim Center, The Retreat, LIADV, Touro Law’s Women Bar Association, Sepa Mujer, SCATI Long Island, Legislator Sam Gonzalez and Staff, Suffolk County Police Department, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Human Trafficking Detective Division led by Detective Lieutenant Cassidy and Sgt Linda Piotrowski from the office of Police Commissioner Waring, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Nu Phi Zeta Chapter, Farmingdale State College, St. Joseph’s University, Various clubs from Suffolk County Community College including Rotaract Club, History Club, Women’s Club, Student Government Association and Campus Activities, Alumni Association and the Human Services Department. Organizer and chair of SCCC Take Back the Night Committee Professor Danielle DiMauro
Save the Date Thursday, April 11, Take Back the Night 2024 at Suffolk County Community College, Michael J. Grant Campus Brentwood, NY
For additional information please contact Prof. Danielle DiMauro ’04 dimaurd@sunysuffolk.edu
Christina Vargas Chief Diversity Officer/Title IX Coordinator
SUBJECT:
Take Back the Night Annual March – Friday, April 14
For nine years, the college has hosted a Take Back The Night event. This national prevention and education program is an opportunity to provide a space for sharing resources and support, and for renewing our college’s commitment to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. We are grateful to the hundreds of students, faculty, staff and community members who have supported this event each year. Our march is being sponsored by the Take Back the Night planning committee of faculty, students and staff, along with dedicated community partners and agencies.
We would like to invite you to this year’s march taking place on Friday, April 14th at 7 p.m. at the Michael J. Grant Campus. We are happy to share that this is an in-person event that will happen rain or shine. Please contact the office of Campus Activities at your campus for additional information and to reserve transportation for that day.
Please register in advance for Take Back the Night using this link or scan the QR code that is on the attached flyer: https://forms.office.com/r/ce9ZSfwbY3
Leading up to the event, students, staff, faculty and community members are welcome to participate in our series of engagement projects taking place on all three campuses. These activities include designing butterflies and rocks with words of encouragement and allyship, as well as designing lanterns that are placed throughout the route of the walk. Each of our partners also share important information on their services and how we can support survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence.
In addition, students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to like and follow our Facebook page: Take Back the Night – Suffolk County Community College (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244478246594448) as well as the Instagram page – @takebackthenightsccc and post messages of empowerment to survivors with the hashtag #sccctbtn.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the chair of the planning committee, Danielle DiMauro-Brooks at dimaurd@sunysuffolk.edu. Thank you in advance for providing support to this important college-wide tradition.
7PM Thursday March 31 at Michael J. Grant Campus Sagtikos Building Van Nostrand Theatre (map)
Join us to support Take Back the Night as we march against violence.
For the past few years, the College has hosted Take Back The Night (TBTN), a nationwide event that provides a space for sharing resources and providing support for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. TBTN brings awareness to the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault in all forms by empowering survivors with hope, inspiration, support and resources to begin healing from trauma and to also educate our peers/audience/colleagues/viewers on how they can have a role in all of that. We accomplish the goal by having teams that coordinate engagement projects that include Lantern Bags, Clothesline Project, Painted Rocks, & Paper Butterflies – each of these projects encourages people to write messages of empowerment, inspiration, and support for survivors through both the fall and spring semesters leading up to the actual event which will be March 31, 2022! There is always room for creativity and we welcome any and all people who want to be involved.
As part of the planning leading up to Take Back the Night on 4/23/21 we will be hosting four Butterfly Engagement events. All students, faculty, staff and alumni are welcome. All participants will receive a certificate.
Butterfly Project – The Butterfly Project is an engagement project that requires someone to create a butterfly with empowering, positive, and inspiring messages for survivors of violence that will be displayed the night of Take Back The Night. The butterfly represents the beauty of transformation that occurs with change and our goal is to bring hope and empowerment to all survivors so that they may find the beauty in their healing processes.
There are many different ways you can be involved in Take Back the Night and one of the ways you can is to sign up as a virtual marcher and get involved in our engagement projects.
A snippet version of TBTN would be that our focus with this event at the college is to bring awareness to the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault in all forms by empowering survivors with hope, inspiration, support and resources to begin healing from trauma and to also educate our peers/audience/colleagues/viewers on how they can have a role in all of that. We accomplish the goal by having teams that coordinate engagement projects that include Lantern Bags, Painted Rocks, & Paper Butterflies – each of these projects encourages people to write messages of empowerment, inspiration, and support for survivors through both the fall and spring semesters leading up to the actual event which will be April 23rd 2021!
There is always room for creativity and we welcome any and all people who want to be involved in planning and executing this because it literally takes a village to make this all come together.
Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Eta Gamma Alumni Chapter 