Take Back the Night, Columbia's anti-sexual violence activist group, has announced that it is making two major changes to the annual march held this year on April 19. For the first year in Columbia's history, the march will be gender-neutral—a move that has been considered and debated for years. Additionally, participants in the march will be able to photograph the event on their personal cameras, whereas in past years the march had a strict no-photo policy for participants.
An excerpt from the press release is below:
Take Back the Night (TBTN), Columbia University and Barnard College’s sex-positive, anti-sexual violence activist organization, is announcing today two major changes to it’s annual march. Since 1988, TBTN has organized an annual march in April designed to reclaim Morningside Heights as a safe space for students and community members. This year, the march will be gender-neutral for the first time in its history at Columbia University. We will also begin to allow march participants to use personal cameras to take photographs within the march.
See the rest of the press release after the jump and check back tonight for more updates from the news desk!
