Sacramento Women Take Back the Night

V-Day Sacramento is a project of Sacramento Women Take Back the Night.

Auditions for the V-Day Sacramento 2012 production of The Vagina Monologues will be:

Thursday 1/19, 6-8pm at Chicory Coffee and Tea (1131 11th Street in Sacramento)

Saturday 1/21, 10-2pm at Mondo Bizarro (1827 I St in Sacramento)

AND

Sunday 1/22, 10-2pm at Mondo Bizarro (1827 I St in Sacramento)

No previous acting experience required!

Please e-mail audition@vdaysacramento.org to sign up for an audition slot.  In your email, please list your name, phone number, and specify your availability (dates and times).  Auditions slots will likely go fast, so please email soon to reserve your slot. 

Have questions?  Email audition@vdaysacramento.org for more information.

2012 is kicking off with two great events to raise awareness about human trafficking and to stand against it.  We’re posting them here to spread the word!

January 11 – 6pm-9pm:

“Voices of Hope”, a spoken word, music and art event to raise awareness about human trafficking in Sacramento will be held in the evening at Mondo Bizarro (1827 I Street, Sacramento).

Click for Voices of Hope Flyer

February 9 – 9am-1pm:

Come out for the conference  “Human Trafficking:  Law Enforcement Responds”, organized by My Sister’s House and held at the Alumni Center at CSU Sacramento.

Click for Conference Flyer

A huge thank you to everyone who came to the 2011 Rally, marched in solidarity, and joined forces to take back the night.   And thank you again to the performers, speakers, and co-sponsor organizations who made the evening so powerful.  The energy at the event from the hundreds there was electric, inspiring, and a call to action against violence.

Want more?  Can’t wait for next year?  Interested in being involved with Sacramento Women Take Back the Night?!  Contact us through the comments section below or at sacwtbn@yahoo.com.

In Solidarity,

Your WTBN Team

The 32nd Annual Sacramento Women Take Back the Night March and Rally is upon us!  Join us this SATURDAY October 8 as we take to the streets and take back the night.  The event will go on rain or shine (though the forecast is shine)!

See you there!

In Solidarity,

Your WTBN Team

Sacramento Women Take Back the Night is recruiting volunteers for the October 8 Rally.

Positions include:

Security Volunteers to ensure a safe space for all event participants and attendees and to respond to any disturbances at the Rally and along the march route.

March Monitors to help with set-up and take down, hand out programs during the Rally, and accompany the march, encouraging everyone to TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!

Shifts are planned as follows:

• Set up- 3pm-5pm
• Rally- 5pm-8pm
• March- 8pm-9pm
• Take Down- 8pm-10pm

A Volunteer Orientation will be held in the parking lot of the Sacramento Native American Health Center at 2020 J Street (the site where the event will be held) from 3-4:30pm on Sunday, October 2nd. After the orientation we will have a BBQ/Flower-Making Party to prepare for the event.
To join us, please contact Sunny at volunteer@sactakebackthenight.org. Please note the positions and shifts you can commit to, any preferences or limitations you may have, and  include your name, phone number, and email.
Thanks for your support!

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A HUGE thank you to this year’s Co-Sponsors who are now posted here in the Sponsor section.  We encourage Rally attendees to stop by our co-sponsor’s tables at the Rally for information about the crucial services they provide in our community.

Sacramento Women Take Back the Night will be participating in Chab Dai’s Sacramento March Against Slavery Sunday September 18 in Cesar Chavez Park in Downtown Sacramento.  We will be there from 12pm-3pm handing out flyers and marching against human trafficking.

Interested in joining us?  Please contact Nicola at Nicola@sactakebackthenight.org for more information. 

Planning to attend?  Feel free to stop by and meet some of the WTBN Committee.

For more information about Chab Dai and the March Against Slavery, please visit: http://www.chabdai.org/sacmarch.html

Your WTBN Team

Click to access the 2011 Take Back the Night Rally Flyer.  Please share far and wide!

Interested in volunteering at the event?  Contact us at sacwtbn@yahoo.com or comment below!

In solidarity,

The WTBN Team

We are excited to announce the line-up (thus far) for the 2011 Rally:

Survivor Speak-Out

Victims Memorial

Sacramento Taiko Dan

jovi.radtke. poet.

C. Foster

Hot Pot Dance

Ice Dance Company

Slutwalk Sacramento

Legislative Advocate Sara Rogers

Ernest Brown

Tara Shabazz of CPEDV

My Sister’s House

And More!

The event schedule is as follows:

WHERE: The Sacramento Native American Health Center at 2020 J Street in Sacramento.

WHEN: Second Saturday, October 8

5:30PM – Resource Fair

6:00PM – Rally (includes speakers, music, spoken word, dance, and more!)

8:00PM – MARCH

For more information, please visit the 2011 Rally Information section.

Some exciting updates from your WTBN team:

We hope to have a finalized rally flyer by this Friday August 12 for printing and distribution this Saturday August 13.  So… we need volunteers for flyering this 2nd Saturday, August 13 and future dates.  This Saturday, the group will meet at Mondo Bizarro at 5:45pm then flyer from 6pm-9pm or until the flyers are all gone.  WTBN Committee members Maryanne, Sunny, and Kamila will be there at 5:45pm, so look out for them!

Stay tuned for other flyering dates and an electronic version of the flyer!

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This year Sacramento Women Take Back the Night and rally participants will commemorate individual women who have been victims of violence, both locally and in the lives of event attendees, by creating, displaying, and carrying paper flowers during the event and march.
We invite you to contribute to the Victims’ Memorial by creating a wide variety of tissue paper flowers to donate to the event. We request that the flowers be in purple and teal hues… (colors that represent Domestic Violence and Sexual Assualt Awareness) and use pencils as bases for the stems. Floral tape is a cheap and easy way to attach the flowers to the pencils to create a sturdy green stem.
Please refer to these tutorials:
Rose
Mum
Lily (using a golf ball) and various petal flowers

Bring your completed flowers to the Rally on October 8 or contact us to donate them beforehand.

Thank you and let us know if you have questions!

Your WTBN Team

Check out the updated Sponsor section for exciting opportunities to get involved in this year’s Take Back the Night Rally.

Download the 2011 Commitment Form and become a rally co-sponsor.  For inclusion in the event printed program and to reserve a booth (table and two chairs) at the rally’s information fair, please send the form to us by August 15, 2011.

For more information, please read our 2011 Co-Sponsorship Letter.

We look forward to your participation in making the 2011 Rally an event that makes a difference!

The WTBN Team