From top to bottom, left
to right: Women's Center
worker Melissa Ballard
leads the march to 8th
Avenue and Oak Street;
Students and community
members rally against
sexual assault; Women’s
Center Director Erin
O’Brien speaks in the
EMU Amphitheater; Anja
Brahmer from Breaking
Free demonstrates
self-defense moves.
Nicole Barker
Photrapher
Night: March recognized groups of victims
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Wellness Advocacy Team explained
the importance of informed consent
and demonstrated how to give and
receive it. After the demonstration,
representatives from Sexual Assault
Support Services defined a “safe
space” in both Spanish and English.
Using a bilingual presentation,
SASS representatives gave a multi
dimensional definition of the idea of
a safe space, which included receiv
ing an excellent education to pro
vide more opportunities in life; pro
viding a place where people can
make choices about their sexuality
without living in fear of rejection,
violence and intolerance; and valu
ing the diversity of animals, plants
and humans of all types. Represen
tatives explained how sexual vio
lence particularly affects the Latino
community and mentioned SASS’s
resources for Spanish speakers.
Several speakers discussed how
sexual violence affects a specific
group of people. Women of color,
lesbians, queers, gays, transgen
dered and gender-variant people all
have experienced sexual violence
but have not necessarily had access
to assault survivor resources
that are sensitive to their identities
and experiences, several event
speakers said.
The Radical Cheerleaders led the
crowd in chants such as, “I drank
ale. I drank stout. That is not
consent.” Performers wore brightly
colored costumes and amused the
crowd with their renditions of popu
lar cheers.
After the rally in the amphithe
ater, hundreds of people marched to
the corner of East 8th Avenue and
Oak Street. The march was divided
into three sections: the first for self
identified women, the second for
transgendered and gender-variant
people and the third for allies.
“The march has a loyalty to
women but recognizes women are
not the only victims of sexual as
sault,” Genther said. “We want
women to have a safe space where
they can feel comfortable but make
allies feel included.”
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