Reclaim the Night
West Sussex Teachers' Association supports the Reclaim the Night Demonstration on 24th November.
Last year over 1000 women took to the streets of central London in a night-time demonstration to protest at the rising tide of violence against women and the failure of the authorities in dealing with it. It was a fantastic event which closed Charing Cross Road and made a real impact on a Saturday night in the West End.
The 'Women-Only' march lasted about an hour and ended in a mixed rally and party at ULU. Some school groups used it as a night out for women staff and went off for dinner etc after the march. It was a wonderfully empowering and positive experience. Several other regions also staged Reclaim the Night demos during the year, most notably in Ipswich.
This year the event in London is being repeated on Saturday 24th November and we want to hugely increase the numbers that attend. The NUT is supporting the demonstration this year and the National banner will be there. They are also hosting a lunchtime reception prior to the march at the Women's Library. A circular has been sent to all divisional secretaries encouraging them to support the demonstration and to pay travel expenses from delegates. It is brilliant that the Union is taking such a public stand this year and we need to do everything we can to make both events a massive success.
Attached to this email is a document containing the latest Reclaim the Night flyer as well as an invitation to the Reception at the Women's Library. Please do everything you can to get this circulated in your place of work/division.
Hope to see you (and many more) there.
Kiri Tunks
(Vice-chair NUT Gender Advisory Committee)
Details here
Last year over 1000 women took to the streets of central London in a night-time demonstration to protest at the rising tide of violence against women and the failure of the authorities in dealing with it. It was a fantastic event which closed Charing Cross Road and made a real impact on a Saturday night in the West End.
The 'Women-Only' march lasted about an hour and ended in a mixed rally and party at ULU. Some school groups used it as a night out for women staff and went off for dinner etc after the march. It was a wonderfully empowering and positive experience. Several other regions also staged Reclaim the Night demos during the year, most notably in Ipswich.
This year the event in London is being repeated on Saturday 24th November and we want to hugely increase the numbers that attend. The NUT is supporting the demonstration this year and the National banner will be there. They are also hosting a lunchtime reception prior to the march at the Women's Library. A circular has been sent to all divisional secretaries encouraging them to support the demonstration and to pay travel expenses from delegates. It is brilliant that the Union is taking such a public stand this year and we need to do everything we can to make both events a massive success.
Attached to this email is a document containing the latest Reclaim the Night flyer as well as an invitation to the Reception at the Women's Library. Please do everything you can to get this circulated in your place of work/division.
Hope to see you (and many more) there.
Kiri Tunks
(Vice-chair NUT Gender Advisory Committee)
Details here
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