Office for Women and Violence Prevention calendar Reclaim the Night Cairns
Reclaim the Night Cairns
Friday 28 Oct 2022 18.00 pm
Cairns Sexual Assault Service
The Reclaim the Night Committee are excited to announce the dates for this year’s Reclaim the Night Rally! This year we are kicking it up a notch! With key note speaker Professor Caroline Taylor AM and an exhilarating performance from local First Nations musician Dizzie Doolan playing her hit “Strictly Women’s Business” and “Won’t Take It No More”. But wait, there’s more - Reclaim has partnered with PINK NOISE for an after party at MissChief (corner of Spence and Lake Street) for an ALL FEMALE line up! All proceeds going to Warringu Women’s Shelter. Date: Friday 28th October Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Location: Cairns Lagoon Plaza (The Esplanade; opposite McDonalds) BYO: Voice, placards, drums, and noisemakers! After Party: 7:30pm at Miss Chief Bar and Eatery with Pink Noise Reclaim the Night rallies are a response to decades (centuries) of victim-blaming attitudes whereby ‘solutions’ to public sexual violence and harassment against women focus on restricting women rather than changing men’s violent behavior. Reclaim the Night rallies started in the ‘70s across the globe and more locally, have been held in Cairns for about 30 years. Sadly, the message remains unchanged – women continue to be unsafe in our community. On Friday 28th October, the women of Cairns will come together, taking our voices to the streets and demanding a community free of violence against women: • today women march as a show of resistance, strength and unity • we march because we believe everyone has the right to feel safe and to BE safe • we march to show a united front against violence of all kinds • we march in honour of those without a voice and to remember those whose voice has been silenced • we will join people from all over the world fighting for the right of women to feel safe — to be safe — no matter where they are, no matter what time of day it is, no matter what they’re doing or what they’re wearing Reclaim the Night is a women’s event, a safe space for ALL women! This is an all ages and inclusive event, the men who support us are invited to march behind us in solidarity. We encourage you to distribute throughout your networks and put copies of the attached poster and social media tiles in all the spaces https://www.facebook.com/reclaimthenightcairns/
- Start
- Friday 28 Oct 2022 18.00pm
- End
- Friday 28 Oct 2022 19.00pm
- Cost
- Free
- Location
- Cairns Lagoon Plaza (The Esplanade; opposite McDonalds)
- Cairns electorate
- Access
- Wheelchair access with carer
- Bookings
- Not required
Further information
- Organiser
- Cairns Sexual Assault Service
- csas@true.org.au
- Phone
- 07 4031 3590
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/reclaimthenightcairns/