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SPEAC INTERN AND PUBLIC health senior Athena Herrington (center) grins as the rally makes its way down James E. Rogers Way during the annual UA Take Back the Night event on April 19. This year’s installment of Take Back the Night included a short march across campus, performance art, dancing, stories of survival and a candlelight vigil.
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discussed the complicated role men have in supporting movements like Take Back the Night. “If we say we are not part of the problem, then we are the work,” Utt said. During the gathering, several
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women survivors also spoke and shared their experiences with the group. Kenzie Bevington, a graduating junior in law, explained how she used social media to disclose what happened. The crowd became emotional when Bevington teared up while explaining how her mother said she was embarrassed that her daughter admitted what happened.
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