University of Kentucky's Women's Place: Stories of Victimization

(Too much attention by our lawmakers on controlling women's bodies and too little focus on how they are victimized--Thivai)

UK Women's Place is seeking individuals to share their stories of victimization, abuse, and/or violence at the 2006 Take Back the Night event. 36.5% of female students are victims of sexual assault, physical assault, and/or stalking while attending the University of Kentucky. Similarly, 1 in 3 women in Kentucky experience some form of violence in their lifetime. UK Women’s Place is organizing Take Back the Night 2006 on March 29th beginning at 6 pm at Memorial Coliseum. Take Back the Night will include a campus wide march that will conclude with a speak out to shine light on victims of violence and a vigil to raise awareness about the issue of violence against women at Memorial Hall.

If you know an individual who may be interested in speaking out about their personal experience with violence against women, please forward them this information and encourage her or him to contact Dorothy Edwards at Women's Place to discuss the opportunity. We anticipate each individual to speak for 2-5 minutes with the use of a microphone.

Dorothy J. Edwards, Ph.D.
UK Women's Place, Director
153 Bowman Hall
email: dedwa3@email.uky.edu