Thanks for joining us for the Survivor Zine Workshop!
To submit to Zine Out! Speak Out! check out the submission form is HERE!
Watch "Building a self-care Toolbox with Herbal Allies, for Survivors" workshop with Tavi Waits (SAAM 2023)
Take Back the Night History
Each year at PSU, Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) centers the voices of survivors across campus and in the larger Portland community. In 1973, Take Back the Night was birthed by folks in San Francisco protesting the serial murders and violence against women of color in Los Angeles. This effort has and continues to work toward eliminating sexual and domestic violence in all forms by providing a space for awareness, community, and action.
The Women's Resource Center at Portland State has hosted Take Back the Night since 1999. Collectively, we welcome you to center how our futures are interconnected and that a truly violence-free culture must offer safety, dignity, and access for us all. We have immense gratitude to the many folks on campus who’ve helped make Take Back the Night and SAAM possible over the years.
2024
Theme: "Nourishing Reciprocity: Building a Counterculture of Care"
2023
Theme: "On Our Time: Rooting Our Resistance in Rest & Connection"
April 26, 2023
2022
Theme: “Collective Self Determination: Power, Transformation, and Accountability”
Panel discussion with community leaders Anna So, Vo, and claire barrera; moderated by Zubbi Azubuike
April 28, 2022
2021
Theme: “We Are Each Others’ Future: Resistance, Resilience, and Interdependence”
Speaker: Tourmaline
April 22, 2021
2020
Theme: “Disability Justice & Sexual Violence: Power, Healing, and Interdependence”
Speaker: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha
April 23, 2020
2019
Theme: “We Are Worthy: Combatting Disposability & Honoring Our Inherent Worthiness”
Speaker: Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs
April 26, 2019
2018
Theme: “Disrupting the Prototype: Who Gets Believed as Survivors"
Speaker: Akilah Powell, Emily Lai, Dara Snyder, Jackie Sandmeyer, Alex Herrera, Cicely Rodgers
April 17, 2018
2017
Theme: “Consent Culture and the Freedom to Change”
Speaker: Feminista Jones
April 13, 2017
2016
Theme: “Intersectionality and Title IX”
Speaker: Dr. Treva Lindsey (Day), Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha (Night)
April 26, 2016
2015
Theme: “Violence Against Queer and Trans Communities”
Speaker: Jackie Sandmeyer
April 23, 2015
2014
Theme: “Transforming Rape Culture: Rewriting the Narrative”
Speaker: Monica Weitzel
April 24, 2014
Resources
PSU WRC Take Back the Night Community Panel (2022)
PSU WRC Take Back the Night with Tourmaline (2021)
PSU WRC Take Back the Night with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (2020)
PSU WRC Take Back the Night with Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs (2019)
Sexual and Relationship Violence Response - Confidential Advocate
Sexual and Relationship Violence Response - Culturally Responsive Organizations and Programs
Sexual and Relationship Violence Response - More Local Resources
National Sexual Violence Resource Center - History of Sexual Assault Awareness and Action Month
National Sexual Violence Resource Center - SAAM 2022: Building Safe Online Spaces Together
Strategies for Survivors - Philly Survivor Support Collective
Supporting a Survivor of Sexual Assault - UBUNTU and Men Against Rape Culture
Community Organizers Address Sexual Violence Without the Criminal Justice System - Nicole Froio
Resisting Gender Violence Without Cops or Prisons - Interview with Victoria Law
Ending Child Sexual Abuse: A Transformative Justice Handbook - Generation Five
A Different Path for Confronting Sexual Assault - Sujatha Baliga