Brandeis community participates in Sexual Assault Awareness Month

■ Brandeis community partakes in 9th annual "Take Back the Night" march across campus.

By GRACE DOH JUSTICE STAFF WRITER

On Thursday April 20 student organizers and Brandeis community members gathered at the Rabb steps to commence the annual “Take Back the Night” march through campus — an event “intended to raise awareness about sexual violence, [empower] one another, and [show] solidarity with, or as, individuals impacted by violence,” as explained by event facilitator Priya Sashti ’24. This event was organized by students of the Prevention, Advocacy, and Resource Center, the Department of Sociology, the Jewish Feminist Association at Brandeis, and other affiliated groups. The TBTN movement is the oldest global effort to stand against