The first Take Back the Night rally was organized as a response to this, emerging from women’s desire to make the streets a safe place at night. Today, the movement takes place all over the world as a protest to end all forms of sexual violence and create safe communities and respectful relationships. Read More…
UC Berkeley Take Back the Night takes place this Thursday, March 14, on Sproul Plaza from 5 to 7 p.m. The event aims to break the silence surrounding sexual violence in a night of empowerment, expression and education. UC Berkeley Take Back the Night is a student-run organization, housed in Read More…
Vonnie Gurgin — Berkeley Police Review Board commissioner, UC Berkeley alumna, criminology expert and dog-lover — was pronounced dead Oct. 17 after she was found in her Berkeley Hills home. She was born in 1940. Fellow Commissioner George Perezvelez describes Gurgin’s presence on the commission as simultaneously professional and personal. Read More…
