Events & Workshops

Events

• October: Take Back the Night

  Take Back the Night is an awareness event with the mission of ending all forms of sexual, relationship and domestic violence. The event, which is held in hundreds of locations each year across more than 30 countries, began in the 1970s.

  At Bucknell, Take Back the Night brings the community together in our shared mission to end sexual assault and dating violence on campus. The event, which is typically held at the end of October, begins with a short program of student speakers, including survivors, friends of survivors and allies, followed by a silent walk or period of reflection.

   

• October: The Clothesline Project

  The Clothesline Project is displayed each year at Bucknell to bear witness to sexual assault and dating violence on our campus and around the world. Members of the campus community are invited to create T-shirts with messages in support of survivors, regarding their own experience or that of someone close to them, or to simply take a stand against sexual and dating violence. The T-shirts are displayed in the Bertrand Library during October.

   

• October: Purple Thursday

  Bucknell supports this national campaign promoted by the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Members of the campus community wear purple on this day to raise awareness about intimate partner violence and to show their support for survivors of this violence.

   

• April: Red Flag Campaign

  The Red Flag Campaign display occurs each year in April and can be found on the uphill lawn outside the Elaine Langone Center.

  The Red Flag Campaign is an awareness project that encourages people to recognize the "red flags" that might signal an unhealthy or abusive relationship and to intervene if they notice these red flags in others' relationships.

  As part of the campaign, members of the community are invited to write warning signs, or "red flags," of unhealthy or abusive relationships onto red vinyl flags that are then publicly displayed. Anyone wishing to write a message of support for victim-survivors of relationship violence, or who is willing to speak up if they witness a relationship "red flag," can also sign their name or write their message on an orange or blue flag. These orange and blue flags form a protective ring around the red flags, creating a visual reminder of our supportive community of positive bystanders who are willing to intervene to protect others from relationship violence.