I am proud to say I participated in the annual Take Back the Night march and rally last night put on by the Women's Rape Crisis Center. Hundreds of us marched from the UVM campus through the downtown streets raising our voices against sexual violence against women. It was especially moving when we walked past one section of Main street which where we marched in silence out of respect for UVM senior Michelle Gardner-Quinn was last seen on surveillance video before she was abducted, sexually assaulted and killed Oct. 7.
It felt good to march, it felt good to shout, it felt good to raise my voice and with hundreds show our city will will not let the night and our streets to be taken from us.
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