The Ames-ISU Take Back the Night rally and march is held every April during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Take Back the Night is an international event held annually to protest violence against women.
Sexual violence is by far the most unreported violent crime in our society.
Rally takes place on the terrace of the Memorial Union. The march will leave the MU, walk west on Lincoln Way, south on Welch Ave., to the Towers ,east on Storm Street, north on Ash Avenue, and west on Lincoln way to Lake Laverne. Candlelit boats will be launched in Lake Laverne at the end of the march. Statistics Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Between 1995 and 1996, more than 670,000 women were the victim of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.