Mujer Libre
26th October 2007, 14:09
I just got back home from Reclaim the Night- and it was amazing. The biggest crowd since 2004 and so much support from random women on the street. There was also heckling from guys out for Friday night drinks, but I guess that only serves to reinforce our point.
After the march we headed to Trades Hall for dinner and performances- the performances by women of colour almost made me teary. :P
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This is at the very start- my friends from the organising collective about to introduce the first speaker. Not sure why there's a guy there- considering the march is meant to be autonomous.
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A speaker from CASA House, plus the lovely Unimelb Women's officers. :)
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The crowd. More people arrived later. I was totally impressed with the turnout for an autonomous action on a Friday evening.
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About to head off down Bourke Street.
There are a couple more pics, will maybe post them later.
After the march we headed to Trades Hall for dinner and performances- the performances by women of colour almost made me teary. :P
http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/7875/20070929rtnbday0005en5.th.jpg (http://img459.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20070929rtnbday0005en5.jpg)
This is at the very start- my friends from the organising collective about to introduce the first speaker. Not sure why there's a guy there- considering the march is meant to be autonomous.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2969/20070929rtnbday0006fz5.th.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20070929rtnbday0006fz5.jpg)
A speaker from CASA House, plus the lovely Unimelb Women's officers. :)
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5107/20070929rtnbday0008jl0.th.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20070929rtnbday0008jl0.jpg)
The crowd. More people arrived later. I was totally impressed with the turnout for an autonomous action on a Friday evening.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7045/20070929rtnbday0009pt7.th.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20070929rtnbday0009pt7.jpg)
About to head off down Bourke Street.
There are a couple more pics, will maybe post them later.