FW: Take Back the Park this Sunday

["bob brown" <vacirca@xxxxxxxxx>]

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"solidarity means sharing the same risks" - Che
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From: Katha Pollitt <kpollitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: femecon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx, M-Fem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Take Back the Park this Sunday
Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2000, 10:22 AM


Please circulate this widely to New Yorkers of your acquaintance.

Katha

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• To: historyinaction-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
• From: Andrea Costello <andreahope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:09:57 -0700

Thought you all would be interested in this demonstration.


ACTION ALERT FROM NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN-NYC:

NEW YORK WOMEN, TAKE BACK CENTRAL PARK!

LAST SUNDAY, OVER 30 WOMEN WERE HARASSED, ATTACKED AND SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED IN CENTRAL PARK  IN BROAD DAYLIGHT BY A GANG OR SEVERAL GANGS
OF 15-20 MEN.  ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE VICTIMS, THE COPS REFUSED TO
INTERVENE.

WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE SAFE IN CENTRAL PARK AND IN ALL OF NEW YORK?S
PUBLIC SPACES.  WE HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY!

PROTEST THE BRUTAL SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND THE COPS INACTION.  JOIN NOW-NYC
FOR A MARCH TO TAKE BACK THE PARK!

WHEN: SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH 6:00 P.M.
WHERE: CENTRAL PARK SOUTH & 6th AVENUE
(TAKE THE A,B,C, OR 1/9 TO 59TH ST COLUMBUS CIRCLE,
  OR N/R, B, OR Q to 57th ST or 4,5,6 to to 59th St.)
QUESTIONS?  CALL ANNIE AT 212.627.9895, NOW-NYC

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