Take Back the Night Timeline

 1978

  • April 29, 1978: Take Back the Night march sponsored WAR, WAC, OSU Rape Education Project

1979

  • May 16, 1979: Take Back the Night march sponsored by WAR

1983

  • May 14, 1983: Women Take Back the Night sponsored by WAR and the Federation for Progress, which were also supported by numerous other organizations.

1987

  • May 8, 1987: Take Back the Night ’87 sponsored by WAR, Sisters of Justice, Columbus National Women’s Association, and the Humanist Community of Central Ohio was held in downtown Columbus

1989

  • May 20, 1989: Take Back the Night March sponsored by WAR and Women’s Studies Department graduate students was held in and around Goodale Park.
  • November 16, 1989: Take Back the Night march sponsored by Residence Hall Advisory Council, Programs to learn, Upgrade and Serve committees held on campus

1990

  • May 12, 1990: Take Back the Night march was held in and around Goodale Park.
    • Gloria McCauley was one of the coordinators of the march and a Teaching Assistant in the Ohio State Women’s Studies department.

1991

  • May 18, 1991: Take Back the Night march was held in and around Goodale Park.
    • Gloria McCauley was one of the coordinators for the event, while Kim Dill is named as an event organizer.

1993

  • May 17, 1993: Take Back the Night march was held in and around Goodale Park and High Street.
    • Valerie Rake was one of the coordinators of the event and Rake mentions in her testimony that other Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Students helped

1994

  • May 21, 1994: Take Back The Night march was held in and around Goodale Park.
    • Valerie Rake was one of the coordinators of the event and Rake mentions in her testimony that other Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Students helped

1996

  • May 23, 1996: Take Back the Night march

1997

  • May 22, 1997: Take Back the Night march

2001

  • May 16, 2001: Take Back the Night march and vigil was held in and around OSU’s campus

2005

  • May 11, 2005: Take Back the Night march and vigil sponsored by Women and Allies Rising in Resistance (WARR) was held near OSU’s campus

2008

  • May 14, 2008: Take Back the Night march sponsored by WARR was held in and around OSU’s campus

2009

  • May 13, 2009: Take Back the Night march sponsored by WARR was held in and around OSU’s campus

2011

  • April 28, 2011: Take Back the Night march sponsored by WARR was held in and around OSU’s campus

2018

  • April 19, 2018: Take Back the Night march and speakout sponsored by an ad hoc group of students and was held in and around OSU’s campus

2019

  • April 11, 2019: Take Back the Night march and speakout sponsored by a group of students (who would later become Take Back the Night at Ohio State (TBTNOSU)), It's On Us, #Fight4Her, Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity, which was supported by a coalition of other student organizations, was held in and around OSU’s campus

2020

  • April 9, 2020: Take Back the Night march and speakout that was sponsored by TBTNOSU was going to be in and around OSU’s campus but was canceled due to COVID-19