Local Reclaim the Night Marches - an opportunity to meet local feminist activists or a mumsnet outing?

[stumbledin]

Saw this on facebook and thought I would share in case anyone who hasn't seen it would want to attend.

Reclaim the Night Marches 23 November to 9 December 2018
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23 November 2018 17:30 ~ Reclaim the Night! – WILPF UK Cornwall Branch – Penzance
23 November 2018 18:00 ~ Fight For The Night – Strathclyde Feminist Society and Strathclyde Students’ Union
23 November 2018 18:00 ~ Reclaim the Night Rotherham 2018!
23 November 2018 18:15 ~ Reclaim the Night Gloucester 2018
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24 November 2018 16:00 ~ Reclaim the Night 2018 – Northern TUC – Newcastle
24 November 2018 18:00 ~ Reclaim the Night Lincoln 2018 – Lincolnshire Rape Crisis
24 November 2018 18:30 ~ Reclaim the Night Nottingham 2018 – Nottinghamshire Sexual Violence Support Services and Reclaim The Night Nottingham
24 November 2018 18:30 ~ Reclaim the Night Dorchester 2018 – Wand
24 November 2018 18:30 ~ Reclaim the Night Sheffield 2018
24 November 2018 19:00 ~ Reclaim the Night Peterborough 2018 – Peterborough Rape-Crisis Care Group
24 November 2018 19:00 ~ Reclaim The Night Belfast 2018
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25 November 2018 18:30 ~ Reclaim the Night Oxford 2018 – Reclaim the Night Oxford
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26 November 2018 ~ South Ayrshire 16 Days of Action 2018 – Reclaim the Night 29 November 2018 – Ayr
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27 November 2018 18:00 ~ Reclaim the Night 2018 – Paisley
27 November 2018 18:30 ~ Reclaim The Night West Dunbartonshire 2018 – Socialist Party Scotland
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29 November 2018 17:00 ~ Reclaim The Night Walk Ayr – Ayrshire Women’s Hub
29 November 2018 18:00 ~ Reclaim the Night March Eyemouth 2018 – Scottish Borders Rape Crisis
29 November 2018 18:30 ~ Reclaim the Night Bangor – UMCB and Undeb Bangor
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30 November 2018 18:00 ~ Reclaim The Night Brighton – FemRock and Survivors’ Network
30 November 2018 18:30 ~ Reclaim The Night March Bristol 2018 – Women’s Network Bristol SU and Bristol SU
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1 December 2018 17:00 ~ Reclaim the Night Cornwall – The Women’s Centre Cornwall and Reclaim The Night, Cornwall – Truro
1 December 2018 18:00 ~ Reclaim the Night Exeter – & Banner Making from 14:00
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6 December 2018 17:00 ~ Reclaim The Night March Perth – RASAC Perth & Kinross
6 December 2018 17:15 ~ Reclaim the Night 2018 Irvine6 December 2018 18:00 ~ Reclaim the Night Ipswich – Suffolk Feminist Society Network, Suffolk Rape Crisis & Reclaim the Night Ipswich
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7 December 2018 18:30 ~ Reclaim the Night Stirling – Reclaim the Night Forth Valley
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9 December 2018 14:00 ~ Reclaim The Streets Bolton 2018
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RTN Marches Now past
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3 November 2018 19:30 ~ Reclaim the Night Chester – Chester Sexual Abuse Support Service – (Placard making from 15:00)
17 November 2018 17:45 ~ Colchester Reclaim the Night CARA
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Please always check original events page of organisers for any last minute changes to routes or even weather related cancellations!
[http://www.womensgrid.org.uk/?p=7710]

NB the facebook post did also have this comment: "Not all marches are feminist led, so have a look at the events page of any one you are interested in. But many are to raise awareness and support for local rape crisis centres."

I seem to have done the link wrong (I am a newbie) so will try again.

www.womensgrid.org.uk/?p=7710

I was really interested, years since I went on a Reclaim the Night - but no.

There isn't one near me, but I looked at the Brighton one and it says:

All genders welcome. This is a sex-worker inclusive event, and we actively advocate for the decriminalisation of sex work. Given the chequered history of Reclaim the Night elsewhere in the country, we consider this vital to state clearly, and to do all we can to challenge the worrying rise of so-called radical feminism (that seems in fact rooted in very conservative politics).

Conservative politics? They can get fucked, seriously.

Sounds like handmaid central. Are they all like that?

Brighton is woke central though, so hopefully that's just Brighton?

I think Brighton is really the most obsessively queer politics.

But on the other hand it is supporting the local Rape Crisis Centre.

Some of the Student Union ones (haven't read them all) are also very Queerist, ie trans and sex worker rights.

Its all quite strange really, with some being organised by local councils.

But many have stalls and information exchange and raise money.

I suppose for Rape Crisis centres who survive on one short term grant after another, and the telephone being all volunteer they need every opportunity to get financial support.

And of course ideally any RtN will maybe attract women who haven't previously felt part of any woman centred action.

(Scotland looks very active. Are too many of us becoming armchair feminists?)

I think it might be a question of choosing your location carefully. My DD is going to one as part of the contingent from her university, so I would expect that to be much like the Brighton version.