Niagara University Hosts Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ Event
On April 4, Niagara University hosted “Take Back the Night,” an annual event that aims to end sexual and relationship violence in all forms. The university asked all students, faculty, staff and community members to participate in this event to support those struggling from abuse.
A few hundred people attended this year’s edition of “Take Back the Night” to create posters, listen to speakers and engage with representatives from several local organizations who manned resource tables in the Gallagher Center gymnasium.
Kathleen Neville, a survivor and Niagara University Trustee, offered the keynote address.
Neville has appeared as an expert on numerous TV and radio programs, including Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, NPR, and Oprah. For the past eight years, she has served as a senior advisor to the National Football League’s executive vice president of football operations on major social issues, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence and gender equality.