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d posters to carry in an evening march across campus they chanted two four six eight no more violence no more rape as they walked past the oviatt library and the arbor court others chanted join together free our lives we will not be victimized their signs were emblazoned with slogans such as my body my right and simply i won t be afraid when the boisterous group reached the corner of etiwanda ave and north university dr they fell silent and continued their walk to recognize victims of domestic violence who have not survived they ended the march in front of the chicano a house where a small stage had been set up on the front lawn with a microphone and speakers the approximately 200 marchers extinguished their candles and gathered together sitting on metal folding chairs and blankets on the ground to share their stories and support one another stephanie montes student director of the women s resource and research center and the lead organizer of the event thanked the crowd and encouraged them to support the group at an upcoming meeting with the university provost s office the women s resource and research center is seeking funds to rebuild their house which was gutted by an electrical fire on dec 18 2007 following a power surge that occurred the same night the rally concluded with almost two hours of people getting up onstage and telling their stories of surviving violence some through tears and shaking voices many with the support of friends standing with them women and men got up over and over again and told variations of the same story he pinned my arms over my head and penetrated me said one woman while her friends stood beside her he hit me over and over again said a young man of his father s abuse lawrence told the group why she decided to share her story five years ago and start take back the night at csun some people call it a transformation from victim to survivor i just call it surviving posted by meesh at 5 34 pm 0 comments thursday may 15 2008 same sex marriage ban struck down in ca today california became the second state in the country to strike down a same sex marriage ban and allow gay and lesbian couples to marry not just be domestic partners currently lesbian and gay couples may legally marry in massachusetts and in canada spain the netherlands belgium and south africa the decision is in response to lawsuits brought against the state by nine couples and various civil rights groups after the san francisco same sex marriages of 2000 were struck down it also overturns a ban on same sex marriage that passed in 2000 as a voter initiative in the 4 3 decision the court ruled in light of the fundamental nature of the substantive rights embodied in the right to marry and their central importance to an individual s opportunity to live a happy meaningful and satisfying life as a full member of society the california constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all individuals and couples without regard to their sexual orientation i knew this case was up before the california supreme court but i honestly was too nervous about the outcome to pay too much attention to it since it has only passed by one vote i may have been correct in my apprehension i am beyond thrilled that it passed but i m also sad that it was such a close vote i just don t understand how people can be so narrow minded and cruel about something that does not directly affect them ok i m gonna rant for a minute fair warning if i want to marry the person i love and am committed to why should anyone but the two of us care how does my getting married to another woman affect the heterosexual couple next door how can it possibly do any harm to the christian conservative right wing nut jobs down the street it can t because it s none of their business just like their marriage is none of my business the legal status that goes with marriage ie tax status health benefits discrimination laws have nothing to do with religious beliefs a straight couple can go down to the courthouse get married by a judge in front of a stranger and receive the same rights and benefits from the government as a devoutly religious couple who holds a full ceremony in a place of worship the religious aspects have nothing to do with the legitimacy of the union under the law rant over the ruling continued furthermore in contrast to earlier times our state now recognizes that an individual s capacity to establish a loving and long term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual s sexual orientation and more generally that an individual s sexual orientation like a person s race or gender does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights we therefore conclude that in view of the substance and significance of the fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship the california constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all californians whether gay or heterosexual and to same sex couples as well as to opposite sex couples emphasis mine outstanding of course some people are not too happy about this ruling there is a plan underway to try and get enough signatures to force a voter initiative on the september ballot to overturn the ruling my favorite quote from the opposition in the cnn article linked above is this one so called same sex marriage is counterfeit marriage marriage is and has always been between a man and a woman said matt barber policy director for cultural issues for the group concerned women for america in a written statement we know that it s in the best interest of children to be raised with a mother and a father to use children as guinea pigs in radical san francisco style social experimentation is deplorable what is a san francisco style social experiment anyway does it have to take place on a street car like the rice a roni commercials ding ding can it be radical if it occurs outside the city limits shouldn t it really be a radical massachusetts style social experiment since they ve had legal same sex marriages for years maybe that s not radical enough since the state seems to be doing just fine and has not collapsed into anarchy and degradation hmmm i did enjoy this little written statement from the govenator governor arnold schwarzenegger i respect the court s decision and as governor i will uphold its ruling also as i have said in the past i will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state supreme court ruling there s a lot of things arnold has done in office that i disagree with but i hope he really intends to stand behind this statement i guess we ll just have to wait and see so now that california has gone down this path i wonder what effect it will have on the rest of the country iowa s supreme court is about to hear a similar case later this year i suppose we shall just have to wait and see posted by meesh at 3 40 pm 2 comments wednesday may 07 2008 take back the night part i well better late than never right i went to csun s fifth annual take back the night rally about two weeks ago now april 24th and had an amazing time i wanted to go anyway and i managed to talk my journalism prof into letting me cover it for my final writing project whee we had to write a hard news story and a feature piece we could also put together some graphics and take pictures if we wanted i had never been to a take back the night rally myself and it was quite an experience it was amazing to see so many people come together and speak out against sexual violence there were some men who spoke as well which i thought was great i was afraid there wouldn t be much support from the college guys but it was very encouraging after the formal speeches we were all given candles and we marched across campus to another location i guess the rally is usually held earlier in the year so at 7 00 is actually dark this looked more like take back the afternoon but it was ok the people involved were just as motivated anyway once we got to the end of the walk there was a stage set up with a microphone and a little podium people could come up and talk about their own experiences with sexual violence it was the most amazing thing i d ever seen people got up there alone or with friends and told an audience of people they didn t know about rape sexual molestation and assaults everyone was supportive and made sure that those who shared knew they were in a safe place i chose to write my feature piece about one of the girls at the open mic and one of the presenters at the formal speech portion i have changed some names and other info to protect privacy madeline hoover a 22 year old csun student is working towards a degree in sociology and criminology when she s not at school or working at her job as a teacher s assistant at san fernando high school she can often be found at local night clubs performing her poetry at open mic nights one of her most emotional pieces centers on her experience with a sexual assault the first couple of times i performed it it was really hard to read it out loud i m over it but i m not she said of the assault that occurred over a year ago hoover or lady may as she s known at the poetry clubs has performed the piece over the past year at many different venues she attended csun s take back the night rally for the first time this year and decided to share the poem during the open mic session at the chicano a house the young woman stepped up onto the little stage and with a strong clear voice shared her story with the unique audience of survivors and their supporters i ve never performed the piece in front of an audience like that she said i was a little nervous there are as many ways to overcome the trauma of violence against women as there are victims for those who survive the path to healing is often long and may lead to surprising destinations in the san fernando and santa clarita valleys the valley trauma center is where many victims begin to heal according to csun educational psychology and counseling professor charles hanson every month the center sees between 60 and 80 cases for child abuse rape or sexual assault over half of those are children under 14 hoover is never quite sure how the piece will be received from one audience to the next sometimes she can tell they don t know handle it often she will disappear to the back of the room after a performance and wait to see how the audience has received her public spoken word reaction to a very personal assault the oldest child of nicaraguan and syrian parents she has a 14 year old sister she is very protective of i feel like the mama bear sometimes she said she s going to my old high school now so everyone s like oh you re madeline s sister she recently performed the piece for some of her high school students in a new poetry workshop she is leading she said it was important to let them know it happened to her and it can be talked about as hoover completes her third year at csun and plans to continue to help other women through her poetry and her degree jae farkiss is hard at work at valley trauma center speaking out to try and prevent the violence farkiss herself a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault in the early 80s has worked at the valley trauma center in van nuys for almost eight years as a prevention education specialist she speaks at schools on a regular basis at health fairs in low income communities at take back the night rallies and with small children at elementary schools about good touch bad touch i m a very optimistic person and this job makes me feel empowered every day she said if even one person behaves differently i ve done my job after farkiss own experience with violence in a relationship she used her skills as a writer and a journalist to run support groups and journal writing sessions for other survivors that work turned into a compilation book called finding our voices speaking out against the violence in 1991 after returning to school and earning a master s degree in counseling psychology farkiss returned to the shelter that helped saved her life haven house and worked for 13 years as a counselor she felt the work was vitally important to the individuals and to the community but it could also be difficult you have to have good boundaries she said but i really believe in the tenacity of the human spirit farkiss also spoke at csun s take back the night rally and shared some of her experiences working with young people she often asks a room full of teenagers about cat calling young women on the street while the boys usually say it is just a joke the girls often express feeling of intimidation according to farkiss how many of you have ever curtailed your activities or changed what you were going to wear or didn t go somewhere at night because you were worried about getting raped she asks not a male child in any of those classrooms will raise a hand virtually 100 percent of the girls in every presentation i do will raise their hand hoover and farkiss have both taken one of the most profound personal violations someone can go through and redirected the pain into creative works of healing i just automatically had to write about it said hoover i didn t know how to talk about it yet so i wrote it down posted by meesh at 11 39 am 0 comments sunday april 27 2008 who needs equal pay anyhow hello my few but faithful readers i have been crazy busy producing copy for my journalism 210 class the past week or so i just finished an opinion piece about the senate s inability to pass the fair pay act last week boy did that piss me off i know this might come across as a little lazy but rather than write another piece here that basically says the same thing i thought i d share what i wrote for class i m also working on a package about the take back the night rally that was held on campus thurs night more about that to come senate republicans side with special interests block equal pay bill equal pay for equal work should be a no brainer in this day and age none of us should have to launch an investigation to find out if we re getting shorted on our paychecks because of gender race religion or any other discriminatory factor unfortunately for us working stiffs senate republicans do not agree the senate failed to pass the fair pay restoration act last wed by the four votes needed to avoid a filibuster the bill is a response to the supreme court decision in 2007 in the case of ledbetter v goodyear that prevented an employee from suing their employer for pay discrimination after 180 days of receiving their first pay check in the case of lily ledbetter she worked in the goodyear tire and rubber co factory in gadsden ala as a supervisor in the tire assembly department for years before she discovered that her male counterparts were making 15 to 40 percent more than she 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