Every year, Take Back the Night could not happen without the support and work of our volunteers, attendees, committee members, and sponsors. We’ve listed our sponsors and planning committee members below — a big thank you to everyone involved in making sure Take Back the Night continues in York Region!
Planning Committee
Our event is planned by the Take Back the Night Planning Committee, made up of representatives of community organizations and volunteers. This year, the organizations and individuals sitting on our planning committee are:
- Allison Hermann — Women's Centre of York Region
- Catherine Farge — Paramedic Services
- Claudia Leyds — Women's Support Network
- Daisy Pyman — Women's Support Network
- Eden Tekle — Sandgate Women's Shelter of York Region
- Eric Yip
- Irene Nightingale — Volunteer, Advocate, & Community Member
- Janice Kelly — Dnaagdawenmag Binoojiiyag Child & Family Services
- Jasmine De Fina — Victim Services of York Region
- Joe Styles — York Regional Police
- Kaylee Strezov — Abuse Hurts
- Lauren Massey — York Region Centre for Community Safety
- Leona Davies — Morrigan's Cross WMC
- Lindsay Holder — Community Legal Clinic of York Region
- Lucy Ambartsumyan — Red Dot Project
- Maddi Mathon — Community Volunteer & Advocate
- Marisa Mei — Yellow Brick House
- Natalie De Luca — Yellow Brick House
- Selena Mann — Markham Public Library
- Shannon Seeraj — Women's Support Network
- Valerie Kuye — CAYR Community Connections
Sponsors
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our sponsors — without them, this event truly wouldn’t go on. As a committee of non-profits and volunteers, we depend on our sponsors for promotion, supplies, space rentals, refreshments, and more! No donation is too small and they all go towards the operational costs of this protest.
To learn more about or to support our sponsors, you can click on their logos to visit their websites!
If you would like to sponsor or donate to our event, please click here to send us a message and let us know!
Platinum Sponsors
A big thank you to our platinum-level sponsors!
Silver Sponsors
A big thank you to our silver-level sponsors!
Bronze Sponsors
Styles Family
A big thank you to our bronze-level sponsors!
