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Take Back the Night Forum, Rally Thursday

The Northern Will County event will feature speakers on domestic and sexual violence toward seniors and people with disabilities.

The 14th annual Take Back the Night of Northern Will County will be held Thursday at the DuPage Township Levy Center in Bolingbrook.

The free event, which focuses community attention on preventing sexual and domestic violence, begins at 5 p.m. with information displays, resource tables, food and entertainment, according to a release from the Romeoville Area Chamber of Commerce.

At 6:30 p.m., keynote speakers Susy Woods and Kathy Renz will take the stage. Woods will talk about abuse against people with disabilities and Renz about abuse against senior citizens.

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That will be followed by a luminary ceremony for Will County Victims, a rally and march to Bolingbrook Village Hall and a victims' speakout platform.

The Levy Center is located at 251 Canterbury Drive. 

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