{"id":5110,"date":"2024-02-02T14:11:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=5110"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:11:31","slug":"cannock-soroptimists-mark-16-days-of-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2024\/02\/02\/cannock-soroptimists-mark-16-days-of-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannock Soroptimists Mark 16 Days of Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday morning, ten members of SI Cannock and District met at the bandstand in Cannock Town Centre as every year they mark the start of the Global 16 Days of Activism campaign that aims to end violence against women and girls across the world.\u00a0 The campaign runs from 25<sup>th<\/sup> November until 10<sup>th<\/sup> December and calls for collective action to prevent and respond to gender based violence.<\/p>\n<p>During the 16 Days,\u00a0<strong>Soroptimists<\/strong>\u00a0encourage people across the globe to orange the world. As a bright and optimistic colour, orange represents a future free from violence against women and girls. This year the theme is \u2018Wired For Change\u2019 focusing on how technology can be used as a force of good or bad in gender based abuse.<\/p>\n<p>To highlight this, members of SI Cannock have decorated the Bandstand with orange ribbons and messages that support those women who are living with violence, celebrate those who have survived abuse and remember those who sadly haven\u2019t. They will be at the bandstand on the morning of Friday 1<sup>st<\/sup> December when members of the public will be encouraged to write their own messages and add them to those already on the bandstand. They are also running an on line campaign each day from 25<sup>th<\/sup> November to 10<sup>th<\/sup> December\u00a0 on their Facebook account exploring how on line activity can have a positive or a negative effect on women\u2019s safety. Visit their Facebook account at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SICannock\">www.facebook.com\/SICannock<\/a>\u00a0 to find out more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos attached <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Bandstand in all it\u2019s glory!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5113\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Members of SI Cannock at the bandstand<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5112\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Decorating in Progress<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5111\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2024\/02\/16-Days-2023-3.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday morning, ten members of SI Cannock and District met at the bandstand in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cannock Soroptimists Mark 16 Days of Activism | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : Cannock Soroptimists Mark 16 Days of Activism : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . 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