1) IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A GIRL BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE AND RAISES MONEY FOR THE BROOKLYN FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER

2) OVER 2,000 PEOPLE SIGN ON TO RUN UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS

3) THANK YOU CREW

4) THANK YOU SUPPORTERS
1) IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A GIRL BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE AND RAISES MONEY FOR THE BROOKLYN FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER
On Sunday, June 25 at the Brooklyn Museum, Suheir Hammad, Toni Blackman, Georgia Me, Ishle Park, DJ Reborn, Maysoon Ziyad and Urban Word brought UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS: NYC to the people of Brooklyn with V-Day's fourth marquee event It's Hard Out Here for A Girl. The evening, conceived by Eve Ensler and curated by Suheir Hammad wove together spoken word, hip hop, comedy and dance for an inspiring night that raised $25,000 for the Brooklyn Family Justice Center and brought down the house.

2) OVER 2,000 PEOPLE SIGN ON TO RUN UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPSTuesday, as the sun set and dusk was upon us, nearly 2,000 people joined together for Run Until The Violence Stops, a 5K run through Brooklyn's Prospect Park where women and men proudly demanded an end to violence against women. As part of New York Road Runners (NYRR) and with over 1,500 race finishers, Run Until The Violence Stops brought together men and women of all ages for an unforgettable race that brought the New York City community together with one common goal: to end the violence that afflicts one in every three women worldwide. Attorney General Candidate Sean Patrick Maloney and gun survivor and official "Millionth Face" in Amnesty International's Control Arms Campaign, Julius Arile Lomerinyang from Kenya, who won the race in just over 16 minutes, joined V-Day Founder/Artistic Director Eve Ensler and V-Day Executive Director (and NYRR member) Jerri Lynn Fields on a beautiful, balmy evening.

This event marked the end of V-Day's inaugural UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS: NYC festival, a two week festival of theater, spoken word and community events that brought the issue of violence against women directly to the streets of New York City. The festival, designed to be replicated throughout the world, took over the five boroughs of New York City for two weeks in June, and moved thousands of people into action, lifting the veil around the issue of violence against women and giving people the tools to help end it.


Please visit www.untiltheviolencestops.org for descriptions of all the events that came together to make UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS: NYC an overwhelming success!


Stay tuned for a full festival report in August.


3) THANK YOU CREW!UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS: NYC, conceived and directed by Eve Ensler, was a result of the hard work of a small number of V-Day staff and many dedicated volunteers:


V-CoreJerri Lynn Fields Executive Director/Festival Executive ProducerKate Fisher Media and Communications Associate/Festival Associate Creative DirectorCecile Lipworth Director of V-Day Worldwide Campaign/Director of Grassroots FestivalShael Norris Director of V-Day College Campaign/Festival Talent ManagerTony Montenieri Executive Assistant to Artistic Director/V-Day Men CoordinatorHibaaq OsmanV-Day Special Representative: Asia, Africa, and the Middle East/Karama ChairAllison Prouty Associate Artistic Director/Festival ProducerAmy Squires V-Day Web and Online Community Director/Festival Website ProducerSusan Celia Swan Director of Media and Communications Advisor/Festival Creative Director

JFM 2 ProductionsFestival Event Management and FundraisingElizabeth Broderick Project Assistant | Alexandra Diaz Project Coordinator, A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer/ Any One of Us: Words From Prison | Fiona Galloway Project Coordinator | Amanda Martignetti Project Director | Joan F. Morgan President | Rhiannon O'Leary Project Coordinator, Necessary Targets/ It's Hard Out Here For A Girl | Brenda Wayne Ticketing Manager

Festival Production Staff Tony Melchior Production Manager | Shanthi Stone Associate Production Manager | Paul Bevan Audio Designer/Engineer | Doug Baker Assistant Production Manager | Christian Manganelli Assistant Production Manager | Nicoletta Gacos | Reva Minkoff


Festival Associate Producers Jennifer Chambers Grassroots Coalition Coordinator | Jade Guanchez Festival Coordinator | Lanna Joffrey Necessary Targets | Kristin Lalka A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and a Prayer / Any One of Us: Words From Prison | Purva Panday Festival Associate Producer | Sarah Vaill Special Advisor to Hibaaq Osman, V-Day Special Representative to Asia, Africa and the Middle East | Asha Veal It's Hard Out Here For A Girl

Media & Communications Team Matt Dunn | Caitlin Fitzpatrick | Mariko Kawachi | Brae Marketo | Teresa Russell | Laura Schwartz | Wendy Shanker | Cathryn Swan | Cassandra Del Viscio Press/Talent Coordinator | Susan Vargo Talent Coordinator

Talent AssistantsValerie Della Cerra | Katheryn Diehl | Roberta Emerson | Ella Golding | Katherine Norris | Nancy Rafi

Hair & Make-Up ArtistsHair/Makeup Ryan Cotton/Oscar Bond Salon Hair and Makeup SupervisorJeff Chastain | Jessica DeLeon | Jenn Jorge Nelson | Cassandra Keating | Carrie Richmond | Julie Teel | Tomasina Dina Sliwiak | Jason Wilkerson


V-Administration And FinanceBenita Kline Awards Manager | Hal Leventhal Director, Finance and Administration | Heather Moseley Administrative Assistant | Selina Williams Accounting Manager

DesignInvitation, printed program, and sponsor package design Lili Schwartz Invitation, printed program, and sponsor package printing Oser Press Festival Ad Campaign Design schoolery design, inc.PhotographyGetty Images


Festival VendorsJoan Steinberg, Match Catering | Bob Rendon, Promix/PRG


Special ThanksJanet Abrams | Tara Agnesini | Laura Amazzon | Philip Boag | Georges Borchardt | Zachary Borst | Jennifer Brajevich-Ignacio | Tom Calandrillo | Greg Caliguiri | Tiffany Canfield | Bernie Telsey Casting | Judy Corcoran | Alana Dasilva | Cody Dobyns | Mollie Doyle | Jody Elff | Katie Ensler | Dennis Frankie | Getty Images | Maris Goodstein Eric Gurian | Elizabeth R. Harder | Michele Karlsberg | | Johnny 'Hatz' Krunchinsky | George Lane | James Lecesne | Rachel Lehmann-Haupt | Sarah Jane Leigh | Celine Little | Brett Loughry/TKO Production Services | Brad Mackie Prism Theatrical Lighting | Jeff Marzigliano | Sarah Miles | Dan Mineo, Office of Joel Lubin, CAA | Otis Morgan | Jennifer Prather | Kim Rosen | Joseph Rossewog | Erin Russell | Larry Sacharow | Charlotte Sheedy | S.I.R. | Shawlena Small | Larry Smith | Aarti Tandon | A'yen Tran | Michael Weinstein | Tiasia Williams | Leiba Young | Teodora Zareval


UTVS: NYC COMMITTEEHonorary Chairs: Laura Ensler | Patricia E. HarrisRobyn Goodman | Todd Haimes | Harriet Leve | Cari Ross | David Stone | Meryl Streep | Fran Weisler


V-DAY EXTENDS A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO: Laura Ensler, Katherine McFate, Joan Stein and Jennifer Chambers.
4) THANK YOU SUPPORTERS!V-Day would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to all of the amazing women and men who made this festival possible by showing up and supporting our mission to 'Make NYC the Safest Place on Earth for Women and Girls!' We honor and celebrate all of you for your courage and commitment to ending the violence. Although the festival is over, the fight continues and we urge you to go into the future with us and continue to make your city, country and world a safe place for women and girls.


For tools and ways in which you can get involved please visit:
http://www.untiltheviolencestops.org/go?/action/34

To learn more about the issues brought up during the festival, please visit:
http://www.untiltheviolencestops.org/go?/about/20

Until The Violence Stops: NYC was presented by V-Day and sponsored by:Start-up support: Lead corporate support:

Sponsors:Avon FoundationBloombergCBS OutdoorLakshmi FoundationThe NationSUCA by Susan Cappa


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