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25 May

Posted at 05:43h in City of Joy, Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day, Voices

25 May is our visionary Founder V (formerly Eve Ensler)'s 70th birthday! To celebrate this milestone, and to commemorate 25 years of V-Day – the movement that she launched with her pathbreaking play The Vagina Monologues – we are raising funds for V-Day’s ongoing work across the planet. It is nearly impossible to summarize the vast impact that V has had on this movement, the communities in which it lives and the culture at large. V has inspired countless individuals to become life-long activists working to end violence in all of its forms. She has helped grassroots leaders get the spotlight they...

19 May

Posted at 17:20h in Newsletter, V-Day

New Play Prima Facie Sparks Dialogue About Sexuality, Masculinity & Consent: WATCH Activist Roundtable Moderated by V (formerly Eve Ensler) Prima Facie is the award-winning new play starring Jodie Comer, written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin, currently running on Broadway. The play follows a young female barrister and her experience of the law around sexual assault from both sides of the court. Prima Facie producer James Bierman asked V (formerly Eve Ensler) to moderate a roundtable conversation with thinkers, leaders, and advocates to amplify the issues raised in the play: sexual assault and the rights of those violated, the devastating impact of...

19 May

Posted at 01:20h in V-Day

New Play Prima Facie Sparks Dialogue About Sexuality, Masculinity & Consent: WATCH Activist Roundtable Moderated by V (formerly Eve Ensler) Prima Facie is the award-winning new play starring Jodie Comer, written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin, currently running on Broadway. The play follows a young female barrister and her experience of the law around sexual assault from both sides of the court. Prima Facie producer James Bierman asked V (formerly Eve Ensler) to moderate a roundtable conversation with thinkers, leaders, and advocates to amplify the issues raised in the play: sexual assault and the rights of those violated, the devastating...

02 May

Posted at 05:39h in Afghan Women Speak: Stories from Inside Afghanistan, V-Day

I am an Afghan woman and my name is Dina (not real name). I would like to share with you a small part of Afghan families' sorrow under the Taliban. I was walking on the street when I noticed a little boy around 10 years old cleaning cars. He was very dirty, tired, sad and hopeless. I went up close and started a conversation. I asked, "What are you doing on the streets during school hours? You should be in school, at least it is open for boys. And why do you look so tired?"...

10 Apr

Posted at 17:11h in Newsletter, V-Day

'DOING TIME - A WOMEN’S VIEW' ANIMATED SHORT FILM RELEASED Must watch! A NEW animated short released today, ‘Doing Time: A Woman’s View’ features writings by incarcerated & formerly incarcerated women from the Right/Write to Heal Initiative, a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day's Beyond Incarceration Project, in collaboration with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) and Human Pictures. Writings by the Right/Write to Heal Initiative’s Jonel Beauvais, Judy Clark, Leah Faria, Selina Fulford, Latisha Morris, Harmony, Betsy Ramos, Edna Sams, V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration Project Manager Roslyn Smith, and Cheryl Wilkins are included in the short film. "We believe the time...

10 Apr

Posted at 12:11h in Press Releases, V-Day

By Right/Write to Heal: Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Their Own Voices, a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration Project, in collaboration with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) and Human Pictures ‘DOING TIME’ Released for V25, the 25th Anniversary of the V-Day, the Global Activist Movement to End Violence Against Women, Gender Expansive People, Girls & the Planet  April 10, 2023 -  Right/Write to Heal: Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Their Own Voices, a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day's Beyond Incarceration Project, in collaboration with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) and...

08 Mar

Posted at 11:05h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

On International Women's Day, Our Gratitude for 25 Years of Global Grassroots Art & Activism, RISING for Freedom & Creating the New Culture This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the survivors, activists and artists whose grassroots art and activism have created our global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people, girls and the planet. YOUR work and voice have played a central role in the V-Day story and for that you have our gratitude, always. For 25 years, V-Day has unleashed vast grassroots, anti-violence work on college campuses and in communities – visionary work that has been survivor-led and focused,...

08 Mar

Posted at 11:04h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

V (formerly Eve Ensler) and V-Day Board member emeritus Kerry Washington Talk Solidarity & the Movement "Solidarity is the Key to Everything" - V (formerly Eve Ensler) In honor of V-Day’s 25th anniversary, actor/producer/activist and former V-Day Board member Kerry Washington and V (formerly Eve Ensler) talked about what solidarity means for them. This dynamic duo had an inspiring conversation about their past collaborations and friendship in the V-Day movement and what the future of activism will require from each of us. Watch their electric conversation here. Kerry shared what she had learned from V and V Day’s work in building a world...

01 Mar

Posted at 15:57h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

Activists Across the Globe are RISING for Freedom & to Create the New Culture Activists across the globe are rising for freedom & to create the new culture in order to address the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle for power fought over women’s bodies and the body of the earth. Over 1000 One Billion Rising events took place - with more happening in the coming weeks - in 92 countries celebrating 10 years of One Billion Rising and urging communities worldwide to utilize art and activism to demand...

14 Feb

Posted at 15:51h in City of Joy, Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day, Voices

2023 marks 25 years of our global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people, girls and the planet. YOUR work and voice have played a central role in the V-Day story and for that you have our gratitude, always. For 25 years, V-Day has unleashed vast grassroots, anti-violence work on college campuses and in communities – visionary work that has been survivor-led and focused, all the while revealing the power of art and activism to change culture and systems. "What happens when you start trusting women? We have the receipts" by V, Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes, Dana Aliya Levinson, Célia...