NEWS & BLOG

  • In honor of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Ashé Cultural Arts Center will produce Swimming Upstream: The Katrina Monologues at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. This powerful stage production shares the true stories of women navigating the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita—stories of survival, displacement, return, and transformation—through spoken word, song, and movement. Originally produced by Carol Bebelle and playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler) in partnership with V-Day and the Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Swimming Upstream was first performed at the Superdome in 2008 to honor the women of New Orleans and the Gulf South post Katrina, in a......

    26 August, 2025

  • On the fourth anniversary of the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, we stand with the women – and all vulnerable groups – of Afghanistan against imperialism, militarism, fundamentalism, and fascism. Since 2021, the Taliban has targeted women, destroying their right to education, autonomy, and the most fundamental human rights. Women and girls in Afghanistan can no longer attend school, they’re banned from almost all jobs, including medical training, and are banned from most public spaces. Girls are forced into child marriage and face a devastating mental health crisis. The female suicide rate in Afghanistan remains among the highest in the......

    14 August, 2025

  • This month will mark the 4th anniversary of the Taliban’s domination of Afghanistan. For many, Afghanistan’s crisis is an “old story.” It is not breaking news anymore, not exciting enough for headlines, because our country has been in conflict for more than four decades, used again and again as a proxy battleground for the interests of powerful nations. In August 2021, after 20 years of NATO and international presence in the name of “fighting terrorism,” the fate of our people was once again handed to the Taliban. Through a signed agreement, they were effectively reinstalled. Since that day, they have......

    14 August, 2025

  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis | [email protected], [email protected] Alex Cutler | Lauren Duffy I Mariam Ahmed DEAR EVERYTHING A MUSICAL UPRISING FOR THE EARTH ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL DATE FOR U.S. TOUR SEPTEMBER 25 IN ATLANTA PRODUCED BY V-DAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER WRITTEN BY TONY AWARD WINNER V (FORMERLY EVE ENSLER) DIRECTED BY TONY AWARD WINNER DIANE PAULUS MUSIC BY GRAMMY NOMINEE JUSTIN TRANTER, CAROLINE PENNELL & EREN CANNATA LYRICS BY JUSTIN TRANTER, CAROLINE PENNELL AND V (FORMERLY EVE ENSLER) WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY TONY AWARD WINNER IDINA MENZEL ORCHESTRATIONS BY DANIEL CREAN Tour Kicks......

    08 August, 2025

  • For more than forty years, Afghanistan has been the battleground for proxy wars, exploited by global and regional powers at the expense of its people. This long history of conflict has left the country devastated — physically, economically, and emotionally. Entire generations have grown up in war, poverty, and displacement, deprived of the basic right to live in dignity. Yet the suffering of Afghans has not been limited to within their borders. Throughout these four decades, neighboring countries, especially Iran, have treated Afghan refugees with ongoing cruelty and discrimination. Sadly, this has remained a largely ignored and unspoken issue on......

    07 August, 2025

  • DEAR EVERYTHING A MUSICAL UPRISING FOR THE EARTH ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR On the heels of its sold out, one-night-only show at Terminal 5 earlier this year, Dear Everything, a musical uprising for the Earth, is coming to three U.S. cities this Fall: Miami Beach; Los Angeles; and Salt Lake City. Dear Everything tells an urgent story driven by galvanizing and emotional pop and folk music, that speaks to the dialectic of our times—adults focused on surviving the now as youth hold a fierce eye on the future. With empathy and outrage it addresses the most pressing issue of our day—the climate......

    31 July, 2025

  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis | [email protected], [email protected] Alex Cutler | Lauren Duffy I Mariam Ahmed DEAR EVERYTHING A MUSICAL UPRISING FOR THE EARTH ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR  PRODUCED BY V-DAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER WRITTEN BY TONY AWARD WINNER V (FORMERLY EVE ENSLER) DIRECTED BY TONY AWARD WINNER DIANE PAULUS MUSIC BY GRAMMY NOMINEE JUSTIN TRANTER, CAROLINE PENNELL & EREN CANNATA LYRICS BY JUSTIN TRANTER, CAROLINE PENNELL AND V (FORMERLY EVE ENSLER) WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY TONY AWARD WINNER IDINA MENZEL ORCHESTRATIONS BY DANIEL CREAN Tour Kicks Off in Miami Beach and travels to......

    31 July, 2025

  • From Survivor to Leader in a Time of Conflict: 84 Women Graduate from the City of Joy Photo: Carlos Schuler It was with emotion that the City of Joy concluded our 27th training session in women’s leadership and emotional healing on 27 June. Since the opening of the City of Joy, a total of 2,322 young women have graduated, transforming their pain into power. This session was especially significant because on 14 February, the city of Bukavu fell to the AFC/M23 rebel group. Tensions had been escalating since early January, and we took every precaution to keep the women safe,......

    03 July, 2025

  • V’s latest piece in The Guardian is out this week. “In this authoritarian and suffocating climate where being an American feels like a curse, where just breathing here feels like complicity with genocide, psychotic imperialism, misogyny and endless racism, it is hard to move, let alone imagine what one can do to transform this horror to good. It is so clear something essential is dying. The illusion and seduction of the American dream is over. Neoliberalism is dead. There are huge cracks, openings in the old structures and narratives. These are opportunities to plant the seeds for the new world......

    03 July, 2025

  • VOICES at The BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia this Summer Discover ground-breaking indie films from the global majority at this year’s BlackStar Festival, taking place 31 July – 3 August in-person in Philadelphia and online around the globe! Stop by our table to learn more about VOICES, shop exclusive merch, explore our solidarity toolkits, and find out how you can bring VOICES to your community. Check out the full film lineup and get your pass: blackstarfest.org/festival — and don’t forget to use code vdayvoices25 for 15% off!...

    03 July, 2025

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