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Activist Spotlights

Christine Schuler Deschryver  

Christine Schuler Deschryver

In 2000, after witnessing the rape and murder of her best friend, and after an infant died in her arms, Christine Schuler Deschryver decided to devote her life to alerting the world to the femicide and massive rape against women and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Jane Fonda  

Jane Fonda

Academy award winning actor, author and world-renowned activist has been an active supporter of V-Day since 2000 and is a member of the V-Board, a group of extraordinary women who provide vision, leadership, and wisdom to help guide and support V-Day.
Pat Mitchell  

Pat Mitchell

Pat Mitchell has been involved with V-Day since 1999 when she traveled to Bosnia to witness the first production of Eve Ensler’s Necessary Targets. She is the president and CEO of The Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio) in New York and Los Angeles and the International Media Center.
Majora Carter  

Majora Carter

Majora Carter was born, raised, and continues to live and work in the South Bronx, an environmentally challenged community. She founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 to fight for Environmental Justice through innovative, economically sustainable projects that are informed by community needs.
Kerry Washington  

Kerry Washington

Academy Award nominated actress and the recipient of the NAACP Image Awards, Kerry Washington first performed at V-Day Harlem in 2002 and today is a member of the V-Board, a group of extraordinary women who provide vision, leadership, and wisdom to help guide and support V-Day.
Carole Bebelle  

Carole Bebelle

Writer, poet, and producer, Carole Bebelle has spent nearly 20 years as an administrator and planner of education, social, and health programs.
Shiva Rose McDermott  

Shiva Rose McDermott

Malalai Joya  

Malalai Joya

Rada Boric  

Rada Boric

Purva Panday  

Purva Panday

Molly Kawachi  

Molly Kawachi