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Author: V-Day

17 Jul

Posted at 17:11h in City of Joy

Since January, a group of 85 women survivors of sexual and gender-based violence have been sheltered at the City of Joy, the revolutionary center in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for training in emotional healing and leadership skills development. The graduation marked a breaking turning point, where after six months of training and healing, laughing and smiling, dancing and dressing wounds, and embracing and counseling, we could place our hopes in 85 women who, as one of them said, are needed to make change happen in the DRC. The 23rd class transformed their pain into power, releasing their suffering and investing in...

06 Jul

Posted at 16:08h in Dispatches from Beyond Incarceration, V-Day

In a powerful display of solidarity and creative expression, participants from Right/Write to Heal New York traveled to Portland, Maine, to participate in the second annual "Abolition Night" at the STRAND THEATRE in Rockland, Maine. The Right/Write to Heal Initiative is a joint project of the Columbia Center for Justice and V-Day’s Beyond Incarceration Project. Through Right/Write to Heal, women share how they cope with the consequences of incarceration on themselves, their families and communities, with the goal of changing how people understand the impact of criminalization on women. Writing and storytelling are therapeutic interventions for people who have experienced loss...

06 Jun

Posted at 15:28h in Newsletter, V-Day

Today, V-Day celebrates the life of Patricia Henry, who we affectionately knew as Miss Pat. Miss Pat was a community leader who, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, sprang into action to help feed and care for her neighbors. Miss Pat exemplified the fierce love and tenacity that is New Orleans. Meeting Miss Pat inspired V-Day to celebrate its tenth anniversary – V TO THE TENTH – in New Orleans. V (formerly Eve Ensler) created a monologue about Miss Pat that was performed during the 10th Anniversary performance of The Vagina Monologues in the New Orleans Arena by Liz Mikel. Watch the...

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 world. 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, Uncategorized, 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...

21 Apr

Posted at 11:34h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising

We RISE for Mother Earth On Earth Day and every day we RISE for Climate Justice & Mother Earth. We amplify the connections between the exploitation of women and the exploitation of the earth. The global climate crisis impacts communities around the world. Women and girls suffer the most in terms of long term loss of livelihood, forced migration, trafficking and other climate related conflicts. Indigenous populations everywhere have suffered gravely – displaced and forced to flee and relocate – making them the world’s first climate refugees. This Earth Day, we renew our call for justice against the aggressive greed and global...

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...

03 Apr

Posted at 11:39h in One Billion Rising

Published in Women's ENews (2 April 2023) From February – 22 April (Earth Day), survivors, artists and activists in 88 countries across the globe are rising For Freedom & to Create the New Culture 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.They are RISING to end violence against women and girls, and calling for a radical shift in consciousness to end the global epidemic of abuse that one in three women face worldwide.    That’s...