- ({}) is text speak for 'vagina.' ({}) is the symbol of women and our innate power. When we begin to understand our ({}) power, we can help other women to realize or regain their ({}) power.
Category Archives: Dance!
Campuses Must Rise
College and university students continue to file sexual assault charges; administrations continue to violate Title IX. Campuses, it’s time to RISE! UConn students file sexual assault complaints By Jason Song LA Times Joining a growing list of students who allege … Continue reading
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HANDS OFF, Crazy!
An excellent parody! So, who’s up for choreographing a dance to this for OBR 2014?!
Posted in Activism in Art, Activists, Dance!, domestic violence, Education, Emotional Creature, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, I Am An Emotional Creature, Intimate Partner Violence, North Bay Rises!, One Billion Rising, Petaluma, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, The Clothesline Project, The Vagina Monologues, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, V-Girls, vagina, vagina warrior
Tagged Humor, Parodies
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Featured Sponsor: SUMMIT STATE BANK
As a community bank, we are dedicated to serving Sonoma County. Summit State Bank is more than just your bank, we are your partner in finding ways to support our community and our economy. We support our customers by buying … Continue reading
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Silent No More – a walk to end violence
Join us for this Peaceful demand for an end to the violence against women and girls. SILENT NO MORE A Peaceful Walk For An End To The Violence Thursday, February 14 Meet 11:00am at: Oasis, 141 Second Street Begin Walk: … Continue reading
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Tagged Silent No More - a walk
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After the Super Bowl …
Sunday, February 3, 7:00pm … what will you be doing? Watching the Super Bowl celebrations? Might you be seeking an alternative? Join V-Day Petaluma for the award-winning documentary, Until The Violence Stops, on, ironically, a day with one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Super Bowl
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Announcing Our 2013 ({V})Warrior
Being a Vagina Warrior “means developing the spiritual muscle to enter and survive the grief that violence brings and, in that dangerous space of stunned unknowing, inviting the deeper wisdom.” – Eve Ensler Petaluma resident Lori Burleson has been chosen as our … Continue reading
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“One Billion Rising Dance Rehearsal”
By Shepherd Bliss WaccoBB.net La Tierra community’s warm barn in the Sebastopol countryside in Sonoma County, Northern California, heated up on Jan. 24. It became the hot site of an exciting dance rehearsal for One Billion Rising, which is scheduled … Continue reading
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RISING Above
“An individual has not started living until he can RISE above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther … Continue reading
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RISING
Eve Ensler’s Newest Monologue “Rising” Eve has just written a new piece which she composed during her recent travels in India, amidst the incredible uprising there. We envision this monologue as a beautiful addition to your event to motivate the … Continue reading
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V-Men Wanted, Too!
Imagine what would happen if one billion women rose up to demand an end to the violence AND DANCED until the violence stopped? And what would happen if a billion men joined us? THE EARTH WOULD LITERALLY MOVE!
North Bay ONE BILLION RISING 