- ({}) 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.
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Eve Ensler & Staying Safe
Eve Ensler, author, Tony-award winning playwright, performer and activist, lives in New York City. She is best known for having written “The Vagina Monologues.” Eve is also founder of the nonprofit V-Day, a global movement that uses films and stage … Continue reading
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Tagged Fourchette, One Billion Rising North Bay
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Design your March For Justice sign
Is your sign ready for the February 14 “One Billion Rising ~ March For Justice?” If not, then plan to join us as we gather to create our unique signs! Join us at the Petaluma Senior Center, 211 Novak Drive, … Continue reading
2013: Good, Bad & Ugly for Women
There was a lot to celebrate in 2013 for women in the media. But some things aren’t changing fast enough. This video recaps the media highs and lows for women.
Posted in Activism in Art, Break The Chain, Censor, domestic violence, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, Guided To Safety, Intimate Partner Violence, Media, One Billion Rising, Petaluma, Petaluma Rises!, rape, relationship abuse, Title IX, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina
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Chinese Women Defend Their Vaginas
by Rachel Lu Foreign Policy When 17 female students at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), one of China’s most prestigious colleges, posted photographs of themselves holding up messages like “My Vagina Says: I Want Freedom,” they probably didn’t expect … Continue reading
Posted in Activism in Art, Activists, Break The Chain, Campus Accountability Project, CampusRising!, Education, Emotional Creature, Eve Ensler, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, One Billion Rising, Petaluma Rises!, SAFER, sexual assault, The Vagina Monologues, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina, Victims
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V-Day/OBR Petaluma Call for ART
Posted in Activism in Art, Activists, Art, Break The Chain, domestic violence, Gender Equality, Guided To Safety, Intimate Partner Violence, North Bay Rises!, One Billion Rising, Petaluma, Petaluma Rises!, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, V-Girls, vagina, vagina warrior, Victims, women
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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
Posted in Activism in Art, Activists, Art, Break The Chain, CampusRising!, Dance!, domestic violence, Emotional Creature, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, I Am An Emotional Creature, Intimate Partner Violence, One Billion Rising, rape, rapes, relationship abuse, sexual assault, The Vagina Monologues, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, V-Girls, vagina, vagina warrior, VAWA, Victims, women
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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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Impact of Female Literacy
October 17 was International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (also known as World Poverty Day). Thank you to Compassion International for the reminder and educational graphic (click on image to enlarge view). When it comes to extreme poverty, many … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, Education, female literacy, Gender Equality, girls, I Am An Emotional Creature, North Bay Rises!, One Billion Rising, Petaluma Rises!, pregnancy, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, V-Girls, vagina, vagina warrior
Tagged Education, Eradication of Poverty, Extreme poverty, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Poverty
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MANGINA – Reclaimed & Redefined
V-Day Petaluma events were an inspiration for many a conversation this year, including letters to editor and guest commentaries in area publications. More often than not, dialog was constructive and motivating. On a rare occasion it became a bit confrontational. … Continue reading
URGENT! Rise for VAWA NOW!
RISE – THIS IS THE MOMENT The energy from ONE BILLION RISING continues with immediate action steps! This week the House of Representatives will be voting on their version of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Women’s groups, … Continue reading
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