- ({}) 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: Victims
2015 ({V})Warrior announced
A ({Vagina})Warrior is a vagina-friendly person of any gender identification who embodies the spirit of equality and empowerment, and assists in the battle to end violence against women. Each V-Season we select an individual in the community we feel represents the … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, Activism in Art, Break The Chain, dating abuse 101, Education, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, Guided To Safety, healthy relatiionships, Intimate Partner Violence, Petaluma, pregnancy, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, teens, unhealthy relationships, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, V-Girls, vagina, vagina warrior, VAWA, Victims, violence, volunteers, women
Tagged abuse, Casa Grande High School, CGHS, Eyes Open, Haley Baird, Helen Grieco, Lori Burleson, LoveIsRespect, Michelle Doyle, North Bay, Petaluma City Council, Petaluma Mayor, proclamation, Todd Siders, V-Warrior, Vagina Warrior, Val Richman, violence against girls, violence against women
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4 days til the ({V})
Yes! Four days til V-Day Petaluma’s 2015 production of The Vagina Monologues! Hope you have your tickets! If not, here are the details … Show Only, advance – $20 (now through noon of show date) from BrownPaperTickets or Fourchette Show … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, Activism in Art, Activists, Break The Chain, dating abuse 101, domestic violence, Eve Ensler, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, girls, Guided To Safety, healthy relatiionships, Intimate Partner Violence, North Bay Rises!, Petaluma, Petaluma Rises!, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, Take Back The Night, teens, The Vagina Monologues, Trigger Warning, unhealthy relationships, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, V-Girls, vagina, vagina warrior, VAWA, Victims, violence, volunteers, women
Tagged Alaina Preston, Becca Payne, Claudia de la Pena, Dianna Grayer, DJVal, Gretchen Lund, Guided To Safety, Jerrie Patterson, Kathleen Haynie, Katy Zincavage, Lynn Wong, Mary Neidel, Ronda Black, Sandra Anfang, Sarah Soss, Sheridan Gold, Stephanie Stone, The Vagina Monologues, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, Val Richman
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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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Smart Move, UC Berkeley!
Cal Consent Campaign Posters Remind You Halloween Costumes Aren’t An Excuse To Be Rapey by Tyler Kingkaide HuffPost A student-driven campaign at the University of California-Berkeley is reminding people on campus that no matter how revealing a Halloween costume might … Continue reading
Jock Culture Isn’t Rape Culture When Women Are Playing Sports
by Erin Gloria Ryan Jezebel Lizzy Seeberg, Daisy Coleman, the Steubenville rape victim — all three young women were targeted by young men who had two things in common: they felt entitled to the bodies of women regardless of whether … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, rape, sexual assault, VAWA, Victims
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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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Campuses Are V-Focus 2014
In recent years there have been numerous reports across the nation of sexual assaults and rapes occurring on our college campuses. Think Vanderbilt, Stanford, University of Virginia, William & Mary, Yale, Brooklyn College, etc. Twenty-five percent of college women are … Continue reading
Posted in A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer, Activism in Art, Activists, Break The Chain, CampusRising!, Emotional Creature, Eve Ensler, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, I Am An Emotional Creature, Intimate Partner Violence, One Billion Rising, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, Take Back The Night, The Clothesline Project, The Vagina Monologues, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, Victims
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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
Posted in Activism in Art, Activists, Break The Chain, domestic violence, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, Intimate Partner Violence, North Bay Rises!, One Billion Rising, Petaluma, Petaluma Rises!, pregnancy, relationship abuse, sexual assault, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina, VAWA, Victims
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Featured Sponsor: SERENDIPITY A CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CENTER
SERENDIPITY A CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CENTER, co-owned by Doctors Michelle Arietta and Julie Restad, has been a ({V})Sponsor since 2010! In addition, Dr. Michelle Arietta was a cast member in the 2011 and 2012 productions of The Vagina Monologues and is a volunteer for our … Continue reading
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North Bay ONE BILLION RISING 