V‑DAY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA JOINS GLOBAL EFFORT TO STOP
VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
In association with the
2008 V-Day Campaign,
a benefit production of eve ensler’s
“THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES”
to be performed at LAZZARA PERFORMANCE HALL
ON MARCH 29, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Join us as we celebrate
V-Day’s Ten Year Anniversary, raise awareness
and envision a world without
violence.
Last
year over 1150 communities hosted V-Day benefits around the world raising funds
and awareness towards ending
violence
against women. These highly successful events raised over $6 million through
performance of Eve Ensler’s
award-winning
play, The Vagina Monologues.
As
part of this year’s V-Day 2008 College Campaign, University of North Florida
will present a benefit production of
The Vagina Monologues at the Lazzara Performance
Hall at the UNF Fine Arts Center on March 29, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
This
benefit production is sponsored by the Psychology Department, Espeto Brazilian
Steakhouse and skirt! Magazine,
and
will raise funds for the Women’s Center
of Jacksonville, Betty Griffin House and Quigley House.
Tickets
are $5 for students and $20 for general admission. VIP Tickets are also available for $80 and
include
preferred
seating and a pre-event reception to take place at 6:00pm. For purchasing
tickets and for more information,
please
call (904) 620-2878 or visit: http://www.unf.edu/fineartscenter/
What
are “The Vagina Monologues”?
Hailed
by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the
Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous,"
The Vagina Monologues, first performed off-Broadway by
Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power,
wisdom,
outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences. Ms. Ensler has performed the play to great
acclaim
throughout
the world - from Zagreb to Santa Barbara, from London to Seattle, from
Jerusalem to Oklahoma City.
What is V‑Day?
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative
events to increase awareness, raise money and
revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day
generates broader attention for the fight to stop
violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest,
female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery.
Through V-Day campaigns, local volunteers and
college students produce annual benefit performances of “The
Vagina Monologues” to raise awareness and funds for
anti-violence groups within their own communities. 2008
marks V-Day’s 10 year anniversary and with it V-Day
has introduced two new V-Day events, V-Day’s A Memory, A
Monologue,
A Rant and A Prayer: Writings on Violence Against women and Girls,
and the V-Day documentary Until
The
Violence Stops. In
2007, over 3000 V-Day benefit events took place produced by volunteer activists
in the U.S.
and around the world, educating millions of people
about the reality of violence against women and girls.
Performance is just the beginning. V-Day stages
large-scale benefits and produces innovative gatherings, films and
campaigns to educate and change social attitudes
towards violence against women including the documentary Until the
Violence
Stops; community briefings on the missing and murdered
women of Juárez, Mexico; the December 2003
V-Day delegation trip to Israel, Palestine, Egypt
and Jordan; the Afghan Women's Summit; the March 2004 delegation
to India; the Stop Rape Contest, the Indian Country
Project, and Love Your Tree. In June 2006, V-Day launched a
two-week festival of theater, spoken word,
performance and community events called UNTIL THE
VIOLENCE STOPS:
NYC which invited thousands of
New Yorkers to make New York City the safest place on earth for women and
girls.
During the two-week festival, UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS: NYC welcomed 2,000 runners in Prospect
Park running
to demand an end to violence, witnessed 50 actresses
and over 100 writers contributing their genius, time and talent to
sold out events, and reached millions through media and a citywide
subway and bus campaign.
In Africa, the Middle East, and
Working with local organizations, V-Day provided
hard-won funding that helped open the first shelters for women in
Egypt and Iraq, sponsored annual workshops and three
national campaigns in Afghanistan, convened the "Confronting
Violence" conference of South Asian women
leaders, and donated satellite-phones to Afghan women to keep lines of
communication open and action plans moving forward.
Through the Karama progam based out of
in-depth to build networks ending violence against
women and girls in Egypt, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria,
Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace
throughout the world, in 119 countries from Europe to Asia, Africa
and the Caribbean, and all of North America. V-Day,
a non-profit corporation, distributes funds to grassroots, national
and international organizations and programs that
work to stop violence against women and girls. In 2001, V-Day was
named one of Worth Magazine's "100 Best
Charities" and in 2006 one of Marie Claire Magazine’s Top Ten Charities.
In nine years, the V-Day movement has raised over
$50 million.
To learn more about V‑Day and its campaigns visit www.vday.org. To learn more about V‑Day University of
North Florida e-mail vdayatunf@gmail.com or visit http://events.vday.org/2008/College/University_of_North_Florida_(TVM).
What
is a V-Day Campaign?
A V-Day Campaign is a catalyst for mobilizing women
and men to heighten awareness about violence against women
and girls.
By creating this global community, V-Day strives to empower women to
find their collective voices and
demand an end to the violence that affects one in
three women in the US and around the world.
If
you would like to make a donation, please contact vdayatunf@gmail.com.