V-Day Islington

What is V-Day?

Mission
V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women.

V-Day is a vision: We see a world where women live safely and freely.

V-Day is a demand: Rape, incest, battery, genital mutilation and sexual slavery must end now.

V-Day is a spirit: We believe women should spend their lives creating and thriving rather than surviving or recovering from terrible atrocities.

V-Day is a catalyst: By raising money and consciousness, it will unify and strengthen existing anti-violence efforts. Triggering far-reaching awareness, it will lay the groundwork for new educational, protective, and legislative endeavors throughout the world.

V-Day is a process: We will work as long as it takes. We will not stop until the violence stops.

V-Day is a day. We proclaim Valentine's Day as V-Day, to celebrate women and end the violence.

V-Day is a fierce, wild, unstoppable movement and community.

Join us on Tuesday, 9th January at 6:00pm for an information evening to organise a benefit performance of Eve Ensler’s, ‘The Vagina Monologues.’

A second information meeting will be held on Friday, 12th January at 12:00pm for those unable to attend the initial meeting.

Coffee, tea and light snacks will be provided at the Islington Town Hall. Highlights will be shown of Eve Ensler’s performance in the ‘Vagina Monologues.’

We are looking for women to join us for a benefit performance of Eve Ensler’s ‘The Vagina Monologues.’ Support and volunteers from all backgrounds are welcome.

All proceeds will support women in the Islington area seeking asylum who have no recourse to public funds but are in need of food, shelter, and support.

Needed:
Full production team
Actresses
Event Organising committee/team
Fundraising/sponsorship search

The information evening will be lead by Kara Melissa Sharp, World Wide Campaign Organiser for V-Day 2007 Islington, with the support of Harriet Wilkins, Domestic Violence Co-ordinator, Islington.

V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler's award-winning play The Vagina Monologues. In 2005, more than 2500 V-Day events took place in the U.S. and around the world. To date, V-Day has raised over $30 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it; crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns; reopened shelters; funded safe houses in Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq , and over 5000 community-based anti-violence programs. The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. www.vday.org, http://www.vdayuk.org/, http://www.vdayeurope.org/index.htm