V-Day Antioch University Los Angeles (TVM)

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V-DAY ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES 2008 JOINS GLOBAL EFFORT TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE 2008 V-DAY CAMPAIGN, ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES IS PROUD TO PRESENT, A BENEFIT PRODUCTION OF EVE ENSLER'S "THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES" 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. Hot on the heels of their success, Antioch University Los Angeles has joined this global movement as part of the V-Day 2008 College Campaign. For the first year ever Antioch University Los Angeles will present a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues at 400 Corporate Pointe - Room A1000 Los Angeles, CA 90230 on February 22 and 23, 2008 at 8:00 and 7:00 pm respectively on behalf of the V-Day 2008 Campaign. This benefit production is sponsored by Antioch University Los Angeles' BA Program. 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 (F.G.M.) 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 Juarez, 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 Asia, V-Day commits ongoing support to build movements and anti-violence networks. 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 Cairo, V-Day works 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 Antioch University Los Angeles 2008, call (310) 578-1080 or e-mail the organization at vdayantiochla@gmail.com. To learn more about V-Day and its campaigns visit www.vday.org. 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. V-Day Antioch University Los Angeles is a local effort within the worldwide context of the 2008 V-Day Campaign. 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, which was 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. Villard Books/Random House first published The Vagina Monologues, which includes a foreword by Gloria Steinem, in February 1998. A special V-Day edition of the play was released in February 2001. The Vagina Monologues will be performed at Antioch University Los Angeles 400 Corporate Pointe Room A1000 Los Angeles, CA 90230 8pm Friday February 22, 2008, and 7pm Saturday February 23, 2008, . Tickets are $20.00 general seating and $35.00 VIP and may be purchased (or reserved) by phoning Brown Paper Tickets 24 hours a day at 1-800-838-3006.

Beneficiary: Children of the Night; A Window Between Worlds

Sponsor: Antioch University Los Angeles BA Program

Performance Language: English

Tickets price: $20.00 for single ticket, $35.00 for VIP
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Lesley Alexander (click to email)
Phone: 310-578-1080

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