Tuesday, February 2, 2010

SJSU Students Present "The Vagina Monologues"

SJSU Women’s Resource Center

One Washington Square

San José, CA 95192-0161

Contact: Fiza Najeeb or Bonnie Sugiyama

Phone: 408.924.6500

Email: sjsuvday@gmail.com

http://www.sjsu.edu/wrc

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 27, 2010

SJSU Students Present: A Benefit Production of the Award Winning Play, “The Vagina Monologues”

San José, CA – San Jose State University students will hit center stage dressed in hot pink and black, ready to spread awareness about violence and abuse toward women and girls through their production of Eve Ensler’s, “The Vagina Monologues.”

“The Vagina Monologues” celebrate the global movement of V-Day, which strives to empower women to find their collective voices and demand an end to the violence. SJSU students are joining this global movement as part of the V-Day 2010 College Campaign.

“The pieces preformed in the ‘Vagina Monologues’ have been collected by Eve Ensler from women around the world celebrating their femininity. Participating in the production, whether it is in the audience or on stage, is an incredibly powerful experience,” says campaign coordinator Fiza Najeeb.

The benefit production will premiere at Morris Dailey Auditorium Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. The play will continue Friday, March 5 at 5:00 p.m. and again at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for the event are $8 for students and $10 for general admission. For ticket information please call 800-745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

The proceeds will benefit women and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as local non-profit organizations such as the YWCA and the Asian Women’s Home, whose programming supports survivors of violence and work toward the ending of violence against women and girls.

This year’s theme is "Building the City of Joy,” a movement focused on empowering women and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The City of Joy is a literal place, a pastoral community in Bukavu, DRC, where women survivors of gender violence will be supported, healed and trained to be the next leaders of the DRC; it is also a concept, a decision, a movement to end violence against women and girls.

For more information about this event call 408-924-6500 or visit www.sjsu.edu/wrc or email sjsuwrc@gmail.com.

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Sexual Violence In the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is formally over, but women and girls remain targets for violence. Physical and economic insecurity still characterize the lives of women and girls. All armed groups involved in the conflict have perpetrated sexual violence. Today, several armed groups still use sexual violence as a weapon of war in the DRC. The armed actors in the DRC have perpetrated gender-based violence through various forms, including sexual slavery, kidnapping, forced recruitment, forced prostitution, and rape. The Congolese victims of sexual violence include men and boys, who have also suffered rape, sexual humiliation, and genital mutilation. (Source: http://www.vday.org/drcongo/background)

About V-DAY

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. 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 U.S. and around the world. The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. http://www.vday.org

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