ABOUT V-DAY:
V-Day
is a global activist 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 and other artistic
works. The V-Day movement has raised over $100 million; educated millions
about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it;
crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns; reopened
shelters; and funded over 13,000 community-based anti-violence programs
and safe houses in Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, South
Dakota, Egypt, and Iraq. V-Day’s most recent global campaign, ONE
BILLION RISING (see info and link below) , galvanized over one
billion women and men on a global day of action towards ending violence
against women and girls. V-Day has received numerous acknowledgements
and awards and is one of the Top-Rated organizations on both Charity
Navigator and Guidestar. To stay informed about V-Day nationa and
international events, actions, and opportunities for participation
follow on Twitter (@VDay) & Facebook https://www.facebook.com/vday
V-DAY EVENTS AT FRANCIS MARION
UNIVERSITY, FLORENCE, S.C. (see
links above )
All funds raised by FMU's V-Day and V-week activities
are donated to Pee
Dee Coalition. Pee Dee
Coalition is a nonprofit volunteer organization that educates the
Pee Dee community of South Carolina about interpersonal violence and
provides services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence,
and child abuse.
To follow FMU's V-Week and V-Day activities and updates go our our
Facebook
page!
V-DAY MISSION STATEMENT:
• V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women.
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V-Day is a vision: We see a world where women live safely and freely.
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V-Day is a demand: Rape, incest, battery, genital mutilation and sexual
slavery must end now.
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V-Day is a spirit: We believe women should spend their lives creating
and thriving rather than surviving or recovering from terrible atrocities.
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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.
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V-Day is a process: We will work as long as it takes. We will not
stop until the violence stops.
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V-Day is a day. We proclaim Valentine's Day as V-Day, to celebrate
women and end the violence.
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V-Day is a fierce, wild, unstoppable movement and community. Join
us!
ONE BILLION RISING:
One Billion
Rising is a new campaign organized by V-Day revolves around
a single concept: 1 out of 3 women will experience violence in her
lifetime. This alarming statistic means that over 1 billion women
in the world will be impacted by violence. On V-Day's 15th Anniversary
(2.14.13) ONE BILLION women and those who love them are invited to
WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. The
purpose of this highly visible campaign is to show the world our collective
strength, our numbers, and our solidarity transcends borders.
