Women's Center
University of Idaho
Memorial Gym,
Rm 109
PO Box 1064
Moscow, ID
83844-1064

www.myspace.com/
uiwomenscenter



During the School Year
Monday - Friday
8am to 5pm

Summer Hours
Monday - Friday
By Appointment

Phone: 208.885.6616
Fax: 208.885.6285
wcenter@uidaho.edu

ABOUT VDAY:

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 and other artistic works.

In 2008, more than 3400 V-Day events took place in the U.S. and around the world.  To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $60 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it, crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns, launched the Karama program in the Middle East, reopened shelters, and funded over 5000 community-based anti-violence programs as well as safe houses in Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq. In June 2006, V-Day launched the V-DAY: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS festival in NYC which invited thousands of New Yorkers to stand up and join V-Day in making New York City the safest place on earth for women and girls.   In 2008, V-Day celebrated its 10^th Anniversary in New Orleans with over 30,000 activists attending V TO THE TENTH.

The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace throughout the world, in 120 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.   The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina.  http://www.vday.org/

MISSION STATEMENT:

·         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!

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:

Each year, V-Day increases awareness by focusing on a specific group of women in the world who are resisting violence with courage and vision. In 2010, V-Day's Spotlight Campaign will once again highlight the atrocities being committed against the women and girls of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

In the DRC, rape is used as a weapon of war to torture and humiliate women and girls. This systemic sexual violence - which amounts, in effect, to nothing less than femicide - not only destroys women and young girls, but also entire families and communities. Survivors often suffer in silence, fearing stigma and ostracism. In addition to the severe psychological impact, many survivors are left with severe genital lesions, traumatic fistulae and other physical wounds, as well as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Local response to support survivors is hindered by a lack of resources. There is near total impunity for these crimes as perpetrators almost always walk free.

In 2010, V-Day and UNICEF, together with UN and NGO partners, are working with V-Day organizers around the world to make a difference. DRC has been called the worst humanitarian crisis in the world and the widest interstate war in modern African history. Fueled by the exploitation of the country's rich natural resources by foreign and local armies and private enterprises, the war has directly affected the lives of 50 million Congolese. Since 1996, this conflict has caused more deaths than any war since World War II, either as a direct result of fighting or due to disease and malnutrition. Five million people have lost their lives as a result of the conflict. With your help, the women and children who bear the burden of this war can reclaim a life of safety and dignity.

For more information on the campaign "Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource: Power to The Women and Girls of the Democratic Republic Of Congo", please visit www.vday.org/drcongo.

Open auditions will be held on Friday, November 13th (6-8 p.m.) and Saturday, November 14th (10 a.m. - 12 noon) in the Arena Theater in Shoup Hall (located on the corner of Rayburn and 6th Street). 
Sides or monologues accepted but not required. Scripts will be provided. Just come prepared to tell us why you want to be involved in V-Day 2010. Professional Theater Experience is NOT Required! Campus and Community Members Welcome to Audition.

Production Dates set for February 5,6,7 2010 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre.

As per TVM rules, only women can be cast in speaking roles. Transgender individuals are welcome and encouraged to audition. Men are encouraged to participate in V-Day 2010, but not in speaking roles.



DIRECTOR:
Kathy Simpson

PRODUCERS:
Heather Shea Gasser
Lysa Salsbury

GRAPHIC DESIGN:

Megan Cook

Heidi Miller