V-DAY is February 14. Time to remind those woman-hating jerks in congress what this is all about.

[niyad]

About V-Day


V-Day is a global activist 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 (FGM) and sex slavery.

http://www.vday.org/about/more-about


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!

http://www.vday.org/mission

[Odin2005]

1. K&R

[niyad]

2. thank you

[SpiralHawk]

3. k and r

Support our sisters --

Republicons found a way to support torture. Now it looks like rape is their next realm of debasement.

Oppose the Republicon 'excuse making' for rape.

[madinmaryland]

4. I thought Feb. 14th was a corporate holiday that you were supposed to go out

and buy stuff for some sort of contrived reason??

:shrug:

[niyad]

5. isn't it nice to know it is actually about something useful? although, my wish would be that such a

day would never be necessary.

[Habibi]

6. V-Day put a nice spin on that stuff, eh?

I should also mention that V-Day happens on many days besides 2/14. The Vagina Monologues fund-raisers take place on other days according to individual communities' time-lines.

[niyad]

7. yes, I know--the local production is going to be at the end of march.

but then, violence against women and girls goes on every day of the year.

[DirkGently]

8. Vuckin good idea. That date could use some authentic cultural weight.

[niyad]

9. yes, something more significant than chocolate and flowers

[niyad]

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