The Vagina Monologues & Raise the Vibration
Thank you to everyone! $2300 was raised for the IAAW – Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women and the Young Indigenous Women’s Circle of Leadership.
This year, the Muslim Feminist Collective of Edmonton & Black Women United YEG have teamed up to present a benefit performance of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues’, followed by ‘Raise the Vibration’, featuring original pieces by the all women-of-colour cast.
The Vagina Monologues is a play written by Eve Ensler, based on a series of interviews she did with women about their vaginas. This included all sorts of interesting themes that are adjacent to that – sexuality, grooming, violence, birth, etc. The play first premiered in 1996 and garnered a strong response, which then gave rise to a movement, called V-Day. V-Day, as noted at vday.org, is: “a global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender based violence). With creativity and determination, V-activists around the world tirelessly work to end harassment, rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sex slavery… Every year, in February, V-day invites activists from around the world to present benefit events. The purpose of these events is to raise awareness about violence against women and girls and to raise money for local beneficiaries who are working to end that violence.”
Performances will take place on Feb 22 @ 7PM and Feb 23 @ 3PM. We’re also thrilled to announce that our beneficiaries this year will be IAAW – Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women and the Young Indigenous Women’s Circle of Leadership.
We are honoured to be able to support organisations run by and for Indigenous women.
So go get your ticket! 100% of proceeds are going straight to these amazing groups!
We hope you’ll join us as we work towards ending the violence.
