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Break a Leg, V-Day Warriors!

Starting this evening and running through Sunday night, our amazing San Diego V-Day Warriors will take to the stage in InnerMission Productions’ benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues and The MENding Monologues. Directed by Rhiannon Jones and Kurt Kalbfleisch, these … Continue reading

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RISING…by Eve Ensler (2:14 pm)

Written in Kerala for the women of India who lead the way This could have been anywhere And was Mexico City Manila Mumbai Manhattan Nighttime men waiting like wolves Drooling for prey behind that single dimly painted door paying nothing … Continue reading

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The Survivor Stand…by Ashley Malia Cole

“However long it takes you to tell your story, take your time. Take your time, take your breath, take your moment. It’s your story, nobody else’s…until you’re ready to release it. Then it becomes the world’s.” — Rosie Perez, Until … Continue reading

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Creating Our “One Billion Rising” Video and the Power of Saying YES…by Tiffany Tang

“I have an idea.” Carla Nell, co-producer of San Diego’s One Billion Rising campaign, said this to me on the phone one afternoon in late November. A few days earlier, I had forwarded her a copy of Maynard Dean Wade’s … Continue reading

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Introducing “One Billion Rising” by Maynard Dean Wade featuring the San Diego V-Day Crew

Scroll down to see the video, but first… “One Billion Rising” by Maynard Dean Wade (On the Mend – EP) We are so proud to release our amazing music video promoting our One Billion Rising events in San Diego.  Our … Continue reading

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One Billion Men Standing With Them…by Derek Dujardin, Creator of The MENding Monologues

The MENding Monologues started with a simple question that I suspect hundreds, if not thousands of V-Day activists have asked since the movement started 15 years ago. “How do we get more men involved in V-Day?” Fortunately, a V-Day director … Continue reading

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Ten Years Later… by Rhiannon Jones

“Carla Nell and I are wondering if you would be willing to direct The Vagina Monologues this year.” “Oh. Wow.” Long pause. “Oh. Wow.” Another. This went on for another few minutes. Me “Oh, wow-ing.” Silence on the other end … Continue reading

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I Am Involved Because…by Paul Savage

Sexual assault and child abuse are so prevalent that it is hard to imagine how anyone escapes. The most recent statistics I have heard are that: -every 10 seconds another case of child abuse is reported -every 2 seconds there is another … Continue reading

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