As part of the 2009 V-Day College Campaign, the students of Southern Methodist University are proud to present two benefit productions of The Vagina Monologues to raise awareness and funds for local organizations working to end violence against women and girls.
All proceeds from SMU's production will benefit charities working to prevent violence against women and children, with 90 percent going towards a local domestic violence shelter. The other 10 percent will benefit Eve Ensler's 2009 spotlight campaign, Stop Raping our Greatest Resource: Power to Women in the DRC.
These performances will be held in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theater, located in the basement of the building:
Hughes-Trigg Student Center
3140 Dyer Street
Dallas, Texas 75205 (map)
Guest parking is available in the parking garage at SMU Blvd. and Airline.
This page will be updated as soon as ticket prices and selling dates are determined. You can also call the SMU Women's Center for more information at 214-768-4792.
Hundreds of women told her their stories of rape, incest, domestic battery and genital mutilation. It was clear that something widespread and dramatic needed to be done to stop the violence. A group of women in New York joined Eve and founded V-Day... a catalyst, a movement, a performance.
V-Day's mission is simple. It demands that the violence must end. It proclaims Valentine's Day as V-Day until the violence stops. When all women live in safety, no longer fearing violence or the threat of violence, then V-Day will be known as Victory Over Violence Day.
—respectfully borrowed from vday.org
The 2009 SMU Vagina Monologues is a fully collaborative performance art exposition serving as a catalyst for social commentary.
"Stop Raping our Greatest
Resource: Power to Women in the DRC is a new
global campaign to call attention to the wide-scale atrocities committed
against women and girls in Eastern DRC and demand an end to the impunity
with which these crimes are committed.
By joining this campaign, you will be supporting Congolese women and men who
are demanding an end to rape. You will be supporting local efforts to demand
justice and accountability. You will be supporting survivors of sexual
violence to heal and rebuild their lives and communities. And you will join
others around the globe to demand that women and girls in DRC are safe.
The Campaign is being initiated by V-Day and UNICEF, representing UN Action
Against Sexual Violence in Conflict."
—respectfully borrowed from
vday.org
In 2009, SMU will join worldwide efforts to help the women and girls of the Democratic Republic of Congo.