V-Day Petaluma 2010
Schedule of Events
"A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant And A Prayer: Writings to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls"
A groundbreaking collection of monologues, edited by author and playwright Eve Ensler, featuring pieces from "Until the Violence Stops," the 2006 international tour that brought the issue of violence against women and girls to the forefront of our consciousness. Monologues selected for the Petaluma production were written by Maya Angelou, Kimberle Crenshaw, Michael Cunningham, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Eve Ensler, Christine House, Nicholas D. Kristof, Mark Matousek, Susan Miller, and Robin Morgan, and will be performed by a MALE and FEMALE CAST! These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of brutallity, neglect, a punch, or a put-down. The writings are inspiring, funny, angry, hearttfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of this issue's effect on every one of us.
February 26 & 27
Pelican Art Gallery
143 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma
- 7:15pm doors open; light refreshments and beverages available for purchase
- 8:00pm production begins
"The Vagina Monologues"
March 13
Petaluma Community Center
320 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma
Matinee:
- Special Guest Mayor Torliatt
- 1:30pm doors open to live entertainment, art, raffle, community altar, V-merchandise
- 3:00pm production begins (1.5 hours, no intermission)
Evening:
- Special Guest Norman Solomon
- 6:30pm doors open to live entertainment, art, silent auction, community altar, V-merchandise
- 7:15pm doors open; food and beverages available for purchase; counselors available during production
- 8:00pm production begins (1.5 hours, no intermission)
Cordoza's Deli will be providing food & beverages for purchase.
V-ART & V-ALTARS
As part of V-Day Petaluma's campaign to raise awareness and end violence against women and girls, contributing artists to the 2010 campaign, including poster artist Alexa Malvino, will have their art on display at Viva Cocolat, 110 Petaluma Blvd N, February 11 - March 14, and the Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, March 9 – March 13. The V-Day art has been creatively staged by Jerrie Jerne of Riverfront Art Gallery.
In addition, El dia de los Muertos Petaluma will once again construct altars paying homage to female victims and survivors of violence. There will be an altar at Viva Cocolat beginning February 11, and a community altar at the Petaluma Community Center beginning March 11, of which community members are encouraged to share mementos of female victims and survivors.
VAGINA
WARRIOR 2010
 Helen Grieco is a self defense instructor, nonprofit director, therapist, media consultant and social activist with more then 20 years of successful grassroots organizing experience on issues affecting women and girls. Grieco is also an author and has produced several films for women and girls on their health and safety.
Special Guest for The Vagina Monologues
evening performance:
NORMAN SOLOMON
  He has written about the violence suffered by Afhan women: "Some Americans believe escalation of warfare is necessary to defend the rights of women in Afghanistan. But war fuels poverty and violence against women - including in the home. One U.N. worker told me about a current estimate that 89 percent of Afghan women suffer very serious domestic violence. Such conditions are worsened - not alleviated - by war." click here to read more
Norman Solomon is an author and longtime activist for peace, the environment and social justice. He is a co-chair of the Commission on a Green New Deal for the North Bay and a national co-chair of the Healthcare Not Warfare campaign. In recent years he has traveled to Iran and Afghanistan, meeting with leaders of women’s rights groups and other human rights organizations in Tehran and Kabul. As founder and director of the 12-year-old nonprofit Institute for Public Accuracy, Norman has worked to mitigate the damaging effects of "welfare reform" and overall conditions of poverty that most severely affect women and children. He is the author of a dozen books including "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death," which the Los Angeles Times described as "brutally persuasive" and "a must-read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee."
Special Guest for The Vagina Monologues
matinee performance:
Mayor Pam Torliatt
 As a fourth-generation Petaluma resident, Mayor Pamela Torliatt was raised with a strong sense of what it means to serve our community. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, Pamela returned to Sonoma County determined to make a difference in her community and serve the public interest. She called up then-City Councilmember Lynn Woolsey, asked for a volunteer position and quickly dove into the intricacies of local government. In 1992, she became the youngest appointee to the Planning Commission in the City of Petaluma’s history. Four years later, she was the youngest woman ever elected to the Petaluma City Council.
Over the next 14 years, Pamela tackled some of Sonoma County’s toughest issues, bringing innovative solutions and a collaborative approach to the complex and often contentious issues of water management, transportation and land use. As an appointed member of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) among others, Pamela has tirelessly represented the interests of the South County.
In 2006, Pamela was elected Mayor of Petaluma and she has used the influence of her office to enforce accountability to the people of the city and achieve real results for the community. She worked with others to preserve open space and agricultural land, promote a sustainable economy and position Petaluma and the county to benefit from the emerging green and clean tech industries. Along with other community leaders, she worked to incentivize infill development by adopting the Urban Growth Boundary and to prevent a privatization process for Petaluma’s Wastewater Treatment facility, creating 171 acres of publicly accessible wetlands.
Evening Entertainment
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Bellydonna Belly Dancing
Matinee Entertainment
TerriAnn and Susu, belly dancing and middle eastern drumming
V-Day 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! |
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