C A L I F O R N I A L I E U TE N AN T G OVE R N OR .

VAG I N A WA R R I OR . SHER O.

The “ V” Team
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DeVoted Editor and Publisher
M A R I LY M O N D E J A R
Angel Art Director
AL S. PEREZ
Heart Graphic Designer
R A Y M O N D V I R ATA
DiVine Web & Social Media Strategist
FRANKLIN M. RICARTE
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LoVe Contributors
BRENDA HARTSHORN
CONNIE ZHENG
ELENA MANGAHAS
E M I LY M U R A S E
FIDES ENRIQUEZ
GARY CRUZ
J U L I E D. S O O
K AT R I N A S O C C O
LING SHAN
M AR K M ATO US E K
N IN O TC H K A R OSC A
S O N YA LO G MA N
SUSAN HSIEH
V-DAY
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FWN BOARD
AL PEREZ
DR. BAMBI LORICA
ELENA MANGAHAS
GENEVIEVE JOPANDA
DR. JENNIFER ONG
JOSEPHINE ROMERO
MARILY MONDEJAR
MAYA ONG ESCUDERO
LT. COL. SHIRLEY SAOIT RAGUINDIN
MARILY MONDEJAR
President, Filipina Women’s Network
I went through the previous
issues of the V-Diaries and
counted 451 cast and crew
volunteers listed in the Playbill
section since we started the
Filipinas Against Violence
campaign in 2004. This
number does not include the
many volunteers during the
actual shows from 2004 thru
2009 in San Francisco, New
York and Washington, DC.
With this year’s cast, crew,
magazine and show volunteers,
I think we will reach the 500
mark. Go to pages 10-12 and
get to know them. Pages 6
and 7 for their profound
statements on violence. Their
awesomeness inspires me (and
you will, too).
We’re on Year 7. 22 shows.
Filipinas Against Violence in
KEN MARQUIS
Director
I begin by thanking our cast,
crew and volunteers for their
super-human efforts in mounting
this community event and
contributing to the publication of
the anti-violence resource guide,
the “V Diaries.” I continue to be
in awe of FWN and V-Day’s
partnership in bringing the
powerful The Vagina Monologues
FILIPINA WOMEN’S NETWORK
MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER & THE PRODUCER
2010 goes 2.0. Now...Asians
Against Violence...reaching out
to our sisters and brothers in
the Asian community.
I share this page with three
other vagina warriors who
share our dream of a violence-
free world for women and girls.
Elena, Ken, and Genevieve, the
pillars of the V-Day FWN
productions – they bring life to
Eve’s monologues through the
lenses of the brave women and
men of each year’s
performance. Al, the rock
behind the scene - he brings
exuberance to the pages of the
V-Diaries.
This year we highlight
human trafficking, “an invisible,
violent crime that primarily
impacts women and children,”
Dr. Emily Murase states in her
article (page 14). Ninotchka
Rosca reminds us of the Purple
Rose Campaign launched
almost a dozen years ago
(page 17).
Each year, we reach out to
the men and boys in our lives,
inviting them to pledge against
violence. David Chiu, president
of the San Francisco Board of
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORS
and A Memory, A Monologue, A
Rant, and A Prayer to the San
Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Again this year we welcome both
women and men of ALL Asian
communities into the effort. I am
inspired watching the growing
kinship permeate this beautiful
and unbreakable multicultural
“family” of cast and crew.
With a common goal, we work
together to tear down the
cultural walls that sometimes
keep us from harnessing a more
powerful combined strength.
Now, we speak, we demand,
no more hiding, no more secrets,
we ask you to join us, help stop
violence against women and
girls now and forever.
Supervisors, will lead the How can a diverse group of
pledge this year at the April women and men profoundly affect
10 V-Day show at the Herbst our society? Try it tonight.
Theatre. We feature the official Courageously they stand on
launch of V-Day’s V-MEN with stage to advocate for the cause of
Mark Matousek’s invitation to ending violence that permeates in
men to write their thoughts
about violence (page 16). unsuspecting places like relation-
ships or homes instead of dark
THERE IS MUCH TO BE DONE — alleys and cyberspace. Take their
We need to create next- memory, monologue, prayer or rant
step programs to address the with you to liberate or transform
lack of culture and language- those you know, or know of. To
appropriate resources for this year’s phenomenal cast: don’t
Asians. make the trip more important than
We need to rally our
the reason you took the trip. And
workplaces to eradicate from hereon thou shall hype the
domestic violence.
monologues as the essence of our
We need to engage our
social media. Words, words, words.
friends and neighbors to
recognize the signs and learn
about the roots of domestic
violence.
We need to talk to our sons
and our daughters about the
realities of domestic violence.
We need to encourage
victims of abuse to seek help.
We need YOU to nurture
this campaign and the
courage to step up and help.
M
ELENA MANGAHAS
Board Chair, Filipina Women’s Network
The transformative power of
theatre brings me back every
year to FWN’s V-DAY. There
are no words to express the
fulfillment I gain in
witnessing the cast
find their interpretations of
the monologues, as they find
healing and empowerment
within. They allow them
selves the permission to
“go there,” maximize the
experience, and walk away
with more than they had
expected. I hope you gain the
same value and message
from tonight’s show. Thank
you for being here and
supporting our mission to GENEVIEVE V. JOPANDA
end the cycle of violence. Director
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V- RESOURCES
CHILD ABUSE
Alameda County Social
Services
Hotline: 510.259.1800
alamedasocial services.org
24-hour confidential hotline vs.
child endangerment
4 5
Child Abuse Prevention
Council
San Joaquin County
209. 464. 4524
Emergency respite childcare,
parenting classes, court-
appointed advocates
Child Abuse Training &
Technical Assistance
(CATTA) Center
707. 284.1300
www.cattacenter.org
Statewide resources against
child abuse
Family & Children Services 408.975.2730
City & County of San Francisco www.aaci.org
Hotline: 800.856.5553
www.sfhsa.org/174.htm
ghi
Child Abuse Hotline, respite care, women and children,
parenting classes, counseling
FamilyPaths
Alameda County
Hotline: 800. 829. 3777
www.familypaths.org
Emergency respite childcare,
parenting classes, 24-hour
support & resource hotline
San Mateo County Child
Protective Services
Child Abuse Hotline
650.595.7922
www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/
smc/
7 8
COURT SERVICES /
LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICES
Court Info
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
courts/trial/courtlist.htm
How to contact courts statewide
by county, searchable by zip
code/city
Alameda County
Superior Court
www.alameda.courts.
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SAN FRANCISCO B
ca.gov/courts
Filing for Temporary
Restraining Orders
District Attorney’s Office
Domestic Violence Advocate
Oakland
Victim Services Division
San Francisco District
Attorney’s Office
850 Bryant St., Room 320
553.9044
Provides comprehensive
advocacy and support to DV
victims
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SHELTERS
Asian Women’s Home
2400 Moorpark Ave.
San Jose, CA 95128
24-hour crisis hotline:
Asian languages; emergency
food, clothing & shelter for
counseling, legal advocacy
Asian Women’s Shelter
3453 18th St., #19
San Francisco, CA 94110
415. 751. 7110
www.sfaws.org
Various Asian Languages
Emergency shelter in
confidential location
Building Futures with
Women And Children
1395 Bancroft Ave.
San Leandro, CA 94577
866-A-Way-Out
510. 357. 0205
(24-hour Crisis Line)
www.bfwc.org
Spanish; Women and Children
Community Overcoming
Relationship Abuse
(CORA)
24-hour Hotlines:
800.300.1080
650. 312. 8515
Legal Information Line:
650-259-1855
www.corasupport.org
English & Spanish spoken;
Emergency shelter, transitional
housing, legal services, crisis
response
Eden Info & Referral
assistance, reeducation
classes for batterers
My Sister’s House
www.standagainstdv.org
Emergency shelter, transitional
housing, Adelante Familia for
Spanish speakers
408.436.8398
408.436.8393
www.maitri.org
South Asian Women
570 B Street Hayward, Sacramento Peer support / counseling
CA 94541 916.428.3271 Support Network for for domestic violence, Family
Office: 510-537-2710 www.my-sisters-house.org Battered Women law, immigration domestic
Referral services, daily updates
24-hour multi-lingual help line, 1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C violence issues, translation,
of shelter availability in provides safe haven for battered Sunnyvale, CA 94089 interpretation, transitional
East Bay Asian / Pacific Islander women 24-hour Help Line: housing and community
800.572.2782
Emergency Shelter Program and children education
Office: 408.541.6100
22634 2nd St., Suite 205 Next Door Solutions to Fax: 408.541.1333
Hayward, CA 94541 Network for Battered
Domestic Violence www.snbw.org Lesbian & Bisexual Women
24-hour hotline: 234 E. Gish Road, Ste. 200 English & Español; Crisis
888. 339. SAFE Hotline: 617.742.4911
San Jose, CA 95112 intervention, counseling, legal www.thenetworklared.org
Spanish; 90-day stay, women 24-hour hotline: services, emergency shelter
and children of domestic Support group
408.279.2962
violence / homelessness Office: 408.501.7550 Tri-Valley Haven Pacific Center
3663 Pacific Avenue
Family Violence Prevention www.nextdoor.org 2712 Telegraph Ave.
Livermore, CA 94550
Fund English & Spanish, Berkeley, CA 94705
comprehensive emergency 800. 884. 8119 510. 548. 8283
383 Rhode Island St., 925. 449. 5845
Ste. 304 assistance services, shelters in www.pacificcenter.org
www.trivalleyhaven.org Group and individual
San Francisco, CA 94103 cities of San Jose & Santa Clara Cantonese, German, French,
415.252.8900 counseling, narcotics
North American Islamic Spanish, Tagalog, Hindi; anonymous, HIV and Aids
TTY: 800.595.4889 Shelter for the Abused Emergency shelter for women group, social groups
www.endabuse.org P.O.Box 50515 and children of DV; 3.5 month
Palo Alto, CA 94303 max stay Project Eden
Haven of Peace Women’s
Emergency Home Helpline: 1-888-ASK-NISA 22646 2nd St.
www.asknisa.org Women Escaping Violence Hayward, CA 94541
San Joaquin County (WEAVE )
7070 South Harlan Road Support and help to those 510.247.8200
who only speak Urdu, Hindi, 1900 K St. Youth Crisis Line:
French Camp, CA 95231 Sacramento, CA 95814
209.982.0396 Arabic, Farsi, Pushtu, etc 1.800.843.5200
916. 920. 2952 Counseling services for
18+ years accepted; 35 space Safe Alternatives to Violent www.weaveinc.org LGBTQQ Youth
capacity; assist women with Environments (SAVE) Response team, temporary
food, clothing and counseling 39155 Liberty St., housing, crisis counseling,
Suite C310 employment services SF LGBT Center
La Casa de Las Madres 1800 Market Street
Fremont, CA 94538
jkl
1663 Mission St., #225 San Francisco, CA 94102
San Francisco, CA 94103 24-hour hotline: Woman Inc.
510. 794. 6055 415. 865. 5555
24-hour Crisis Lines: 333 Valencia St., Ste. 450 www.sfcenter.org
Adult Line: 877. 503. 1850 Office: 510. 574. 2250 San Francisco, CA 94103 Legal referrals, Temporary
Teen Line: 877. 923. 0700 save-dv.org 24-hour Crisis Lines:
Spanish, Hindi, Tamil; Restraining Order assistance
www.lacasa.org 1.877.384.3578 or
Emergency shelter & safe Emergency shelter & longer 415.864.4722
term housing, medical & legal
housing; Domestic Violence www.womaninc.org LEGAL REFERRALS:
Response Team; assistance Bilingual, bicultural services, TEMPORARY
Spanish, Mandarin, counseling, legal referrals, RESTRAINING ORDER
Tagalog, French, Arabic Saint John’s Shelter for support groups
Women & Children ASSISTANCE
Community Solutions 4410 Power Inn Road
Gilroy, CA Sacramento, CA 95826 LESBIAN, GAY,
24-hour Crisis Line: 916.453.1482 The Riley Center
BISEXUAL, -The Cooperative
408.683.4118 www.stjohnsshelter.org TRANSGENDER,
Bilingual services, emergency Emergency shelter up to Restraining Order Clinic
food, shelter up to 45 days, 60 days & QUESTIONING - Rosalie House
- Brennan House
drug and alcohol treatment,
Shepherd’s Gate Community United San Francisco
outpatient domestic violence
Against Violence (CUAV)
1660 Portola Avenue 24-hour Crisis Line:
counseling, legal assistance.
Livermore, CA 94551 170A Capp Street
415.255.0165
Marin Abused Women’s 925. 443. 4283 San Francisco, CA 94110 Bilingual Service; Restraining
Services 888.216.4776 24-hour Crisis Line: Order Assistance free of charge;
734 A Street www.shepherdsgate.org 415.333.HELP (4357) Paperwork served to batterer at
San Rafael, CA 94901 Emergency shelter, job training, Office: 415.777.5500 reduced fee
Women’s English Hotline: short & long term programs Fax: 415.777.5565
415.924.6616 www.cuav.org Legal Aid of Napa County
Women’s Spanish Hotline: Stand Against Domestic 1001 Second St. Suite 335
415.924.3456 Violence Maitri Hotline Napa, CA 94559
Men’s Hotline: 1410 Danzig Plaza 234 East Gish Rd., 707. 259. 0579
415.924.1070 Concord, CA 94520 Ste. 200 707. 259. 1449 – Fax
www.maws.org 888. 215. 5555 San Jose, CA 95112 legalaidnapa.org
Emergency shelter, legal 925. 676. 2845 Hotline: 888-8MAITRI Provides free legal services to
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Napa County

Napa, CA 94558
707. 255. 6397
707. 252. 3687
707. 252. 3069 – Fax
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Napa Emergency Women’s
Services
1141 Pear Tree Ln.

Contact legal advocate for

help with restraining orders
HUMAN
TRAFFICKING

California law defines human

trafficking as “all acts involved
in the recruitment, abduction,
transport, harboring, transfer,
sale or receipt of persons,
within national or across
international borders,
SAGE Project Inc.
1275 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.358.2723
www.sagesf.org

LEGAL SERVICES
API Legal Outreach
1121 Mission St.
through force, coercion, fraud
or deception, to place persons
in situations of slavery or
slavery like conditions, forced
labor or services, such as
forced prostitution or sexual
services, domestic servitude,
Advocacy Organizations
Department on the Status
of Women
25 Van Ness Avenue., Ste. 130
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.252.2578
www.sfgov.org/dosw
Human Rights
Commission
25 Van Ness Avenue., Ste. 800
San Francisco, CA 94102

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San Francisco, CA 94103
415. 567. 6255
415. 567. 6248 – Fax
www.legaloutreach.org
Family, civil, and
immigration law; temporary
restraining order, Gay
Domestic Violence Project
Domestic Violence
Restraining Order Clinic
Richmond Courthouse
137th St., Room 185,
Richmond, CA
510. 965.4048
Restraining Order clinic held
in Richmond Courthouse
Mon & Fri 9-5 pm
bonded sweatshop labor, or 415.252.3208
other debt bondage.” www.sf-hrc.org
- Human Trafficking in Jewish Community
California, 2007 Relations Council
- California Alliance to 121 Steuart St., Ste. 301
Combat Trafficking and San Francisco, CA 94105
Slavery Task Force 415.957.1551
www.jcrc.org
Human trafficking is an
egregious violation of human Not For Sale
rights. San Francisco is P. O. Box 371035
known to be one of the top Montara, CA 94037
destinations in California for 415.422.6660
human trafficking because of www.notforsalecampaign.
its ports and airports, rising org
immigrant population, and
large industries that attract Local and Regional
forced labor. Coalitions

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SEXUAL ASSAULT
The Sage Project Inc.
1275 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415. 905. 5050
www.sagesf.org
Recovery from sexual
exploitation & substance
abuse
San Francisco
Women Against Rape
3543 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415. 861. 2024
Service Providers Asian Anti-Trafficking
Collaborative
BAYSWAN 1121 Mission St.
P. O. Box 2`0256 San Francisco, CA 9403
San Francisco, CA 94121 415.567.6255
415.7511659 www.apilegaloutreach.org
www.bayswan.org
San Francisco
Center for Gender and
Refugee Studies Collaborative Against
Human Trafficking
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA 94102 Laura Marshall
45.565.4877 Department on the Status
www.egrs.uchastings.edu of Women
415.252.2578
Lawyers’ Committee for www.sf-hrc.org/index.
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www.sfwar.org
24-hour Crisis Hotline:
415. 647. RAPE
Counseling, support groups,
legal advocacy
San Francisoco General
Hospital
Trauma Recovery Center –
Rape Treatment Center
2727 Mariposa St, Ste 100
Crisis Line: 415. 437. 3011
24-hour medical forensic
examination (SFGH
Emergency Room), free
services, Spanish / English)
Area
131 Steuart St., Ste 400 South Bay Coalition to End
San Francisco, CA 94105 Human Trafficking
415.543.9444 Next Door Solutions to
www.lccr.com Domestic Violence
408.510.7557
MISSSEY www.sbcteht.com
(Motivating, Inspiring,
Supporting and Service
Sexually Exploited Youth)
Alameda County Family
Justice Center
470 7th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
510-267-8840
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 C California Lieutenant Governor Mona Pas-
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quil makes her theatrical debut in the Fili-
pina Women’s Network’s (FWN) production
of The Vagina Monologues and A Memory,
A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer on April
10 in San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre.
“It’s an extraordinary honor to be part of
the cast. This performance is a great way to
educate all people that the faces of domes-
tic violence victims are not limited to one
color, to one economic class, to one part of
the world, or a specific part of our state for
that matter,” said Pasquil, the first Asian
and Filipina American woman to serve as
lieutenant governor of California.
Pasquil has heard of Eve Ensler’s The
Vagina Monologues for a number of years
and when invited by the FWN to perform in
the production, Pasquil saw it as an oppor-
tunity to give back to the community and to
raise awareness about domestic violence.
“In these tough economic times,
budgets for many programs – including
domestic violence programs – have been
cut. Groups like FWN make a difference
in our community by producing The Vagina
Monologues. Domestic violence affects us
all. The more we know about it, the more
we may talk about it.
We all know that government funds
are limited at this time, but the resilience,
strength, and potential of the people are
what we can truly count on. We need the
power of the people’s initiative, effort, and
collaboration, things we can all afford to
contribute. Domestic Violence is something
that hits everybody, people of all color and
background,” Pasquil said.
Pasquil serves as a board member for
My Sister’s Home, a safe haven for domestic
violence victims and the first non-profit
organization to specifically identify and
address the unique needs of women and
children impacted by domestic violence in
the Central Valley’s highly diverse Asian and
Pacific Islander community.
“This performance serves to amplify the
message educating about domestic vio-
lence and to remember that it’s not always
easy for a woman and her children to be in
a safe haven,” Pasquil said.
A trailblazer for California Filipinas and
all Asian Pacific Islanders, Pasquil is the
founding president and a volunteer of
the Asian Pacific Leadership Project, an
organization dedicated to increasing API
involvement in California policy.
Throughout her career, Pasquil is proud-
est of her work mentoring California’s
youth to become more active in their
communities.
“The Asian Pacific Leadership Project has
changed my life,” Pasquil said, who runs
into past participants telling her how the
project has changed their lives, including
most recently a former gang member who
had given up going to college.
“Five years later, I get a call from this
young man thanking me for believing in
him,” Pasquil said.
“I am a firm believer that we do not live
in this world alone,” Pasquil said. “We are
all interconnected and it’s our responsibility
to stand up and help each other.”
“It is critical that the voices of Asian
Pacific Americans are heard.” Pasquil con-
tinued. “We must ensure that our faces, our
communities, our beauty and our smarts
remain vibrant pieces in the great ethnic
mosaic California has.”
Through her work with the Asian Pacific
Leadership Project and against domestic
violence, Pasquil dedicates herself to em-
powering Asian Pacific Islanders to have a
voice in the community and to be involved
in the political process.
Pasquil was appointed acting lieutenant
governor in November 2009. Prior to this
appointment, she served as chief of staff
to former California Lieutenant Governor
John Garamendi. For nearly three decades,
Pasquil served as a senior advisor and
strategist in numerous state and federal
government offices, political campaigns
and private companies. With a hands-on,
open-door and can-do leadership, Pasquil
successfully engineered four presidential,
three gubernatorial and numerous local
campaigns across the country. She previ-
ously served as political director for former
California Governor Gray Davis, deputy
CEO for the 2000 Democratic National
Convention in Los Angeles, California
political director for Gore/Lieberman, as
well as western political director for the
White House Office of Political Affairs under
President Bill Clinton.
In addition to working with California
and Washington’s heaviest political hitters,
she has also worked as a strategic consul-
tant for IBM’s national and state govern-
ment sales team and was vice president for
MSHC Partners, Inc.
She has also served as past chair of the
Asian Pacific Legislative Staff Caucus and
past president of the Angel Island Immigra-
tion Station Historical Committee.
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MUSICAL FOREPLAY
Charles Wang, Cello
WELCOME
From Filipina Women’s
Network: Marily Mondejar,
President & Elena
Mangahas, Board Chair
Part One
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
INTRODUCTION
Erin Fightmaster, Fides
Enriquez, Geraldine
Nuval-Weibull, Gladys
Dodds, Jennifer Ong,
Julie Soo, Marites Ares,
Mitzi Manzano, Norma
Edar, Rae Almajose
INTRO – HAIR
Marites Ares
HAIR
Sol Manaay
WEAR AND SAY
Felicia Perez, Gian Lizardo,
Katrina Socco, Sabrina
Sandalo
INTRO – THE FLOOD
Noelani Sallings
THE FLOOD
Gladys Dodds
THE VAGINA WORKSHOP
Helen Marte, Julie Soo,
Mitzi Manzano
VAGINA HAPPY FACT
Gerald Nuval-Weibull
INTRO – BECAUSE HE
LIKED TO LOOK AT IT
Emily Murase
BECAUSE HE LIKED TO
LOOK AT IT
Mona Pasquil
NOT-SO-HAPPY FACT
Marife Sevilla
INTRO – SAY IT (FOR
THE COMFORT WOMEN)
Koua Jacklyn Franz
SAY IT (FOR THE
COMFORT WOMEN)
Claudine Cheng
Gian Lizardo
EXTRO – SLAVERY IN
AMERICA, 2010
(HUMAN TRAFFICKING)
Emily Murase
MY ANGRY VAGINA
Geraldine Nuval-Weibull,
Fides Enriquez
Intermission
RECOGNITION OF 2010
VAGINA WARRIORS
BY ELENA MANGAHAS AND
10
!"#$!
THE VAGINA
MONOLOGUES
7:30 PM
HERBST THEATRE
MARILY MONDEJAR:
Geraldine Nuval-Weibull,
Owner, My Boudoir
Lingerie; Nilda Guanzon
Valmores, Executive
Director, My Sister’s House
HANDPRINTS PLEDGE
(MEN AGAINST VIOLENCE)
David Chiu, President,
San Francisco Board of
Supervisors, with the
V-MEN
A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE,
A RANT AND A PRAYER:
WRITINGS TO STOP VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
INTRODUCTION:
WORDS. WORDS. WORDS.
Elena Mangahas, Emily
Murase, Genevieve
Jopanda, Jennifer Ong,
Koua Jacklyn Franz, Maya
Ong Escudero, Sonia
Delen, Josephine Romero
CELIA (by Edwidge Danticat)
Noelani Sallings
THE CLOSET
(by Nicholas Kristof)
Bill Tamayo
UNTITLED (by Howard Zinn)
Errol Zschornack
RESCUE (by Mark Maousek)
Brian Soo, Dave Rodriguez
FUR IS BACK
(by Eve Ensler)
Julie Soo, Mona Pasquil
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Charles Wang, Cello
Part Two
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
INTRO – MY VAGINA
WAS MY VILLAGE
Jennifer Ong
MY VAGINA WAS
MY VILLAGE
Erin Fightmaster,
Rae Almajose
LULLABY – ILI-ILI,
TULOG ANAY*
Valerie de Leon, Soprano;
Charles Wang, Cello
EXTRO – RAPE OF
NANKING
Fiona Ma
INTRO – THE LITTLE
COOCHI SNORCHER THAT
COULD
Keesa Ocampo
THE LITTLE COOCHI
SNORCHER THAT COULD
Felicia Perez, Marites Ares,
Sabrina Sandalo
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES IS A CELEBRATION OF FEMALE SEXUALITY IN ALL ITS
COMPLEXITY AND MYSTERY. BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH OVER 200 WOMEN ABOUT THEIR MEMORIES
AND EXPERIENCES OF SEXUALITY, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES GIVES VOICE TO WOMEN’S DEEPEST
FANTASIES AND FEARS, GUARANTEEING THAT NO ONE WHO READS IT WILL EVER LOOK AT A WOMAN’S
BODY, OR THINK OF SEX, IN QUITE THE SAME WAY AGAIN. “AT FIRST WOMEN WERE RELUCTANT TO TALK,”
ENSLER WRITES. “THEY WERE A LITTLE SHY. BUT ONCE THEY GOT GOING, YOU COULDN’T STOP THEM.” THE
OUTRAGEOUS VAGINA
FACT: THE VIBRATOR VAGINA MONOLOGUES HAS NOW BEEN TRANSLATED INTO OVER 24 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
Marife Sevilla
INTRO – RECLAIMING
CUNT
Katrina Socco
RECLAIMING CUNT
Erin Fightmaster, Sonia
Delen
A SIX YEAR OLD
WAS ASKED
Juliette Olivia Musni,
Maya Ong Escudero
INTRO – THE WOMAN
WHO LOVED TO MAKE
VAGINAS HAPPY
Felicia Perez BRIAN SOO CHARLES WANG CLAUDINE CHENG DAVE RODRIGUEZ
Kaiser Permanente Cellist Attorney & Principal, Realtor,
THE WOMAN WHO LOVED
Claudine Cheng Pacific Realty and
TO MAKE VAGINAS
Consultants Investment Corp.
HAPPY
Katrina Socco, Sabrina
Sandalo with:
Erin Fightmaster, Fides
Enriquez, Geraldine
Nuval-Weibull, Gian
Lizardo, Gladys Dodds,
Julie Soo, Marites Ares,
Mitzi Manzano, Rae
Almajose, Sol Manaay
INTRO – I WAS THERE
IN THE ROOM
Sonia Delen ERIN FIGHTMASTER ERROL ZSHORNACK FELICIA PEREZ FIDES EINRIQUEZ
I WAS THERE IN THE Teacher, Attorney at Law Professional Genealogist, Executive Director,
ROOM Kid Street Learning Center Lecturer and Dream Pacific Ethnographic and
Madeleine O’Dell Conui, Worker New Art Media
Norma Edar
FILIPINO LULLABY –
SA UGOY NG DUYAN**
Valerie de Leon, Soprano;
Charles Wang, Cello
2010 SPOTLIGHT
INTRODUCTION
Elena Mangahas
2010 SPOTLIGHT
MONOLOGUE: BAPTIZED
Elena Mangahas,
Genevieve Jopanda, GIAN LIZARDO GLADYS DODDS HELEN MARTE BAUTISTA DR. JENNIFER ONG
Jennifer Ong, Josephine Youth Advocate, Managing Associate, Former Commissioner, Optometrist;
Romero, Maya Ong Project: Come Passion Partners in Business San Francisco Public Commissioner, Alameda
Escudero, Sonia Delen, and Soulciety Systems Library County Commission on the
Josephine Romero Status of Women
SPEAK OUT
Marily Mondejar
CURTAIN CALL
V-Day Filipina Women’s
Network is supported by
V-Day, the Filipino American
Arts Exposition and the
AsianWeek Foundation.
*Text: “Ili-Ili, Now Go KATRINA SOCCO KEESA OCAMPO KOUA JACKLYN FRANZ MADELEINE O’DELL
To Sleep” (Cebuano). Senior Director of Citizen Hope Executive Director, CONUI
P.Magdamo, Arranger Programs, Youth Hmong Women’s Heritage LOLA Activist;
**Text: “From The Cradle” Leadership Institute, Association Retired Registered Nurse
(Tagalog). Lucio San Pedro, San Mateo County
Composer; Levi Celerio (Lyrics)
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 Cast & Crew Bios
Who’s Who BILL TAMAYO, ESQ. is the
in the Cast Regional Attorney for the U.S. Equal
and Crew Employment Opportunity Commission
and directs the agency’s litigation in
Northern California and the Pacific
Northwest. The EEOC has recovered
BILL TAMAYO, ESQ. BRENDA HARTSHORN millions of dollars for victims of sexual
Regional Attorney, Photographer harassment/assault at work. As a
EEOC for Northern
California and Pacific staff attorney at the Asian Law Caucus
Northwest (1979-1995) he represented dozens
of battered women in immigration
proceedings and co-authored the legal
memo which led to “self-petitioning”
provisions of the Violence Against
Women Act.”
BRIAN SOO is a native San Franciscan
who attended Lowell High School, then
UC Davis where he received a degree
in atmospheric science. After a brief
DAVID CHIU ELENA MANGAHAS DR. EMILY MURASE career in environmental consulting,
Supervisor, SF District 3; Chair, Executive Director,
President, SF Board of Little Manila Foundation SF Dept. of the Status of Brian returned to academics to pursue
a graduate degree in physical therapy.
Supervisors Women and Candidate for
the SF School Board Employed at Kaiser Permanente in
San Francisco, Brian looks forward to
continuing to help people and promote
community wellness.
CLAUDINE CHENG is a community
and fundraising consultant. An
attorney by training, Claudine’s current
appointed positions and community
involvements include: director of the
Treasure Island Development Authority,
FIONA MA GENEVIEVE JOPANDA GERALDINE NUVAL- delegate of Speaker Nancy Pelosi to
Speaker pro Tempore; Events Coordinator, WEIBULL
the California Democratic Party, chair
Assemblywoman, Palo Alto Chamber of Owner,
District 12 Commerce My Boudoir Lingerie of RENEWSF, directors of North Beach
Citizens and Pathway for Kids, member
of the SPUR Advisory Council, and
chair of San Francisco’s APA Heritage
Celebration Committee. www.apasf.org
DAVE RODRIGUEZ is a realtor by
occupation however his passion is
really in the field of performing arts.
While taking up Computer Science
at California State University in
Sacramento, he took leadership role in
JOSEPHINE ROMERO JULIE D. SOO, ESQ. JULIETTE OLIVIA MUSNI organizing the Filipino Cultural Week.
Trade Commissioner, Senior Staff Counsel, Student
From then on he has been actively
Philippine Trade and California Department of
Investment Center, Insurance participating in several Fil-Am events
Consulate General of as master of ceremonies showcasing
the Philippines the Filipino culture and arts to many
diverse audiences.
SUPERVISOR DAVID CHIU was
elected in November 2008 to represent
San Francisco’s District 3 and elected
President of the Board of Supervisors
in January 2009. Before joining the
Board, David was a founder and
Chief Operating Officer of Grassroots
MARIFE SEVILLA, RN MARITES ARES MAYA ONG ESCUDERO Enterprise, an online communications
President, Legislative Analyst, Teacher technology company. Prior to
Philippine Nurses California School Boards
Grassroots, he worked as a criminal
Association of Northern Association
prosecutor at the San Francisco District
California
Attorney’s Office and as a civil rights
attorney at the Lawyers’ Committee for
ASIAN WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE
Civil Rights. In the mid-1990s, David
served as Democratic Counsel to the
U.S. Senate Constitution Subcommittee
and as Senator Paul Simon’s aide to the
Senate Budget Committee. The eldest
child of immigrant parents, David Chiu
grew up in Boston and received his
undergraduate degree, law degree, and
master’s degree in public policy from
Harvard University.
EMILY MURASE, PHD serves as
Executive Director of the San Francisco
Department on the Status of Women
where she oversees implementation
of the landmark CEDAW Ordinance
based on the United Nations Women’s
Treaty. She has been honored by the
Asian Women’s Resource Center, the
Democratic Women’s Forum, and State
Senator Leland Yee as “2009 Woman
of the Year.” A proud graduate of San
Francisco public schools, she holds
an AB from Bryn Mawr, a master’s in
international relations from UC San
Diego and a PhD in Communication
from Stanford. She resides in San
Francisco with husband Neal Taniguchi
and their 2 young daughters.
ERIN FIGHTMASTER I’m grateful for
the opportunity to give a voice to all
women and children who are victims of
abuse. To my family and friends thanks
for the love and support in helping me
become a strong, independent woman
with my own voice. This has been an
inspiring and empowering experience.
ERROL ZSHORNACK Errol is a lawyer
with several years of experience in
Manila. He recently obtained his
license to practice law in California.
He was into theater during college
at the University of the Philippines.
Errol considers it his greatest
accomplishment to be a loving
husband and devoted father to his
son and three daughters.
FELICIA PEREZ holds a Master’s
degree in Psychology from John F.
Kennedy University and a Bachelor’s
degree in English from Mills College.
She is a professional genealogist,
lecturer and dream worker. As a
Filipina-American her foremost passion
is decolonization and reclaiming Filipino GLADYS DODDS is a Managing
indigenous knowledge and wisdom.
www.sacredancestralroots.com
FIDES ENRIQUEZ is an independent
film producer, ethnographer,
photographer, curator, explorer, folk
dance specialist, choreographer,
musical director and mother of three.
Fides is the Executive Director of New
Art Media and founder/co-director of
Pacific Ethnographic. She produced
the documentary Weaving T’nalak,
the visual essay Mindanao by SkyLab,
Florante Aguilar’s Lalawigan and
curated the textile exhibit T’nalak -
The Spirit of Fu’ Dalu. She is currently
producing the feature length
documentary HARANA.
FIONA MA is the Assemblywoman of
California’s 12th District and Speaker
pro Tempore. The district includes
San Francisco, Daly City, Colma and
Broadmoor. Ma, as the Majority Whip,
is responsible for ensuring the passage
of crucial legislation to improve
public education, expand healthcare
access and protect our environment.
At the start of her second term, Ma
was appointed to key committees
including Higher Education, Revenue
and Taxation, Housing, Agriculture,
Labor, and Public Safety. Ma serves
as the Chair of the Assembly Select
Committee on Domestic Violence
where she has worked on legislation
to protect victims of domestic violence.
From 2002 to 2006, she served as a
member of the San Francisco Board of
supervisors.
GERALDINE NUVAL-WEIBULL
Manila born, Geraldine arrived in the
U.S. at the age of two. Becoming a
young mother propelled her into a
career as a Radiological Technician.
Later her strengths in Administration,
Management, and Merchandising
became more apparent after
graduation from San Francisco State
University with a Bachelor in Design
and a Minor in Business. She found
her love of “all things beautiful” and
opened her first business venture, My
Boudoir Lingerie in June 1998. With
Geraldine’s vast knowledge in her
field, she has acquired many accolades
for “Best of” in SF Magazine, Bay
Guardian, and SF Weekly in years 2004,
2006, 2007 and 2008.
GIAN LIZARDO This 23-year-old youth
advocate hopes to be remembered
as one thing: a passionate person,
whether it is through serving the youth
through the creative arts or simply
pursuing her own personal aspirations.
Gian lives by one saying: “You are
your own masterpiece.” So believe in
yourself, learn always, and illuminate
you!
Associate with a consulting firm. A
V-Day sophomore, Gladys is in awe
of the cast and crew involved in this
fantastic production. Her participation
is in honor of her mother’s memory and
strength.
HELEN MARTE BAUTISTA , (former)
Commissioner, San Francisco Public
Library.
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(CAST & CREW BIOS, continued from p.11) fundraiser that was recognized for its speed
DR. JENNIFER ONG , an optometrist, serves and success. The series of 2009 disasters
as Commissioner for the Alameda County led her to co-found Bay Area Benefit,
Commission on the Status of Women, as champions of “guerilla philanthropy” that
Statewide Treasurer for the Asian Pacific supports initiatives towards equality, justice
Islander Caucus, a Board Member for FWN. and education. Ocampo was honored with
She received the “Optometrist of the Year a Presidential Citation from Her Excellency
Award” in 2008 and “100 Most Influential Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of
Filipina Women in the U.S.” award in the Republic of the Philippines, for her
2009 and coordinates the Hepatitis B Free humanitarian work.
Campaign in Alameda County. KOUA JACKLYN FRANZ has a BA
JULIE D. SOO, ESQ. , is a senior staff in Psychology and a Master’s in Public MITZI MANZANO MONA PASQUIL NOELANI SALLINGS NORMA EDAR
Administration and has over 8 years of Freelance Make-up Artist Acting Lieutenant President, CFO, A Topnotch Security
counsel with the California Department of and Fashion Stylist Governor, Democratic Activists for Services Inc., and Costless
Insurance. She has volunteered in a variety experience working with underserved State of California Women Now (DAWN) Maintenance Services
of community causes, including hate crimes communities. HWHA is committed to
projects, civil rights education, campaign empowering Hmong women and their
work, and community health advocacy. She families in the Sacramento Region to lead
is well-recognized as a former staff writer healthy lives through culturally sensitive
with AsianWeek, where she continues to programs and services that educate and
be a features contributor. Julie serves on the support families as they thrive.
San Francisco Commission on the Status of MADELEINE O’DELL CONUI A Laguna
Women and is active with the California Honda Hospital Retired Nursing Supervisor,
Democratic Party Executive Board as a co- Madeleine is a grandmother of 9 and mother
chair of the Platform Committee. She holds an of 4. She is an R.N., has BS in Behavioral
A.B. with a double major in Pure Mathematics Sciences, an MPA from Notre Dame RAE ALMA JOSE SABRINA SANDALO SOL M. MANAAY SONIA DELEN
and Statistics from U.C. Berkeley, an M.A. in University, Belmont, California. Volunteer Marketing, President & CEO, Senior Vice President,
Frog Design Care on Call, Inc. Bank of America
Applied Mathematics from U.C. San Diego, Merrill Lynch
MARITES ARES is a Legislative Analyst at
and a J.D. from Golden Gate University School
of Law. the California School Boards Association.
She serves on many non-profit boards and
JULIETTE OLIVIA MUSNI is in 7th grade is active in the Sacramento community.
at Rooftop Alternative in San Francisco. She In addition, she is a graduate student at
prefers the breast stroke in swimming and Sacramento State studying Public Policy and
specializes in the 100 meter dash as well Administration. Empowering women is one of
as the 4x100 in track and field. Her favorite her many passions.
actresses are Nicole Kidman and Janeane
MAYA ONG ESCUDERO , Teacher
Garofalo. Her favorite authors are Lemony
Snicket and Kate DiCamillo. Her favorite color MITZI MANZANO is a freelance make up
is yellow. artist and fashion stylist. Known to her friends DR. VALERIE DE LEON Art Director Copy Editor Hair & Makeup Artistry
KATRINA SOCCO is Philippine-born, Daly
as joie de vivre personified. Her pleasures are Dentist AL PEREZ CONNIE ZHENG DON SANTOS
gourmet cooking and leisurely entertaining. Millbrae Smile Center Commissioner, Client Staff Assistant, Retail Fragrance Specialist,
City raised. As a survivor of sexual assault and SF Entertainment Burson-Marsteller Hair Stylist, Make-Up Artist
domestic violence, she fueled her experience She delights in the company of friends. For
Commission
into activism as Coordinator of GABNet-SF balance she is an avid yoga enthusiast.
Bay Area (04-08). She led campaigns such Married with 2 grown sons.
as the Purple Rose Campaign Against Sex MONA PASQUIL now serves as interim
Trafficking of Women and Girls, directed the lieutenant governor of California, the
first production of Export Quality: loosely granddaughter of Filipino immigrants and the
based on true stories of Mail Order Brides, daughter of a community leader and gifted
and worked in Davao with various womens jazz pianist. She was one of the 30 members
groups. She is Senior Director of The Youth of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee
Leadership Institute in San Mateo County, and one of the 11 that supported Hillary
providing oversight in youth programs in Clinton in the 2008 elections. Executive Producer Playwright Production Manager Production Assistant
the areas of policy advocacy, and youth NOELANI SALLINGS had been an advocate ELENA MANGAHAS EVE ENSLER FRANKLIN RICARTE GENEVIEVE DWYER
philanthropy and is a local and national Chair, Founder, Strategic Planning President,
for education for over a decade. Her primary Filipina Women’s Network V-DAY Consultant Genevieves Corporation
trainer on community change strategies. She focus is education, and fights for women’s
is raising her daughter, Tala in Pacifica, CA. rights, social justice and the environment.
KEESA OCAMPO is the government and She is an Emerge CA alumna, currently the
community relations officer of ABS-CBN president of DAWN—Democratic Activists
International. Her advocacy began as a for Women Now, on the board as the EVP
stakeholder of Asian Pacific American of the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American
organizations –Young Filipino Professionals Democratic Club and Vice President of
Association, Filipino Entrepreneurs Network, BAYMEC. Noelani earned a BS in Psychology
Asian Heritage Month Committee for from Santa Clara University and is working
the City of San Francisco, Asian Pacific on a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology
Fund and San Francisco-Manila Sister City and Masters in Public Administration from
Director Director Executive Producer Graphic Designer
Committee. She co-founded the progressive Notre Dame de Namur. Noelani is the first GENEVIEVE JOPANDA KEN MARQUIS MARILY MONDEJAR RAYMOND VIRATA
organizationCitizen Hope, inspired by in her family to go to college and plans to Events Coordinator, Team Manager, President, Art Director,
the energy generated during the Obama obtain her PhD. She plans on spending the Palo Alto Chamber of George P. Johnson Filipina Women’s Network Filipinas Magazine
campaign, to engage in civic service projects. rest of her life being a voice for those who Commerce
Ocampo’s course took a turn during the are not heard.
September 2009 devastation of Typhoon NORMA P. EDAR , CFO, A Topnotch Security
Ketsana in12the Philippines. She galvanized Services Inc. and Costless Maintenance
a team of organizations for a disaster relief w w w. Fi l i p i n a Wo m e n s N e t w o r k . o r g
Services. (continued on page 18)
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VAGINA WARRIORS

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“VAGINA WARRIORS: THE NEW REVOLUTION” CELEBRATES NEW ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS WHO ARE Elizabeth Aguilar-Tarchi
Genevieve Jopanda
WORKING TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE FILIPINO AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES. VAGINA
Paulita Lasola Malay
WARRIORS ARE THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO HAVE OFTEN EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE PERSONALLY OR Rodel Rodis
WITNESSED IT WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND DEDICATED THEMSELVES TOWARD ENDING SUCH ..................
VIOLENCE THROUGH EFFECTIVE, GRASSROOTS MEANS. THE FILIPINA WOMEN’S NETWORK IS PROUD TO
HONOR TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO PERSONIFY SUCH COURAGE AND CONVICTION. THEY HAVE FACED AND 2008
OVERCOME ADVERSITY IN THEIR LIVES AND ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OR HEADING EFFORTS TO END Annalisa Enrile
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. Ken Marquis
Ken Theisen
Gerri Nuvall place where women can feel empowered and love
themselves whatever their shape, size, or age. I love to help
M. Evelina Galang
Mona Pasquil
Manila born, Geraldine arrived in the US at the age of two. women feel their best. We are all beautiful but often times Nenette Flores
Becoming a young mother propelled her into a career as a we forget that. Sonia Delen
Radiological Technician. Later her strengths in Justice Tani Gore
Administration, Management, and Merchandising GIVEN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Cantil-Sakauye
became more apparent after graduation from San WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPART TO ..................
Francisco State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in OTHER WOMEN?
Design and a Minor in Business. She found her love of “all I would like to say to all women - trust that little voice 2007
things beautiful” and in June 1998 opened My Boudoir inside you. Yes, you are smart. Yes, you are beautiful. And Al S. Perez
Lingerie. With Geraldine’s vast knowledge in her field, My yes, you have the power to change your life! Bettina Santos Yap
Boudoir has acquired many accolades for “Best of” in SF Elena B. Mangahas
Magazine, Bay Guardian, and SF Weekly in 2004, 2006,
2007, and 2008. Gerri is a survivor of domestic violence. Nilda Valmores From top: Gerri Nuvall and Nilda Valmores
Laureen Laglagaron
Perla De Jesus
Rudy Asercion
HOW DID YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, In 2004, the year that FWN honored the first seven Filipina Bincy Jacob
AT THE HANDS OF YOUR EX-HUSBAND, CHANGE OR Vagina Warriors, Nilda Guanzon Valmores of Sacramento
was shifting her noble journey from a mission of housing Krittika Ghosh
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on cultural competency and working with battered Beverly Upton
fold: To this day I live with the fact that I had brought this Having worked with non-profit organizations on a
immigrant women Dorka Keehn
terrible person, my ex-husband into my daughter’s life as statewide level addressing issues affecting children and the
Gloria Megino Ochoa
well. I never wanted her to go through and experience the disenfranchised in the education, social services, and
While community outreach and education on the issue Imelda Oppenheim
ordeal. But she experienced it with me, and I never wanted housing arenas Nilda considers herself a child advocate,
hence a protective environment that protects them from of domestic violence are topmost in Nilda’s leadership Jonah Oliverio
that in her life.
life’s adversities and society’s injustice. agenda, she and the MSH Board of Directors also aim for Ligaya Hattari
Secondly, I lost the ability to trust. It took me a long
Nilda received her undergraduate degree from Loyola increased transition housing, better health for the Sarah Jane Ilumin
time, years, to be able to trust and only when I found the
community and addressing related immigration issues. Tess Crescini
most loving man was I able to fully and completely trust Marymount University and was once a State Assembly
fellow, later a graduate of Harvard University’s Kennedy Nilda notes the irony in crafting innovative wrap-around ..................
again.
But actually experiencing the brutality and terror of School of Government. With compassion Nilda grew My services while hoping that someday, when a violence-free
domestic violence, the emotional roller coaster that went Sister’s House into a sustainable partner in human services community is attained, that she and her valued staff and 2005
with it, and struggling to survive, has made me even in Sacramento, California designing culturally appropriate shelter volunteers for whom she is most grateful will work Kamala D. Harris
stronger. Today I feel more alive and more aware of life. and responsive services to the Central Valley’s ever diverse themselves out of their jobs. Emily Moto Murase
Surviving domestic violence only validated what I grew up Asian and Pacific Islander community. Nilda says “there are many reasons why I work for My Giovannie Pico
believing about myself. The 24/7 refuge for women and children impacted by Sister’s House . . . everything from remembering my lola’s Gloria Ramos
domestic violence offers 20-bed safe haven and story of her difficult marriage/husband to wanting to Rita Villavicencio Schmidt
IT’S BEEN OVER 10 YEARS SINCE YOU LEFT THAT ABUSIVE multi-language help-line services. In the last five years My make sure that my children and my nieces and nephew Velma Roset Veloria
RELATIONSHIP. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR HEALING PROCESS. Sister’s House has: pick good partners. I am a very lucky and a better person ..................
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more to heal. Every day. We can go one day at a time multilingual Help Line Salamat to all the warriors (including the Filipina Women’s Cherie Querol Moreno
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Slavery in America, 2010
BY EMILY M. MURASE, PHD
federal law, which was enacted in
2005. This year, penalties for human
traffickers in California were raised
from $5,000 to $20,000. According to

T
oday, in 2010, we are the California Attorney General we reported from Dallas, Phoenix, and the Polaris Project, other legislation to
surrounded by an invisible, do know a few things. About 80% of Las Vegas. combat human trafficking is pending
violent crime that primarily trafficking victims are women. About in the state houses across the country,
impacts women and 50% of these are under the age of 18. Why does this exist? including Iowa, Pennsylvania, and
children. Hundreds of thousands of Money. A single sex trafficker with Georgia, but not in states like Nevada,
people are literally slaving away at Does this exist in San Francisco? 4 prostituted women can make Texas, or Louisiana. The need to
their jobs. Some are prostitutes, others Unfortunately, San Francisco is a $600,000 annually tax-free. expand protections against human
are nail salon workers, cooks, nannies, gateway for human trafficking. In According to the Alameda County trafficking to fight slavery in our midst
factory workers. Many come from Asia, July 2005, federal authorities raided District Attorney’s office, a typical has never been greater.
others come from counties and states San Francisco massage parlors, quota per woman is $500 a night. At At a grassroots level, the San
within the United States. They are all apprehending 27 suspected traffickers $40 per trick, that’s over 10 tricks a Francisco Collaborative Against Human
recruited to work far from home for who controlled over 100 Korean night. Trafficking was launched in January
little or no pay, forced to work without women forced into prostitution. Police Multiply $500 per night by days in 2010 after a year-long planning
rights or freedom. confiscated $2 million in cash from 10 the year and a pimp reaps $730,000 process among a broad base of non-
The State Department estimates massage parlors. from 4 women. Minus expenses, that’s profit organizations and government
that roughly 15 - 20,000 people are about $600,000 annually tax free. agencies working against slavery. The
trafficked annually into the United Does this exist elsewhere? Collaborative convened a first Anti
States, 600,000 - 800,000 trafficked This exists everywhere. In 2009, the What is being done? Human Trafficking Awareness Month
globally. Within the United States, Kansas City Star reported on a dozen It wasn’t that long ago that in January and expects to conduct a
thousands more are underaged women trafficked from China who human trafficking was not a crime in public awareness campaign annually.
runaways who come across county were forced to prostitute themselves California law. District Attorney Kamala
or state lines. Accurate numbers are 12 hours a day in a one-room massage Harris and Assemblymember Sally Emily M. Murase, PhD, is the Executive
not possible for this invisible problem, parlor at a truck stop in Boone Lieber created the California Trafficking Director of the San Francisco
but according to a recent report by County, Missouri. Other incidents were Victim’s Protection Act, modeled after Department on the Status of Women.

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 Rape of Nanking and the
Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition
BY JULIE D. SOO!
F
rom 1931 to 1945
during the Asia Pacific
War, China alone lost
an estimated 30 million
people through Japan’s
genocidal attacks. The
single worst atrocity during the World
War II Era in either Europe or the
Pacific became known as the Rape of
Nanking. It gained attention in 1997
through the late author Iris Chang’s
best seller, “The Rape of Nanking:
the Forgotten Holocaust.” From mid-
December 1937 through early February
1938, the Japanese Imperial Army
marched into China’s then-capital
city of Nanking and during six weeks
of carnage murdered 300,000 out of
600,000 civilians and soldiers in the
city. The streets of Nanking were said
to literally have run red with blood.
Filmed footage and still photographs
taken by the Japanese themselves
document the brutality. Some 90,000
Credit: Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in China
Credit: Ling Shan
ASIAN WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE
Chinese POWs were transported to
the outskirts of Nanking and smiling
Japanese solders can be seen brutally
torturing and disposing of the POWS.
Then, the soldiers hunted the women
of Nanking. Women over the age of
70 as well as little girls under the age
of 8 were sexually abused. More than
20,000 females (with some estimates
as high as 80,000) were gang-raped
by Japanese soldiers, then stabbed
to death with bayonets or shot so
they could never become witnesses.
Pregnant women were raped and then
had their bellies slit and fetuses torn
out. The notorious Comfort Women
system was introduced which forced
young Chinese women to become
slave-prostitutes, existing solely for the
sexual pleasure of Japanese soldiers.
The Rape of Nanking Redress
Coalition (RRNC) was formed in the
San Francisco Bay Area in the late
1990s as a nonprofit educational
(530) 541-1618
organization and is affiliated with
the Global Alliance for Preserving the
History of World War II in Asia. Two
of its main purposes are to secure
a formal apology by the Japanese
government for the atrocities
committed by the Japanese Imperial
Army on the Asian mainland during
World War II and to force a meaningful
program of repayments to victims.
On July 30, 2007, The U.S. House of
Representatives passed unanimously
H.Res. 121, a resolution calling on the
government of Japan to deliver an
apology for its sexual enslavement of
‘comfort women’ during World War II.
Estimates range from two-hundred
thousand to four-hundred-and-fifty
thousand girls and young women
– some as young as twelve – who
were kidnapped in China, Korea, the
Philippines, and elsewhere to serve
as sex slaves for the Japanese
Imperial Army.
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BY MARK MATOUSEK

L
ast summer, when Eve
Ensler asked me to write
something about violence
against women – from
a male perspective – I went to my
desk feeling skeptical, and not at all
sure that I had anything significant
to say on the subject. Although I
had grown up in a house where
female molestations of various kinds
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life (and therapist’s time) sorting
through the emotional rubble left
behind after witnessing so much
misogynist violence, I felt doubtful
that my experience mattered – for
the simple reason that I was a man
– compared to the traumas I had
witnessed in the lives of my mother Errol Zshornack, cast member of V-Day FWN 2010
and sisters.
Eve, who’s been a close friend for to leave her behind for weeks at a
many years, was firm, persuasive, time, to photograph raped women
and oracular as usual. She assured in Africa, to a medical doctor tracing
me that I had a story to tell, his own healing vocation back to
believing that I—along with legions a childhood spent watching his
of other men whose lives have mother being beaten by his father.
been affected by the female abuse, It became clear to me (as it already
who’ve secretly hoisted dark crosses was to Eve) that violence against
of shame, outrage, guilt even self- women was not merely a female
loathing—over what we’ve seen, issue; it was a human dilemma
done, not done, not said, throughout twisting the lives and consciences
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perpetrated by members of our sex. the war on female violence nowhere
With this in mind, I sat down to near won, we can no longer afford
write and was stunned by how to keep men’s voices out the
easily my own story emerged; conversation. Writing “Rescue” was
surprised, too, by how profoundly life changing for me. I learned that

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and guilty) in putting an end to this
violent cycle.
After “Rescue” was published,
I was approached by other men
who had stories to tell, from a
photojournalist explaining to his
six-year-old daughter why he needs
you don’t have to be a woman to
suffer from misogyny. So, if you’re a
man with a story to tell, please send
them our way. This column is your
place at the table. We welcome your
testimonies here. It’s far too late in
the day for male guilt by association.
There’s only one team in the human
race. www.markmatousek.com.
(Reprinted with permission from
VDay.org)

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THE SYMBOL AGAINST
SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE
PHILIPPINES
BY NINOTCHKA ROSCA
T
he Purple Rose Campaign was
launched almost a dozen years
ago to highlight the growing
and continuing export of women
of the Philippines into the global
sex trade. Many women had been
murdered, the most known being the
slaughter of Maricris Sioson who died
in Japan from a samurai sword thrust
into her vagina and the scores of
Filipinas killed for insurance by their
husbands in Australia.
The Philippine government labeled
Filipinas leaving for overseas jobs as
“heroes of the economy,” pinpointing
the hundreds of thousands who
entered domestic work in 198
countries. However, not a word
was said about the hundreds of
thousands funneled into prostitution
in such places as Okinawa, Nigeria,
Iraq, Afghanistan and even aboard
“rest-and-recreation” ships of the
US military. Indeed, an institution of
violence will find a way to make use
and even profit from sexual violence
against women, as the recent case
against Blackwater shows, wherein
some were put at risk because a
truck or trucks were being used to
ferry (a) Filipina prostituted woman
or women for the use of certain
operatives.
AF3IRM/GabNet has consistently
opposed the organized prostitution
of women in general and of women
of the Philippines in particular. In
the US, the organization was partly
responsible for the creation and
passage of IMBRA – the International
Marriage Brokers Regulatory Act –
which seeks to impose certain rules
of operation on mail-order bride
agencies.
This was in response to the
increasing number of women,
including Filipinas, murdered by
their husbands. Through the years,
such “intimate partner” murders
have netted the punishment of only
“manslaughter” for the murderers –
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meaning that the killers come out of
prison after as short a term as five
years and a maximum of ten years.
AF3IRM/GabNet believes that the
murder of foreign-born wives should
be considered a “hate crime” – as
many of these killers assume that
the “foreign” or “alien” or “different
race” category of these women
is justification for murder. This
minimal punishment is virtually a
state encouragement, through law,
for the foreign-born women to be
killed. Including such acts among
hate crimes would vastly increase
punishment and acknowledge the
racism embedded in the casual
murder of foreign-born women.
So long as women, especially
foreign-born women, cannot be
physically secure even in their most
basic of relationships, that much
harder will be our goal to end
violence against women, in both
small and large ways. The Purple
Rose Campaign continues its struggle
against both sex and labor trafficking
of women.
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RAE ALMAJOSE recently retired from the corporate
world, is an alumna of College of the Holy Spirit, Manila,
where she earned her bachelor’s degrees in Arts and Business.
Thereafter, she attended the University of San Francisco. Her
passion for the performing arts and music has been the fuel
for her volunteer work at the SF Opera and SF Ballet. Rae
is also a member of the St. Mary’s Cathedral Choir. She is a
proud mother of three daughters – Erin, Hillary, and Noelle
Hancock. Her eldest daughter, Erin, is performing with her
in The Vagina Monologues this year. Rae dedicates her 3rd
inspired participation in The Vagina Monologues to honor
her mother Corazon Garcia Almajose who now lives in the
Philippines.
SABRINA SANDALO is a graduate from the
University of San Francisco with a BA in psychology. This is her
first FWN Vagina Monologues. She is excited to join because
it allows her to use acting as a means to convey a profound
message to the community.
SOL M. MANAAY is the Founder and CEO of Care
On Call, Inc., and the author of a fiction/fairy tale novel,
The Magic Pond and The Elfin Princess. Her third book, The
Golden Rod, is coming out this fall. She is the proud mother
of Solitaire and is currently finishing her MA in Gerontology.
She is committed to ending violence against women.
SONIA DELEN is Senior Vice President at Banc of
America Leasing, a subsidiary of Bank of America. She heads
the Transaction Management unit of its Global Investment
Bank/Large Corporate group. Sonia is President of the St.
Gabriel School Board and member of the Board of Directors
of the Philippine International Aid and served on the Boards
of Support for Families of Children with Disabilities and the
Blind Babies Foundation of San Francisco. She is a charter
member Filipina Women’s Network (FWN). In 2007, Sonia
was selected as one of FWN’s 100 Most Influential Filipina
Women in the United States. Her personal story is featured
in FWN Channel in YouTube (YouTube.com/FWN100) as part
of FWN’s mentoring series. She was the featured guest in
ABS-CBN’s TV episode of Adobo Nation “Big Time Ka Na”
segment originally aired on July 19, 2008. Sonia is one of
two original cast members of the FWN productions of “The
Vagina Monologues.” Sonia graduated from the University of
the Philippines, and enjoys golf, traveling, classical music and
flower arranging. She lives in San Francisco with her husband,
Christopher Fitzsimmons and their three boys: David, Justin
and Matthew.
CREW 2010
AL PEREZ is the founder of Creative i Studio, which
specializes in translating marketing objectives into creative
strategies. He is an award-winning graphic designer,
producing marketing programs from Fortune 500 to
start-up companies. Al is excited to be a part of The Vagina
Monologues journey since 2004 as its art director. Al is a
Commissioner of the SF Entertainment Commission.
BRENDA HARTSHORN is a professional product
and editorial photographer. Her work has been published in
magazines, catalogs, and on corporate websites in US, China,
and France. You can see her work by visiting focus-snare.com.
CONNIE ZHENG is a writer living in San Francisco.
Her works have been published in AsianWeek and Hyphen.
She received her B.A. from the University of California, Davis.
Connie has lived abroad in Japan, England, and China.
She has taught English in Shanghai at a school for migrant
children and recorded the English audio guide to the Museum
of Soong Ching Ling in Shanghai. She currently works as
Client Staff Assistant at Burson-Marsteller.
CHARLES WANG graduated from the University of
California at Berkeley with honors in Physics. He has worked
in the fields of Real Estate and Engineering. He is a former
member of the San Francisco Symphony youth orchestra at
Davis Symphony Hall. Charles has a great passion for music
and performing. Charles performs at various events including
recitals, house parties, yacht parties and is always willing to
expand his venue. He is very grateful to his late cello teacher,
Xiao Fang Lu, who was a great teacher and friend.
DON SANTOS is a retail fragrance specialist, hair
stylist, and make-up artist. In the Philippines, he followed
his two passions to earn a BSBA in Business Management
18 which led to a variety of beauty-related
and Cosmetology,
ventures. Now, that he’s in the U.S., he continues working in
his chosen fields as a retail fragrance specialist for high-end
brands and as a freelance hair stylist and make-up artist.
Don additionally studied for and received his diploma in
Cosmetology here in the U.S. This year’s production of the
The Vagina Monologues in San Francisco marks Don’s sixth
year of support for FWN’s important work.
ELENA MANGAHAS is a Journalism graduate of
the University of the Philippines where she was also active
in theatre production with the University of the Philippines
Repertory Company. From campus theatre she moved into
independent theatre productions until her immigration to
the U.S. She settled in Stockton and continued theatre work
leading to her V-Day involvement in 2004 to this day. Social
service is her day job and Elena serves as chair of Little Manila
Foundation for historic preservation of Filipino American
history in America and the Filipina Women’s Network’s Board
of Directors. Elena was selected 100 Most Influential Filipina
Women in the U.S. by the Filipina Women’s Network in 2007
and awarded Woman of the Year for 2009 by the California
Legislative Women’s Caucus.
FRANKLIN M. RICARTE’S name originates from
President Roosevelt. The motto he lives by is “no day but
today.” His least favorite thing to do is to swim in the ocean.
His legacy is to live a life without regret.
GENEVIEVE DWYER is a true Vagina Warrior
(selected in 2004) volunteering her time unselfishly to helping
women in abusive situations. Her work includes affordable
divorce and family law services.
GENEVIEVE JOPANDA is the events coordinator
for the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, with previous
experience with companies like Zipcar, Hertz and the San
Francisco Chronicle. Gen is currently the President of the
Young Filipino Professionals Association, a member of the
San Francisco-Manila Sister City Committee, a member of the
Filipino American Political Action Committee and founding
member of Citizen Hope. She works with the annual
Filipino American Arts Exposition and Pistahan as its talent
coordinator and executive producer for the Sine! Sine! Film
Festival.
KEN MARQUIS was a child actor with credits
including The Waltons and The Addams Family Halloween
Reunion. More recently, Ken’s behind the scenes producing/
directing activities include theatrical plays & pageants,
television (live and pre-taped) production, and outdoor
cultural/music festivals. Credits include The Vagina
Monologues (stage), Ginoong Pilipinas (stage), Flawless
de Mayo (stage), The Journey: Stephanie Reese (stage),
MSNBC’s The Site hosted by Soledad O’Brien (national
TV), Digital Cam Film Festival (national TV), TechTV’s HDTV
Special (national TV), The Screen Savers (national TV),
DARPA Urban Challenge (corp TV), Pistahan Main Stage
(festival), and the SF Giants Filipino Heritage Night (festival).
Ken lives happily ever after in San Francisco with Al Perez,
his partner of 19 years.
MARILY MONDEJAR is a senior business leader
with wide-ranging global experience as an entrepreneur,
strategist and advisor to leading organizations. Her
extensive work experience as a woman of color and being
financially responsible for her young family steered her
to start her own organization development and career
coaching practice. She advises executives on leadership and
career derailment issues, and consults on corporate image
strategies, merger implications, scenario planning, and how to
maximize performance, through work with executive teams,
alliance-building, and inter-cultural communications. Select
clients included Cemex, Siebel, and Webex. Marily serves
(and has served) on nonprofit boards and commissions
including the Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group, the
Justice and Courage Oversight Panel, Friends of the San
Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, Leadership
California, Filipino American Arts Exposition, Image Industry
Council International, the American Society for Training and
Development, to name a few.
RAYMOND VIRATA is the Art Director at Filipinas
Magazine and volunteer graphic designer for Philippine
International Aid and Filipino American Arts Exposition. Prior
to that, he worked in the Philippine advertising industry for
PAC/BBDO Worldwide and JWT.
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cycle of violence against Filipina
and Asian women and girls by
linking violence to the source that
feeds it: gender inequality. FWN multiplies
the power of its strategies through the
Filipinas Against Violence advocacy
campaign and collaborations with other
women’s groups, domestic violence
agencies, faith-based organizations and
with the local Philippine and U.S.
governments.
RAISING CONSCIOUSNESS
Since 2004, FWN has collaborated with
Eve Ensler’s V-Day organization (a global
movement to stop violence against
women and girls) empowering and
celebrating women and their sexuality
with a festival of theatre, comedy, and the
spoken word highlighted by the all-Filipina
and all-Asian performances of The Vagina
Monologues. 2006 marked the first
Tagalog version (Usaping Puki) performed
in the U.S.
FILIPINO MEN AGAINST
VIOLENCE
At The Vagina Monologues performances,
we ask the men and boys in the audience
to imprint their hands on paper and
canvas and pledge “These Hands Are Not
Going To Hurt Asian Women and Girls.”
PREVENTION
Interrupting the cycle of violence is vital;
stopping violence before it starts, is
crucial. FWN responds in three ways:
(1) the publication of the V-Diaries, an
anti-violence resource guide distributed
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founded in Southern California by
Joyce Valera Kim in honor of her
mother Lorie Valera Kim who was
a battered wife. She grew up a witness to
violence in her home and as a child felt
helpless unable to comfort her mother. She
wondered if there were people who could
have helped or domestic violence shelters or
agencies who could get her mother out of
an abusive marriage.
A true vagina warrior, Joyce started
volunteering her time to other direct
services centers including the California
Partnership to End Domestic Violence
(CPEDV) in California. With a network of
volunteers, Joyce utilizes her medical
training in raising awareness about
domestic violence and in providing direct
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during the V-Day FWN shows in San
Francisco, New York and Washington DC
and distributed nationwide; (2) anti-
domestic violence training workshops;
(3) anger management workshops for
men and boys. The cast and crew
members are invited to participate in
anti-domestic violence trainings to
strengthen the growing numbers of
trained advocates and peer counselors
in the Filipino and Asian community.
COLLABORATIONS
FWN draws attention to the serious
domestic violence problem in the Filipino
community by partnering with domestic
violence agencies in San Francisco, New
York and Washington DC: the California
Partnership to End Domestic Violence
(CPEDV), the Domestic Violence
Consortium, the San Francisco
Commission on the Status of Women,
CONNECT, APICHA, Filipino organizations,
local governments, the Philippine
consulates, professional women’s
associations, faith-based organizations
and for-profit corporations.
COURTWATCH
FWN tracks domestic violence cases
involving Filipina women. Attending court
hearings, sentencings, police ride-alongs,
leading awareness sessions at police
academies, and staffing DV hotlines are
just a few of the activities FWN members
and V-Day FWN cast and crew, currently
participate. Bringing the voices of
advocates together bring our issues
center stage.
help to DV victims not only in the U.S.
but also the Philippines. Every year, she
raises money to bring volunteers from the
Philippines to attend the domestic violence
trainings and conferences in the U.S. so
they can share their learnings with their
respective organizations based all over the
Philippines.
Joyce has a BS in Biological Sciences
from the University of the Philippines, a BS
in Medical Technology from Southwestern
University, an AS in Nursing from the State
University of New York and a medical
degree from Southwestern University. She
completed a two year Resident Physician
training at the University of California Irvine.
For more info, email Joyce at zedajoy@
yahoo.com.
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ABOUT V-DAY
-Day is a global movement to
end violence against women
and girls that raises funds and
awareness through benefit
productions of Playwright/
Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play
The Vagina Monologues and other artistic
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works.
In 2009, more than 4000 V-Day events
took place in the U.S. and around the
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world. To date, the V-Day movement has
raised over $70 million and educated
millions about the issue of violence
and consciousness, it will unify and work with women in prison, which won
strengthen existing anti-violence the Freedom of Expression Award at
efforts. Triggering far-reaching Sundance and was shown on PBS. Eve has
awareness, it will lay the groundwork written numerous articles for Glamour
for new educational, protective, and Magazine, Marie Claire, Huffington Post,
legislative endeavors throughout the 5TNE 2EADER, as well as a regular column
world. in O Magazine. She has won many awards
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end the violence. monologues, I Am an Emotional Creature,
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against women and the efforts to end it, movement and community. 2010.
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and PSA campaigns, launched the Karama HOW TO STAY IN
program in the Middle East, reopened SPOTLIGHT ON TOUCH WITH V-DAY
shelters, and funded over 5000 WOMEN OF THE For more information about VDay,
community-based anti-violence programs For more information on the Stop
as well as safe houses in Kenya, South DEMOCRATIC 2APING /UR 'REATEST 2ESOURCE 0OWER 4O the global movement to end violence
Dakota, REPUBLIC OF CONGO The Women And Girls Of The Democratic against women and girls, please visit
Egypt and Each year V-Day increases awareness
Iraq. In June by focusing on a specific group of women
2006, V-Day in the world who are resisting violence
launched the with courage and vision. In 2010, V-Day’s
V-DAY: Spotlight Campaign will once again
UNTIL THE highlight the atrocities being committed
against the women and girls of
VIOLENCE STOPS festival in NYC which
$EMOCRATIC 2EPUBLIC OF #ONGO $2# 
invited thousands of New Yorkers to stand
2EPUBLIC /F #ONGO #AMPAIGN PLEASE VISIT
www.vday.org/congo
ABOUT EVE ENSLER
Eve Ensler is a playwright, performer
and activist. She is the award-winning
author of The Vagina Monologues, which
has been published in 45 languages and
the VDay web site at www.vday.org. To
stay informed about events, actions, and
opportunities for participation, sign up
for V-Mail, the movement’s online
newsletter at www.vday.org/vmail.
2010 GLOBAL V-DAY
up and join V-Day in making New York
City the safest place on earth for women
and girls. In 2008, V-Day celebrated its
10th Anniversary in New Orleans with
over 30,000 activists attending V TO THE
TENTH.
The V-Day movement is growing at a
rapid pace throughout the world, in 130
countries from Europe to Asia, Africa and
the Caribbean, and all of North America.
V-Day, a non-profit corporation, distributes
funds to grassroots, national and
international organizations and programs
that work to stop violence against women
and girls. In 2001, V-Day was named one
of Worth Magazine’s “100 Best Charities”
and in 2006 one of Marie Claire
Magazine’s Top Ten Charities. The ‘V’ in
V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and
Vagina. www.vday.org.
V-DAY MISSION
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violence toward women.
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$AY IS A VISION 7E SEE A WORLD WHERE
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of war to torture and humiliate women
and girls. This systemic sexual violence
and femicide not only destroys women
and young girls but also entire families
and communities. Survivors often suffer in
silence, fearing stigma and ostracism. In
addition to the severe psychological
impact, many survivors are left with
genital lesions, traumatic fistulae and
other physical wounds, as well as
unwanted pregnancies and sexually
transmitted infections. Local response to
support survivors is hindered by a lack of
resources. There is near total impunity for
these crimes as perpetrators almost
always walk free.
In 2010, V-Day and UNICEF, together
with UN and NGO partners, are working
with V-Day organizers around the world to
MAKE A DIFFERENCE $2# HAS BEEN CALLED
the worst humanitarian crisis in the world
and the widest interstate war in modern
African history. Fueled by the exploitation
of the country’s rich natural resources by
foreign and local armies and private
enterprises, the war has directly affected
performed in over 120 countries. She is
SPONSORS
also the founder/artistic director of V-Day, Dramatists Play Service / Amanda
the global movement to end violence +EIDAN *EWELRY  ,5.!  2ANDOM
against women and girls, which has raised House / Shawn & Shane / Vosges
nearly 60 million dollars and recently Haut-Chocolat
celebrated its tenth anniversary at
the Louisiana Superdome in New
Orleans in April 2008. Eve’s plays
include Necessary Targets,
Conviction, Lemonade, The Depot,
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Extraordinary Measures and The !
Good Body, which she performed !
on Broadway, followed by a
national tour. Both The Good Body !
and The Vagina Monologues are !
now being performed throughout
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2006, Eve’s play, The Treatment,
premiered at the Culture Project in
New York City. O.P.C., her newest
work, will debut this summer at NY
Stage and Film at Vassar College. In
2006, Eve released her first
nonfiction book, Insecure At Last:
A Political Memoir, and co-edited A
women live safely and freely. the lives of 50 million Congolese. Since -EMORY ! -ONOLOGUE ! 2ANT AND
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battery, genital mutilation and sexual
slavery must end now.
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should spend their lives creating and
thriving rather than surviving or
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a Prayer, an anthology of writings
than any war since World War II, either as about violence against women.
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