Vermont Law School students will host a V-Day event with playwright Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, in Chase Community Center on the VLS campus. Event proceeds will benefit Safeline, a local nonprofit that works to end physical, emotional, and sexual violence.
V-Day is a global movement to increase awareness and provide support for anti-violence organizations. It generates broader attention to the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation, and sex slavery.
Sponsored by Law Students for Reproductive Justice, V-Day at VLS will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. followed at 7:15 p.m. by an adaptation of Ensler's award-winning play, based on interviews with more than 200 women. For more than a decade, "The Vagina Monologues" has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public and brought a deeper consciousness to the conversation around ending violence against women and girls. While some monologues are playful and hilarious, many seek to heal where a patriarchal society has hurt.
Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door, with all proceeds benefitting Safeline. To purchase tickets or for more information about the program, visit eventbrite.com or email Ivy-Victoria Otradovec '17 at IvyVictoriaOtradovec@vermontlaw.edu. For more information about V-Day, visit vday.org. For more information about Safeline, visit orgsites.com/vt/safeline1.