Statement
Proceeds to benefited V-Day, Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence and Casa Amiga Crisis Center (Juarez, Mexico)
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The WRC partnered with PSYC 190 to raise awareness about global gender violence. On the first day of the campaign, we covered the campus with 960 facts about gender violence (960 women die each day in the US as a result of gender violence). Students from PSYC 190 and WRC staff passed out brochures about the various community anti-violence resources. We also held the Violence Against Women Film Series, which drew over 50 people. The post-film discussions were insightful and lively.
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We celebrated the second annual SJSU Love Your Body Week by inviting the Phat Fly Girls, a plus-sized hip-hop dance troupe to show us just how well big girls can move! The event drew nearly 100 people into the SU amphitheater. Marina Wolfe, the Fly Girls' artistic director, taught several willing volunteers how to move. We followed up the performance with a discussion witht the Girls on body image, fat-phobia and size discrimination.
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The Clothesline Project, Silicon Valley displayed a moving piece on violence against women and girls. First displayed at "Take Back The Night", the Clothesline is a visual testiment to the lives affected by violence. On May 7, 2003 we hosted The Clothesline in the Art Quad, inviting members of the SJSU community to decorate a shirt to honor their personal exeriences, or the experiences of a woman close to them. The shirts are coded according to the age the abuse first began - from infant "onesies" to adult t-shirts. They are also color coded - black for victims (those who have died) and white for survivors. The t-shirts are now a part of The Clothesline's permanent collection.
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April is Sexual Violence Awareness Month, and to educate our campus about the nationwide problem of date rape, we held our Second Annual Take Back The Night Event on April 11. The annual protest and rally involved Bernard Mungin, co-chair of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance as well as Angelina Fernandez, President of the Feminst Majority Leadership Alliance and an Intervention/Prevention Specialist with the YWCA Rape Crisis Center. Our keynote speaker was world reknowned cultural critic Riane Eisler, the founder of The Center for Partnership Studies. After a very moving "Survivor Speakout," in which members of the audience were invited to tell their stories of survival, we marched around campus and in to the surrounding neighborhoods. Despite taunting from several fraternity houses, the marchers demanded an end to sexual violence against all people. The event ended with an art activity.
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On March 6, the WRC and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance kicked off Women's History Month with a bang! In one of the largest events in Women's Resource Center History, almost 500 people watched the first ever V-Day College Campaign on our campus. Featuring an all-star cast of SJSU students and staff, the audience was moved to tears by both the dramatic and comedic looks at life with a vagina. The event raised more than $3000 to benefit the Women's Resource Center, the YWCA Rape Crisis Center, and the Support Network for Battered Women.
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