Giving Gratitude, Giving Joy, #Giving Tuesday Today is #GivingTuesday. As we enter the Giving season, we invite you to support the work of women leaders in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya who are pushing boundaries and creating spaces born from the vision of local women survivors where women…

Ready to Rise? Join One Billion Rising 2021: Rising Gardens Rising Gardens is a defiant creative call for revival, restoration and transformation. Gardens as a compassionate call for justice – because one of the greatest injustices of our time has been the destruction and eradication of Mother Earth, parallel to…

A committee of youth activists, in collaboration with V-Day, One Billion Rising, and A Call to Men are excited to announce the YOUTH ART CONTEST: CALL FOR ENTRIES Welcome to the Dismantle Patriarchy Contest Attention: College Students Everywhere Across the Globe High School Students in the New York City Area…

A Meaningful Journey: Discussing Re-entry with New Hours’ Emerge Program: In today’s world, where second chances are often hard to come by, some organizations stand as beacons of Hope for those who have faced the challenges of reentry into society after incarceration. New Hour, a remarkable non-profit organization, is one…

V (formerly Eve Ensler) joined fellow featured speakers today at the International Women’s Day – Abortion On Demand & Without Apology” protest in NYC’s Union Square. “The Supreme Court is on track to gut or overturn women’s fundamental right to abortion by late spring. Already Texas is under a near…

View newsletter as PDF»   On a dusky winter evening in November, the little lanes of the drowsy village of Rakkar lit up with a gentle trail of candles and the reverberations of 40 voices singing for a safer and more just society for women. Together with Anganwadi workers, members…

Gabriel Sanchez’ article “Here’s What It’s Like For A Woman To Serve Life In Prison” (Buzzfeed, September 12, 2019, by Gabriel H. Sanchez) highlights the work of Sara Bennet’s “PhotovilleNYC”, who represented me in the early 90’s when I was applying for clemency. My first petition was sent when Governor…

“Women’s prison opens nursery for mothers, babies behind bars” (The Blade, September 16, 2019, Kaitlin Durbin) The women’s prison in Marysville, Ohio has just opened up a new $2 million dollar addition to their nursery for women to promote family bonding. It is refreshing to know that some states in…

I am having the most incredible experience of trying to find housing after being incarcerated for 39 years. The graces have been with me and I have a dream job thanks to the connections I acquired while incarcerated, yet the picture is still not complete. I need a place to…

Opioid addiction is just one component of mass incarceration. In the past several years it has bombarded our daily news feed. We hear about the opioid crisis throughout the United States and different approaches to ending it, creating safe measures to eliminate overdoses or finding ways to help people who…