Journey to Joy - Turning Pain to Power

Bay Area Rising  is a powerful feminist network of artists, spiritual leaders, and activists dedicated to ending violence against women and girls.

BAR was formed in 2012 as a call to action from VDay’s One Billion Rising movement, based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION women and girls.

BAR is a 501(c)3 non-profit (staffed by volunteers) that contributes a portion of proceeds to front-line service organizations that advocates for the fierceness and resiliency of women and girls. Our events inspire our community to heal through performance ritual, dance and activism. Some of the organizations that we have supported are: IDEX, 1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence, the American Indian Child Resource Center, Himalayan Sisterhood, Black Lives Matter, and several other local groups.

Bay Area Rising is dedicated to the principle that we must keep having these performances until violence against women and girls is eradicated from our planet.

                     And this year.....BAY AREA RISING AND V-DAY PRESENT ......

Journey to Joy - Turning Pain to Power: An evening of revolutionary film, talk, drumming, and dance to end violence against women. 

This year we are featuring the film CITY OF JOY, a film about the revolutionalry leadership center for women survivors of gender violence in Eastern Congo. 

Joining us will be City of Joy co-founders, women's rights activist Christine Schuler-Deschryver, and radical feminist Eve Ensler.

Also at the performance that night will be Drummer Afia Walking Tree, Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company, and She The People Founder Aimee Allison.

When: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019  6:00 PM Doors Open 7:00 PM  Start

Where: OAKLAND’S HISTORIC GRAND LAKE THEATER

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