This is a very exciting time of year for SAFER, because this is the time of year when students across the country sign up for V-Day and start organizing productions of The Vagina Monologues, screenings of Until the Violence Stops, and other V-Day events (there are five to choose from this year!). Why is this exciting for SAFER? Because without V-Day organizers, or Vagina Warriors as they’re called, lots of what SAFER does would not be possible. At all.
About 44% of our funding last year came from the proceeds of V-Day events on campuses. Students at schools like Bentley College, Roosevelt University, Manhattanville College, Babson College, Depaul University, Arcadia University, Valparaiso University, and others organized V-Day events, and donated some of the proceeds to us as an organization working to end violence against women and girls (the V-Day mission).
This funding is crucial for us, especially this year. Our new Campus Activist Mentoring Program is one of the most exciting things we’ve ever offered, and we want to sustain it throughout this year and the years to come. Our new College Sexual Assault Policies Database needs funding too.
If you’re looking for a way to make a real impact in your community, being a V-Day organizer is a fantastic way to support organizations working to end violence, and to raise awareness in those around you of the global problem of violence against women and girls. Here’s where to sign up for the V-Day College Campaign.
