{"id":60777,"date":"2013-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-students-dance-to-highlight-violence-against-women-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2013-02-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T00:00:00","slug":"uri-students-dance-to-highlight-violence-against-women-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/02\/uri-students-dance-to-highlight-violence-against-women-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 students dance to highlight violence against women worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tEvent is part of One Billion Rising day in 195 countries<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, Feb. 12, 2013 \u2013 Most celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day with flowers and chocolate, but what about a jig to mark the One Billion Rising day of action, highlighting violence against women.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 students on Feb. 14 are encouraged to twist and shout at three booths on campus to call attention to the startling fact that one in three women is raped or beaten in her lifetime. With the world\u2019s population at 7 billion, this adds up to 1 billion women and girls.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis crucial event for our campus supports women victimized by sexual violence,\u201d says Ashley Tennant, a 溏心vlog免费B站 senior and student intern at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Peer Advocates, the campus group sponsoring the celebratory dance. \u201cWe also want to help prevent more violence against women. This day is truly inspiring. We hope students, faculty, and staff join us.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nTwo booths will be set up from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Memorial Union. The other booth will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hope Commons dining hall. Students will also hand out information about sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.<\/p>\n

The 溏心vlog免费B站 project is part of a worldwide movement initiated by Eve Ensler, author of the enormously popular play \u201cThe Vagina Monologues.\u201d Dance parties, rallies, and performances will be held on Feb. 14 throughout the United States, as well as 194 other countries in places as different as Britain and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n


\n Ensler says the flash mob dance throughout the world will be a \u201cfeminist tsunami.\u201d Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Yoko Ono, and other celebrities are expected to participate, along with poets, dancers, public officials, writers, and activists.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cWhen One Billion bodies rise and dance on February 14, we will join in solidarity, purpose and energy, and shake the world into a new consciousness,\u201d Ensler told the Huffington Post. \u201cDancing is dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, and disruptive. It breaks the rules. It can happen at any time with anyone and everyone. It\u2019s free. No corporation can control it. It joins us and pushes us to go further.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 students are encouraged to continue their global day of action at a Zumba exercise class from 6 to 6:45 p.m. at the Mackal Field House. Admission for \u201cZumbaLove\u201d is $5. Members are free. Money will be donated to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services.<\/p>\n


\nTo cap off the month\u2019s activities, performances of \u201cThe Vagina Monologues\u201d will be held at 8 p.m. Feb. 28, March 1, and March 2 in Edwards Auditorium. Tickets are $7 for students, and $10 for general admission. Proceeds also benefit Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services.<\/p>\n


\nThe play is co-sponsored by Peer Advocates; We\u2019re Offering Women Wisdom, or W.O.W.W.; the Women\u2019s Center; and the LGBTQ Center. <\/p>\n


\nFor more information about the dance and exercise class, please call Keith Labelle, assistant director of the Women\u2019s Center, at 401-874-9293 or e-mail him at peerinfo@etal.uri.edu. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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