About Us

V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sex slavery. V-Day benefit events take place, produced by volunteer activists, in over 140 countries around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls both locally and globally. This year our benefit will be one of thousands of events around the world, channeling their creative energy into making a difference as part of the V-Day Campaign. It is our intention to make V-Day Truro 2019 a huge success. This will be possible, in large part, through the assistance and generosity of sponsors.

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What are The Vagina Monologues?

The New York Times called The Vagina Monologues, “probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade." The play - first performed Off-Broadway and in locations around the world by Ms. Ensler - dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement in women’s experiences.  V–Day grew out of the play which exploded onto the scene in 1998, breaking taboos about women’s sexuality and shattering silence around violence done to women and girls.

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MISSION STATEMENT

• V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women.

• V-Day is a vision: We see a world where women live safely and freely.

• V-Day is a demand: Rape, incest, battery, genital mutilation and sexual slavery must end now.

• V-Day is a spirit: We believe women should spend their lives creating and thriving rather than surviving or recovering from terrible atrocities.

• V-Day is a catalyst: By raising money and consciousness, it will unify and strengthen existing anti-violence efforts. Triggering far-reaching awareness, it will lay the groundwork for new educational, protective, and legislative endeavors throughout the world.

• V-Day is a process: We will work as long as it takes. We will not stop until the violence stops.

• V-Day is a day. We proclaim Valentine's Day as V-Day, to celebrate women and end the violence.

• V-Day is a fierce, wild, unstoppable movement and community. Join us!

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​The Colchester Sexual Assault Centre (CSAC) is a not-for-profit community based organization dedicated to strengthening and empowering survivors of sexualized violence (sexual abuse, sexual assault and sexual trauma) and their families and friends. The CSAC provides free, confidential trauma-informed counselling and support to all genders affected by sexualized violence, and works toward the prevention of sexualized violence by way of education, presentations and awareness raising events. The CSAC leads the Colchester-East Hants Sexualized Violence Community Network in order to improve services and supports for survivors by coordinating a collaborative and comprehensive community response to sexualized violence in Colchester East Hants. The CSAC’s moto is Courage, Strength and Hope. www.colchestersac.ca Located at 35 Commercial St. Suite 403 in Truro, NS

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