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The Fall River V-Day
Committee hosted and event full of free music and dancing at Government
Center on February 14, 2013, Valentine's Day. V-Day,
an international movement started in 1998 to end violence against women
and girls. It serves as a catalyst that promotes creative events to
increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing
anti-violence organizations. The Fall River V-Day group, which started
two years ago, is headed by Annemarie Sharkey. For the 15th anniversary
of V-Day, a "One Billion
Rising" event was launched to bring attention to the number of
women who are victims of violence around the world. “It’s a chance
to rise and dare to say, 'We won’t take violence against women
anymore," said Sharkey. The event was sponsored by United
Neighbors of Fall River and BMC
HealthNet and attended by members of the City Council and
neighborhood associations. Click
here for a 
vide of the event. Click
here for the Herald News article. For more information,
contact Wendy
Garf-Lipp at United Neighbors at 508-324-7900. |
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(Top row, left and right) Band member Peter Bento tunes up his guitar before Mike Ramos belts out some rock tunes to start the event off. (Top row, center) Earle Guadette from the Niagara Neighborhood Association welcomes Brenda Ritz and Julie Kelly at the registration table where tickets were on sale for the upcoming Vagina Monologues to be performed at the Earle Performing Arts Center in March. (Middle row) V-Day Chairwoman Annemarie Sharkey introduces City Coucil President Linda Pereira for some remarks about violence against women before delivering a piece from the V-Day Committee. (Bottom row) Cecelia Porche, Jul-mi Cho and Jennifer Thompson from the District Attorney's Office distribute information about violence against women and girls along with Jordan Nim, Jason Fournier and Marco Andrade as the V-Day group dances. |
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