<p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">North Adams Mayor Richard J. Alcombright joins the ONE BILLION RISING Campaign by issuing a Proclamation declaring Thursday,
February 14, 2013, as "One Billion Rising Day. 6pm Dance Party in Pittsfield also launches 10X10 Upstreet Art Festival.<b> Updated Schedule of Events Below. </b><br></span></font></p><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal">
<font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span><br></span></b></span></font></p><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEAS</span></b><b><span>E</span></b></span></font></p>
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</span></font><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span>Contacts: </span></b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Janis Broderick, Executive Director, The Elizabeth Freeman Center</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="tel:413-499-2425" value="+14134992425" target="_blank">413-499-2425</a>, <a href="mailto:broderick@elizabethfreemancenter.org" target="_blank">broderick@elizabethfreemancenter.org</a></span></font></p>
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</span></font><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Kristen van Ginhoven, Artistic Director, WAM Theatre </span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="tel:518-243-9627" value="+15182439627" target="_blank">518-243-9627</a>, <a href="mailto:kristen@wamtheatre.com" target="_blank">kristen@wamtheatre.com</a></span></font></p>
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</span></font><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Nina Molin, MD, Ananda Health Center for Integrative Medicine</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p style="text-align:right" class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:nrmolin@gmail.com" target="_blank">nrmolin@gmail.com</a></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>BERKSHIRE COUNTY JOINS
‘ONE BILLION RISING’ ON FEBRUARY 14, 2013 </b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span> </span></b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">On <b>Thursday, February 14, 2013</b>, Berkshire County will join with
activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in
the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against
women and girls. </span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Organizers all across
Berkshire County are planning February 14 events to strike, dance, and
RISE, demanding an end at last to violence against
women. <br></span></font></p><ul><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In <b>North Adams</b>, Mayor Richard J. Alcombright will issue a Proclamation honoring The Elizabeth Freeman Center of The Berkshires and declaring Thursday, February 14, 2013, as "One Billion Rising Day." <br>
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</li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>1:30: </b>Miss Halls school in <b>Pittsfield</b> perform the dance together as a community.</span></font></li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>4pm:</b> Flash
mob in front of Scruti on Railroad Street in <b>Great Barrington</b>.<br></span></font></li><li><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>6pm-9pm:</b> ONE BILLION
RISING 10x10 Upstreet Dance Party Upstairs at Spice Dragon on North Street in
<b>Pittsfield</b>. <br></span></font></li></ul><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">See detailed schedule for Dance Party below.<br>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">“When you watch the ONE BILLION
RISING video, in three short minutes you see the painful, common acts of
violence women experience all over the world, and then you are swept with the
passion and determination of women rising to act against it, even within the
face of it. Think about it, one in three women in this world are
beaten and raped, and our community is not immune”, says dance party organizer Nina Molin,
MD. “It has to stop and we all must participate.”</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ONE BILLION RISING began as a call to action 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. One billion women violated is an atrocity.
One billion women dancing is a revolution. For more information go to <a href="http://onebillionrising.org" target="_blank">onebillionrising.org</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR DANCE: <br>
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6:00pm-6:30pm<br>
Arrive<br>
Get a drink and some food<br>
Watch One Billion Rising Break the Chain video in anticipation of learning the Dance<br></span></font>
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630PM<br>
Welcome by Janis Broderick of the Elizabeth Freeman Center<br>
Eve Ensler RISING Read by Kristen van Ginhoven of WAM Theatre<br>
One Billion Rising Video<br>
Break the Chain Dance with Karen Allison<br></span></font>
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7:45PM<br>
Three Staged Readings from I Am an Emotional Creature by Eve Ensler<br>
Read by Leandra Sharron, Alyssa Breguet and Harryet Candee<br></span></font>
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8:30PM<br>
Door Prizes Announced!<br></span></font>
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Throughout the evening:<br>
Dancing with DJ Fern</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Make your own T-Shirt for the Elizabeth Freeman Center Clothesline Project</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cash Bar<br></span></font>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This is one of the launch events for the 10x10 Upstreet Art
Festival running in Pittsfield, February 14-24.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Fact Sheet for the 6pm
ONE BILLION RISING 10x10 Upstreet Dance Party</b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>DATE:</b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thursday, February 14, 2013</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>TIME:</b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">6pm-9pm</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Upstairs @ Spice Dragon, 297 North Street, Pittsfield, MA</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>COST:</b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">$10</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>HOW TO GET TICKETS
FOR THE 6pm DANCE:</b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>In Person:</b> Bagels
Too or Bisques, Beads and Beyond</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Bagels Too, 166 North St Pittsfield, MA 01201</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Bisques, Beads and Beyond, 141 North
St Pittsfield, MA 01201</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Phone:</b>
<a href="tel:1-800-838-3006" value="+18008383006" target="_blank">1-800-838-3006</a></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Web</b>:<b> </b><a href="http://onebillionrising10x10upstreetdanceparty.bpt.me" target="_blank">http://onebillionrising10x10upstreetdanceparty.bpt.me</a></span></font></p>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>ONE BILLION RISING
10x10 Upstreet Dance Party SPONSORS:</b></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ananda Health Center for Integrative Medicine, Berkshire
OB/GYN, Blue Q, Cain Hibbard & Myers, Canyon Ranch, Elizabeth Freeman
Center, The Gateways Inn, Gotterer Dental, HAVEN: Human/Animal Violence
Education Network, Lisa Kantor, Seven Hills Inn and WAM Theatre. <br><br>To see a
current list of Berkshire County events go to: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/WesternMaRising/events" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/WesternMaRising/events</a>
and click on Western MA Rising @ Berkshires or go to <a href="http://onebillionrising.org" target="_blank">onebillionrising.org</a> and
click on ‘find a rising near you’. <span></span>
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>About One Billion Rising<br>
</b><span>One in three women on the planet is
raped or beaten in her lifetime. That is ONE BILLION WOMEN violated. One
billion daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, lovers and friends. On 14th
February 2013, V-Day's 15th Anniversary, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and
those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this
violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating women and men to
dance across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective
strength, our numbers and our solidarity across borders. Join V-Day and ONE
BILLION RISING today and SAY NO to violence against women and girls. To sign up
and learn more, visit </span><a href="http://www.onebillionrising.org/" title="www.onebillionrising.org" target="_blank"><span>www.onebillionrising.org</span></a><span></span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>About V-Day<br>
</b><span>V-Day is a global activist movement
to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through
benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler's award winning play <i>The
Vagina Monologues </i>and other artistic works. In 2012, volunteer activists
ran over 5,800 V-Day benefit events in the U.S. and around the world, educating
millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls. To
date, the V-Day movement has raised over $90 million and educated millions,
crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns, reopened shelters,
and funded over 14,000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses
in Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq.
Over 300 million people have seen a V-Day benefit event in their community.
V-Day has received numerous acknowledgements including Worth Magazine's 100
Best Charities, Marie Claire Magazine's Top Ten Charities, one of the Top-Rated
organizations on Philanthropedia/Guidestar and Great Nonprofits. V-Day's newest
campaign is ONE BILLION RISING which will culminate on February 14, 2013 with a
global action worldwide. </span><a href="http://www.vday.org/" title="www.vday.org" target="_blank"><span>www.vday.org</span></a><span></span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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