[Capdist-announce] PR: Added Berkshire Events for this week's February 14 Global ONE BILLION RISING Day

Mon Feb 11 21:18:14 EST 2013

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.* Updated Schedule of Events Below. *

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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEAS**E*

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*Contacts: *

Janis Broderick, Executive Director, The Elizabeth Freeman Center

413-499-2425, broderick at elizabethfreemancenter.org

Kristen van Ginhoven, Artistic Director, WAM Theatre

518-243-9627, kristen at wamtheatre.com

Nina Molin, MD, Ananda Health Center for Integrative Medicine

nrmolin at gmail.com

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*BERKSHIRE COUNTY JOINS ‘ONE BILLION RISING’ ON FEBRUARY 14, 2013 *

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On *Thursday, February 14, 2013*, 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.

Organizers all across Berkshire County are planning February 14 events to
strike, dance, and RISE, demanding an end at last to violence against
women.

   - In *North Adams*, 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."
    - *1:30: *Miss Halls school in *Pittsfield* perform the dance together
   as a community.
   - *4pm:* Flash mob in front of Scruti on Railroad Street in *Great
   Barrington*.
   - *6pm-9pm:* ONE BILLION RISING 10x10 Upstreet Dance Party Upstairs at
   Spice Dragon on North Street in *Pittsfield*.

See detailed schedule for Dance Party below.

“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.”

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 onebillionrising.org

*SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR DANCE:
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6:00pm-6:30pm
Arrive
Get a drink and some food
Watch One Billion Rising Break the Chain video in anticipation of learning
the Dance

630PM
Welcome by Janis Broderick of the Elizabeth Freeman Center
Eve Ensler RISING Read by Kristen van Ginhoven of WAM Theatre
One Billion Rising Video
Break the Chain Dance with Karen Allison

7:45PM
Three Staged Readings from I Am an Emotional Creature by Eve Ensler
Read by Leandra Sharron, Alyssa Breguet and Harryet Candee

8:30PM
Door Prizes Announced!

Throughout the evening:
Dancing with DJ Fern

Make your own T-Shirt for the Elizabeth Freeman Center Clothesline Project

Cash Bar

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 This is one of the launch events for the 10x10 Upstreet Art Festival
running in Pittsfield, February 14-24.

*Fact Sheet for the 6pm ONE BILLION RISING 10x10 Upstreet Dance Party*

*DATE:*

Thursday, February 14, 2013

*TIME:*

6pm-9pm

*LOCATION:*

Upstairs @ Spice Dragon, 297 North Street, Pittsfield, MA

*COST:*

$10

*HOW TO GET TICKETS FOR THE 6pm DANCE:*

*In Person:* Bagels Too or Bisques, Beads and Beyond

Bagels Too, 166 North St  Pittsfield, MA 01201

Bisques, Beads and Beyond, 141 North St  Pittsfield, MA 01201

*Phone:* 1-800-838-3006

*Web*:* *http://onebillionrising10x10upstreetdanceparty.bpt.me

*ONE BILLION RISING 10x10 Upstreet Dance Party SPONSORS:*
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.

To see a current list of Berkshire County events go to:
http://www.facebook.com/WesternMaRising/events and click on Western MA
Rising @ Berkshires or go to onebillionrising.org and click on ‘find a
rising near you’.

*About One Billion Rising
*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 www.onebillionrising.org

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*About V-Day
*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 *The Vagina Monologues *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. www.vday.org

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Kristen van Ginhoven
Artistic Director, WAM Theatre
518-243-9627
www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com>
http://www.facebook.com/WAMTheatre

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