Jane Fonda and Wendy Greuel to Speak at Free "Jazz for Justice" Event February 14, 6:30pm at CBS

Free festivities start promptly at 6:30 pm and end at 7:30 pm. Arrive early for complimentary parking on the lot and to locate us on New York Street. Free t-shirts while supplies last.

Featured performers include smooth sultry crooners: Jody Jaress, Laura Pursell, Anita Robles, Cathy Segal-Garcia and her Fish To Birds vocal group, Danielle Skalsky, Linda A. Smith, Perlene Thurston; talented maestros: bassist Clarence Robinson, pianist Joel Scott, guitarist David Smith, drummer Michael Rosen.

There will be a belly dancing presentation and flash mob dance (choreographed by Debbie Allen) to “Break the Chain.” Learn the dance from the how to video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbiVOEk1R08.

Stay afterwards and peruse tables by: Haven Hills (hosting an art project from a Window between Worlds; Peace Over Violence, Valley Trauma Center, Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Program of SFV Community Mental Health Center), V-Day Studio City (announcing their 2014 The Vagina Monologues show on March 28-29 at The Federal in the Noho Arts District).

This is the first time there’s been a One Billion Rising campaign held in the San Fernando Valley and I’m honored to have had the opportunity to help organize it in my hometown.

On the same day, activists in 169 countries on six continents, including newest additions - Albania, Benin, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Guyana, Jamaica, Lesotho, Luxembourg, and Slovenia – are planning to RISE in support of V-Day International’s 2014 global campaign, “One Billion Rising for Justice.”

V-Day is a non-profit organization created by Eve Ensler, author of “The Vagina Monologues.” 

ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME. THAT IS ONE BILLION WOMEN.

WOMEN AND MEN EVERYWHERE ARE BEING CALLED UPON TO HARNESS THEIR POWER AND IMAGINATION TO RISE FOR JUSTICE.

Sign up/ RSVP: http://www.obrlosangeles.org/one_billion_rising_for_justice_valley

Spread the word to friends, family, cohorts, and associates.  You can make a difference!!!

For more information about OBR, follow the link:

http://www.onebillionrising.org/

To get involved with V-Day and ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE:

One Billion Rising was the biggest mass action in human history.  The campaign began as a call to action based on the staggering UN 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. 

On 14 February 2013, people across the world came together to strike, dance, and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end at last to violence against women. Over 10,000 events took place on the ground and the campaign took over media and social media worldwide for 48 hours, trending in 7 countries – 4x in the US alone.  

The wildly successful grassroots campaign was covered widely by media in all corners of world including The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and many more. www.onebillionrising.org.

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. 

The V-Day movement has raised over $100 million; educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it; crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns; reopened shelters; and funded over 13,000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses in Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt, and Iraq. 

V-Day has received numerous acknowledgements and awards and is, one of the Top-Rated organizations on both Charity Navigator and Guidestar.   vday.org