The Vagina Monologues Student Performances Raise Awareness and $7,485 For Rape Crisis Center
(Mahwah) – A total of $7,485.99 was raised during three Ramapo College of New Jersey student performances of The Vagina Monologues, a national stage sensation created by Eve Ensler and based on interviews with more than 200 women. All proceeds were donated to the YWCA Rape Crisis Center of Bergen County.
V-Day is a global movement to raise awareness and money to stop violence against women and girls. Megan Callahan, a Ramapo student, director of The Vagina Monologues and the college’s V-Day coordinator, said that V-Day generates wide attention to the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls. In addition, she said that V-Day helps provide funding to create and nurture innovative programs to stop the violence.
The first V-Day was held on Valentine’s Day 1998 in New York, featuring a gala performance of The Vagina Monologues with celebrated artists including Winona Ryder, Glenn Close, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, Lily Tomlin, Calista Flockhart, Rosie Perez and Marisa Tomei. Nearly 40 students participated in the Ramapo College production of The Vagina Monologues.
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