Monday, February 11, 2018: Turning Pain Into Power

We speak with Susan Swan, Executive Director of VDay, and Mary Owen of Bay Area Rising about this year's One Billion Rising/VDay event in Oakland, where they will screen City of Joy, a film about the leadership institute for sexual violence survivors in the Congo.  The film screening takes place Wednesday, February 13, 6PM at the Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave in Oakland; it will be preceded by drumming and dancing with Afia Walking Tree and Destiny Arts, and followed by a discussion with playwright and VDay founder Eve Ensler and Christine Schuler-Deschryver (Director of the City of Joy center and V-Day Congo). These One Billion Rising events usually sell out so get tickets now! Tickets are $5 each.

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Also on today's show:
Black Feminism In Action

February 10th, 2014: One Billion Rising & Tribute to Gwen Avery

KPFA Women's Magazine honors the life and powerful music of blues singer Gwen Avery, who died suddenly a couple weeks ago at the age of 71.











We also talk about this year's One Billion Rising events with local activist and priestess Afia Walking Tree.

Bay Area Rising, in conjunction with V-Day's One Billion Rising movement, announces:
   'Stand for Real Love'
First Presbyterian Church
2619 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Performance starts at 7:00 PM

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And we showcase the film "Radical Harmonies," a documentary of the women's music movement, from the 1970s forward.  Women's music is more eclectic than we often think.  We are offering the film as a thank you gift for donations to KPFA during this fund drive show.

Please click here to listen to the entire show and if you can make a pledge to support the station and keep women's programming in the Bay Area, we are most appreciative.