Chocolates are coming soon!
Want to help raise awareness and tell others about the April performances of the Vagina Monologues? The Women's Studies Program is supporting the many student volunteers across campus and the Lubbock community to help raise awareness and funds to end violence against women and girls.
Be a vagina warrior * and purchase your chocolate vagina today!
Note: *A vagina warrior is a vagina friendly person of any gender who embodies the spirit of V-Day, and assists in the battle to end violence against women. Coined by The Vagina Monologues.
- Cost: 1 for $3 and 2 for $5.
- What if I want more than two? - If you have a large order, contact us by email. With advance notice orders can be filled within the week.
- Flavors: TBA
- When/Where: Date TBA. As soon as we get some in, they will be available to pick up in Doak Hall room 123 (The Women's Studies Program office) during regular business hours, on regular business days. Call 742-4335.
The Vagina Monologues is used as the centerpiece of V-Day: A Global Activist Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls. It is based on real women’s stories so it allows women who hear the stories to know that they are not alone in their own experience. It helps people who have experienced violence heal. It inspires people – women AND men - to get involved in V Day’s efforts to stop violence. It removes the shame often associated with the word “vagina” and the vagina itself and instead celebrates the word, celebrates women.
Funds raised through these purchases and the ticket cost for the performances will go to the Women's Protective Services. Women’s Protective Services of Lubbock, Inc. (WPS) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization specializing in advocacy for women, men and children who have experienced domestic violence. WPS has been serving Lubbock TX and the surrounding communities since 1978. Women’s Protective Services is a community based program supported by volunteers. The services provided at WPS are free and confidential. Services are available without regard to race, sex, handicap, national origin, color, religion, sexual orientation, or income.
The Mission of Women’ Protective Services of Lubbock, Inc. is to create an environment of empowerment for women, children and families and to eliminate family violence.
Today, WPS is the only agency that provides crisis intervention, emergency shelter, and support services to battered women and their dependent children in a 10,500 square-mile region, with a population of over 325,000. The WPS target area includes the 12 West Texas counties of Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, and Yoakum. WPS serves over 3,000 clients a year and offers them shelter and support services for as long as they need.
For more details and to learn more about how to get involved email: ttu.fmla@yahoo.com
CONTACT: Tricia Earl, Unit Coordinator, The Women's Studies Program, T (806) 742.4335, DOAK 123
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Posted:
2/26/2015
Originator:
Patricia Earl
Email:
patricia.a.earl@ttu.edu
Department:
Women's Studies Program
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