Turning Pain To Power: End Violence Against Women | Oakland

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One Billion Rising, Bay Area Rising & V-Day present Turning Pain To Power: An Evening Of Revolutionary Film, Talk, Drumming And Dance To End Violence Against Women.

There will be a film screening of City Of Joy, the award winning film about the revolutionary leadership center for women survivors of gender violence in Eastern Congo.

Immediately following the screening, audience members will be invited to rise and participate in The One Billion Rising “Break The Chain” Dance, as well as a Q&A with City Of Joy co-founders Christine Schuler Deschryver and Eve Ensler, moderated by She The People founder Aimee Allison.

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