If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place! – Sally Field Sally Field seems to perpetually be one of the first celebrities who shows up to prevent domestic violence. She doesn’t, however, say much about her own experiences. She was one of 100 celebrities in … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts, Uncategorized · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, child abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Eve Ensler, Good Housekeeping, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jane Fonda, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Oprah, Sally Field, survivor stories, V-Day, Vital Voices
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 14, 2011 · 3 Comments
Thank you for believing with me in this vision that women can be free and empowered and safe. – Eve Ensler Two years ago today I launched Navigating Uncharted Waters and dedicated this site to Eve Ensler. I’m thrilled to report that over 96,000 people have visited. Thank you! Bless you! In her message to … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on December 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Jane Fonda is celebrating her 73rd birthday today (December 21). Her parents named her Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda after an ancestor who was the third wife of Henry VIII. She’s just finished filming a movie, is releasing several fitness DVDs, is finishing up a new book, and is getting ready to star on Broadway. Whew! You can follow … Read more
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V-Day’s Eve Ensler is asking us to vote for V-Men’s Jimmie Briggs in GQ’s The Better Men Better World search. Mr. Briggs is a gentle giant, shy, award-winning journalist who co-founded The Man Up Campaign, a global movement to end violence against women and girls: Most men don’t rape women, they don’t hurt women … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 9, 2010 · 2 Comments
Eve Ensler has launched her V-Girls Movement with publication today of I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World. A V-Girls Advisory Circle is creating a curriculum to accompany the book. In the meantime, the V-Girl web site provides social networking opportunities for teenage girls searching to find their authentic … Read more
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Joy in the DRC (Congo) sounds impossible. Yet, that’s exactly what Eve Ensler, founder of the V-Day Movement, intends to achieve. She dreams big and makes it happen. She has raised $70 million since 1998 to prevent violence against women and girls: Working at the intersection of art, social action and politics, V-Day … Read more
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Eve Ensler, playwright and founder of V-Day, was named one of America’s Best Leaders in 2009 by the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School and U.S. News Media Group. The full list is available on-line and will be published in U.S. News & World Report which will be available on Tuesday, October, 27. Ms. … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 19, 2009 · 1 Comment
Maria Shriver was on the Today Show this morning promoting the Shriver Report about the changing role of women in America. It is hard to reconcile how this feminist First Lady can keep silent while her Governator husband Arnold Schwarzenegger is closing domestic violence shelters in California. Eve Ensler took him to school in the Huffington … Read more
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Eve Ensler’s got a way with words! She absolutely took “The Terminator,” California’s Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, to school in today’s Huffington Post.
