V-Day Annual Report 2017 - RISE FOR WOMEN WORKERS 1 | Page 3

EVE ENSLER, FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: “We declare our love for all who are in harm’s way, including refugees, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQIAGNC people, Black people, the indigenous, the poor, and women and girls at risk of violence. We vow to see you as our brothers and sisters and fight by your side…We join forces and stand together with the millions of people across the planet who are rising to end violence against women and girls and resist racist patriarchy. To protect women who are most often the most vulnerable within marginalized communities. We take part in it to honor our mothers whose bodies and beings and blood carved the path we are walking on. WE ARE RISING — WE ARE DANCING — TO FIND THE NEW LANGUAGE OF THESE TIMES — BUILT ON A DEEPER EDUCATION, RADICAL LISTENING, HUMILITY AND EMPATHY.”