You Can Still Donate to V-Day at Fourth U!
You Can Still Donate to V-Day at Fourth U and Help End Violence Against Women and Girls!
Grateful thanks to all members, staff and friends of Fourth U who contributed to the outstanding success of this year’s V-Day season at the church! Your support, creativity and hard work are deeply appreciated. The amount of money raised at least doubled that of the 2010 benefit production of The Vagina Monologues.
When the word went out to the national levels of V-Day, (the worldwide movement to end violence against women and girls), that this was be to a very special diverse production of The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler, the playwright, agreed to pay a visit on Friday night. Ticket sales soared at the word spread that Ensler would attend to honor Dell Williams, 89, the oldest performer in the play and a longtime activist for womankind. At Saturday night’s performance, a tribute from Gloria Steinem to Dell was presented.
Both performances on Apr. 8 and Apr. 9 were very well attended and enthusiastically received. They were the second and third events of the V-Season at Fourth U. The first was a lovely Soulful V-Day Blessing Service on April 3 created and performed by Fourth U members and others from the church’s V-Day group.
If you somehow missed these wonderful events, you can do two things to help us cap off this glorious season. First, make a donation at 4thu.org/vm. Our account at New York Charities remains open to the end of April.
Second, mark your calendars for two events at Fourth U on Saturday, April 23.
The Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt will conduct a free teach-in on Haiti at 4:00 PM. She will be supported by Haitian scholars and activists. Haitian music and food will be available. At 6:30 PM, Emir Gamsizoglu, a renowned classical pianist, will present a piano recital of works by Bach, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin and his own compositions. Tickets are $15 at the door.
Donations will be accepted at both events. This year’s beneficiaries of V-Day4thU’s fundraising are Men Can Stop Rape, the Center Against Domestic Violence and the V-Day Haiti Relief Fund. For more information, call Deborah Roth at 212-665-9660.
