Eve Ensler Keynote Address: The Alchemy of the Apology
Introduction by Nina Simons, Bioneers co-founder and Chief Relationship Strategist
Eve Ensler, the brilliant playwright (author of among other award-winning plays, the world changing The Vagina Monologues) and tireless activist for women’s rights globally, founder of V-Day and One Billion Rising, was like so many other women, sexually abused, in her case by her father. In her new bestselling book, The Apology, Eve has attempted to transform, with unflinching truthfulness and compassion, the horrific betrayal she suffered into an expansive vision for the future. She will share her story and explore how other survivors of abuse might be able to mobilize their imagination and inner strength to move from humiliation to revelation to find healing and inner freedom. She has written her own apology which she will offer on this occasion.
Veterans' Memorial Auditorium (VMA)
October 18th | 11:30 am to Noon
Introduced by
Nina Simons
Co-Founder
Bioneers
Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers and its Chief Relationship Strategist is also co-founder of Women Bridging Worlds and Connecting Women Leading Change. She co-edited the anthology book, Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, and most recently wrote Nature, Culture & The Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. An award-winning social entrepreneur, Nina teaches and speaks internationally, and previously served as President of Seeds of Change and Director of Strategic Marketing for Odwalla.Keynote
Eve Ensler
Founder
V-Day
Eve Ensler, Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, and one of the world’s most important activists on behalf of women’s rights, is the author of many plays, including, most famously the extraordinarily influential and impactful The Vagina Monologues, which has been performed all over the globe in 50 or so languages. She is the founder of V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls, which has raised over $100 million and generated slews of highly effective anti-violence programs around the world; as well as of One Billion Rising, the largest global mass action to end gender based violence. Eve is the author of Insecure At Last: A Political Memoir and I Am An Emotional Creature, and, most recently, The Apology. She also co-founded the City of Joy, a center for women survivors of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was the subject of the award-winning documentary City of Joy. Eve, a survivor of violence, has dedicated her life to ending violence against women and girls.
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