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JOY! City of Joy Graduates 20th Class
Just yesterday, City of Joy celebrated its 20th graduation! It was joyous. Filled with laughter. Brimming with hope. 1734 survivors graduated to date. They are change makers, turning pain to power....
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Love in the face of what seems impossible, City of Joy Update from V...
This week, V visited the City of Joy and attended the graduation of the 21st class. “Everything feels so terrible and difficult right now in so many places in the world where right wing fascism,...
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22nd Class of Survivors Graduate from the City of Joy, Turning Pain to Power,...
Last June, the twenty-second class of survivors of violence embarked on a journey to mourn the pain they suffered in their communities. They began a journey to rebuild their lives by releasing the...
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WE HAVE BECOME MAKERS OF CHANGE! 23rd CLASS GRADUATES FROM THE CITY OF JOY
Since January, a group of 85 women survivors of sexual and gender-based violence have been sheltered at the City of Joy, the revolutionary center in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for training in...
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Join Us in Atlanta: An Evening of Reckoning and Rising
Join Us! On Sunday, 8 October, V-Day and The Carter Center will present An Evening of Reckoning and Rising featuring V (formerly Eve Ensler), V-Day Board Members Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda, Maya Penn...
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Selling fast! An Evening of Reckoning & Rising with V, Rosario Dawson, Jane...
Selling fast! An Evening of Reckoning & Rising with V, Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda, Pat Mitchell, Maya Penn, Christine Schuler Deschryver & More to Benefit the City of Joy Visit...
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Urgent Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo
Conflict and escalating violence have displaced 6.9 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a record high number that has impacted all 26 provinces of the country. According to the United...
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2069 WOMEN HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE CITY OF JOY TO DATE
“When They Left City of Joy, Each Woman Left with Her Key, the Key to Her Life” On Monday in Bukavu, 82 women graduated from the City of Joy. The six months of leadership training and healing from...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: OUT NOW: Co-Founder and Director of City of Joy, a Leadership...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 23, 2024 CONTACT: media(at)vday.org OUT NOW: Co-Founder and Director of City of Joy, a Leadership Center for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Democratic Republic...
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Turning Pain to Power, Christine Schuler Deschryver’s TED Talk on City of Joy...
Christine Schuler Deschryver’s TED Talk has just been released and is available for viewing. In the talk entitled “The 5 Tenets of Turning Pain into Power,” Christine details how rape is often used as...
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A TRANSFORMATION ENGINE, A HEALING OASIS AND A PLACE OF JOY – THE 25TH CLASS...
Photo: Patrick Lwaboshi 28 June marked the completion of training in women’s leadership and emotional healing for 89 residents of the City of Joy who have been recruited to transform their pain into...
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