Just Announced : : Charity Event : : Can't Stop the Serenity
Posted by Jana Edele | Filed under News
The Velvet Kittens are honored and pleased to be performing at the Can't Stop the Serenity charity event in Dallas!
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There are two ways to fight a battle like ours. One is to whisper in the ear of the masses, try subtlely and gradually to change the gender expectations and mythic structures of our culture. That's me. The other is to step up and confront the thousands of atrocities that are taking place around the world on an immediate, one-by-one basis. That's a great deal harder, and that's Equality Now. It's not about politics; it's about basic human decency.
– Joss Whedon
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About Can't Stop The Serenity:
Between May and September 2009, fans of popular cult television and film writer/director Joss Whedon, will gather worldwide to raise money for “Equality Now,” a charity dedicated to promoting the human rights of beleaguered women and girls.
For the fourth year in a row, thousands of people
around the world will participate in "Can't Stop the Serenity" fund-raising events to benefit “Equality Now,” a charity organization working to protect the basic human rights of women and girls across the planet. Since 2006, more than a quarter of a million dollars has been raised and they plan to add another $150,000 in 2009.
Who is behind this phenomenon? It's not the product of any formal action network like Equality Now, a relief group or even a foundation. These humanitarians aren’t even a group of rich philanthropists or celebrities. They are simply the fans of a prematurely canceled sci-fi television series called “Firefly” and its climactic movie, “Serenity”. The volunteers who organize these charitable events, without prompting from the show's creators or Equality Now, have created a worldwide event that spans three continents.
This annual celebration of equality and Joss Whedon's birthday is known as “Can’t Stop the Serenity,” and the men and women behind it are simply known as “Browncoats” after the heroes of the show.
www.cantstoptheserenity.com
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Info on the Velvet Kittens' performance at the CSTS Musical Showcase in Dallas:
Mark your calendars: Sunday, May 24th
CSTS Event: 4pm-9pm
At: Poor David's Pub (1313 South Lamar St, Dallas TX 75215)
The Kittens will be taking the stage at 7:00 pm
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About Equality Now:
Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses.
Through its Women's Action Network of concerned groups and individuals around the world, Equality Now:
~distributes information about human rights violations
~takes action to protest these violations
~brings public attention to human rights violations against women
www.equalitynow.org