The City of Joy Director Christine Schuler Deschryver recently released the report City of Joy: Fifth Session Final Report, on the work, experience and commitment to transforming pain into power of the fifth graduating class. We wanted to share a highlight…
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WATCH: Christine Schuler Deschryver: Healing at the City of Joy on GRITtv with Laura Flanders
In May, GRITtv with Laura Flanders spoke with V-Day Congo Director/Director of City of Joy Christine Schuler Deschryver about the City of Joy and V-World Farm, and how both works to create women leaders in the DRC who are doing…
City of Joy Update: Fifth Class Graduates!
On 5 May 2014, we ended our 5th training session with an extraordinary ceremony, which included members of Panzi Foundation DRC and the Chairman of the board, Dr. Denis Mukwege. Partners from the grassroots associates were also present, along with…
RISE4JUSTICE: Christine Schuler Deschryver in Conversation with Eve Ensler
On 13 May 2014, Christine Schuler Deschryver and Eve Ensler sat down for a special RISE4JUSTICE conversation at ABC Carpet & Home in NYC. The evening offered activists in the NYC area, and many more watching online throughout the world,…
Update from Eve in Bukavu
Dear V-Day Supporters, I am writing to you today from Bukavu, a delicious morning – a sweater of heat, soft wind, and a sweeping melody of feisty birds. The smell of jasmine drifts and palms sway, all infused with the…
STATEMENT OF V-MEN CONGO At The Launch Of Their Movement In Bukavu At BODEGA On 7 March 2014
DECLARATION DES V-MEN CONGO à l’occasion du lancement de leur Mouvement à BUKAVU, ce 07 Mars 2014 au RESTAURANT BODEGA Nous, Membres du cadre de réflexion constitué en V- Men Congo, soucieux des injustices dont les femmes sont l’objet, Face…
City of Joy is a Vision of Congolese Women
At the dawn of the end of the fourth training session in leadership which will take place on Thursday 31, 2013, I am overwhelmed with fierce, pride, happiness, but also sadness. The sadness is due to the separation after the…
Watch V-Day Board Member Emily Scott Pottruck’s Tedx Talk, “Evolution of a Passionaholic”
In her TEDxTalk, Emily Scott Pottruck takes us through how she found her personal philosophy for meaningful engagement. She takes you on her journey from her Northern California home to City of Joy in the Congo.
Marie-Jeanne Bachu Bahati Nyenyezi: “Empower Change in Communities”
Program Director Marie-Jeanne Bachu Bahati Nyenyezi describes her approach to empowering the women at City of Joy to become fierce leaders. “For me the great discovery is to realize that the Congolese women, despite their low familial status, if they…
Christine Schuler Deschryver: “Community Water is Love”
V-Day Congo and City of Joy Director Christine Schuler Deschryver’s reflects on the simple yet profound motivation for her work here: “City of Joy is a community, a place where love lives. Everything is based on love, and I think…