Events

REAL Rock & Soul
Sunday April 1
Water Street Music Hall
Rochester, NY

REAL (Rising Educators, Advocates and Leaders) for Planned Parenthood, the PPRSR young professionals group, is excited to announce REAL Rock & Soul - a celebration of music, our community’s rising leaders and access to sexual and reproductive health care. The event will be held on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY.

Carbon Leaf, the Richmond, Virginia-based group with 20 years of award-winning recording and touring under their belt, will be headlining the event. Local musician and PPRSR health educator Jenna Weintraub will start things off, followed by Syracuse band White Picket Fence, led by REAL member Elise Miklich.

In between sets, REAL will be entertaining and educating the crowd with everything from condom races to information on the male health services available at Planned Parenthood.

REAL hopes this will become an annual event to benefit Planned Parenthood, celebrate the services they provide and engage the young people of Rochester.

Tickets are available online, $10 pre-sale and $15 day-of. Doors open at 4pm. For more information and sponsorship opportunities, please contact real@pprsr.org.

Check out the Facebook event page!

V-Day 2012 presents: The Vagina Monologues

V-Day is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sex slavery. More information on the V-Day Rochester Facebook page!

Performances of The Vagina Monologues:

Sunday, April 15
RIT
Rochester, NY

Saturday, April 21
Hochstein School of Music & Dance
Rochester, NY

Other important V-Day dates:

Wednesday, Febraury 22, 5-9pm
Burgers and Babes
A fundraiser for Rape Crisis Service
5 Guys Burgers and Fries
1100 Jefferson Road, Rochester

Tuesday, February 28, 7pm
What I Want My Words To Do To You
Film Screening at The Little
240 East Avenue, Rochester
Talk back to immediately follow!
Speakers include:
Jeff Pier - Director, Rape Crisis Service
Sally Kohler - Program Assistant, Step by Step
Pat Hart - Facilitator, Step by Step

March
Drag & Burlesque Show
More information TBA

Tuesday, March 27
Until the Violence Stops
Film Screening at The Little
240 East Avenue, Rochester
Talk back to immediately follow!
Speakers include:
Jeff Pier - Director, Rape Crisis Service
Michelle Santilli - 2009-2011 VDay Organizer
Renee Heininger - Board Member, SAFER Campus