The Vagina Monologues are fast approach­ing and fundrais­ers to kick off the event are already under way.

The Vagina Monologues con­sist of dif­fer­ent sto­ries from women all over the world. The sto­ries deal with dif­fer­ent issues that all relate to the wom­an­hood in one way or another.

“The Vagina Monologues is part of the national V-Day Campaign started by author Eve Ensler. V-Day is a world­wide move­ment to stop vio­lence in all forms against women and girls,” said Liz Albright, co-coordinator for the FSU Vagina Monologues.

“Every year a new spot­light piece is writ­ten to high­light a prob­lem area and this years is vio­lence in the Democratic Republic of Conflict.”

Ferris State stu­dents will be putting on the Vagina Monologues pro­duc­tion again this year to help raise money for the national cam­paign and to sup­port the Women’s Information Service, Inc. (WISE).

“Ferris State Vagina Monologues is a proud sup­porter of WISE, Inc, which sup­plies many ser­vices to women of our com­mu­nity includ­ing domes­tic vio­lence and adult sex­ual assault ser­vices, coun­sel­ing, advo­cacy, and emer­gency shel­ter,” said Albright.

On Feb. 6 from 3 to 6 p.m. there will be a fundraiser held at the Biggby in Big Rapids to raise sup­port and money for the Vagina Monologues. $1 from every pur­chase will be donated to the Vagina Monologues from this event. All of the pro­ceeds from this event will also ben­e­fit WISE.

Besides the fundraiser event, there is also a nom­i­na­tion process in the works. Students are encour­aged to nom­i­nate the 6^th Annual Vagina Monologues — Vagina Warrior. The nom­i­nee can be a stu­dent, staff mem­ber, or com­mu­nity member.

The Vagina Warrior is some­one that “exem­pli­fies excel­lence in lead­er­ship, pas­sion for ser­vice and has estab­lished a com­mit­ment to pub­lic con­sci­en­tious­ness.” The nom­i­nees will be reviewed by a stu­dent coor­di­na­tor and staff advisor.

Nominations for Vagina Warrior must be sub­mit­ted to becka@ferris.edu by Feb. 12 at 4:59 p.m. The win­ner of the Vagina Warrior award will be announced on Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. before the first production.

The Vagina Monologues will be pre­sented begin­ning Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are on sale now for $8, but will be $10 at the door. Tickets can be pur­chased at the Williams Auditorium ticket office from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets can also be pur­chased online at
fer​ris​.edu/​a​r​ts/.