WADEintoACTIVISM is a Virtual Event Series made up of performances, conversations, and interviews by artists and activists, centered around gender-based violence, reproductive rights, trafficking, toxic masculinity, erasure, identity, and power. This event took on global and multifarious perspectives, our participants’ voices hailing from Argentina, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Tobago, Trinidad, and U.S.A. 

WADE joined the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign organized by the UN. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign invited us in galvanizing actions around the world to take a stand against sexual violence in all contexts and spark a global conversation about what it will take to prevent and end rape. 

Presenting Artists: Africana Dance Ensemble, Lori Belilove, Jennifer Chin, Sarai Daniels, Danfroc, Simona de Tullio, Yasmeen Enahora, Molissa Fenley, Valeria Y. Gonzalez, Niousha Goudarzi, Madeline Jafari, Sunhi Keller, Lajamartin Physical Dance Theatre, Sara Lavalley, Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Radhika Lata Murthy, Riana Pellicane-Hart, Pamela Pietro, SADC 2021 (Samantha Chapa, Sunhi Keller, Grace Tong, Garet Wierdsma, Zipporah Wilson), Stephanie Troyak, Grace Tong, Vangeline, Garet Wierdsma, Zipporah Wilson, JinJin Xu, Nejla Yatkin

Speakers: Patricia Beaman, Dr. Saverio Bellizzi, Humberto Carolo, Donald C. Shorter Jr., Daniel Fetecua, Laja Field, Kristen Foote, Sebastian Garcia Ferro, Shannon Gillen, Amir Hall, Kingdom Kweku, Piero Leccese, Teófilo Mercado, Sofia Nappi, Elizabeth Parkinson, Satchit Puranik, Melissa Toogood

Collaborating Organizations: MAVA Mumbai, MenEngage, White Ribbon Canada