Orange Day at White Plains Presbyterian Church

Name: Orange Day at White Plains Presbyterian Church

Description: On November 25, 2012, White Plains Presbyterian Church, New York, celebrated Orange Day and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Pictured above, the congregation gathered in orange to take a public stand against gender violence and to declare that violence against women must be talked about in our churches.

Photo by: Lynn Dunn

More from White Plains Presbyterian Church:

• Read the Nov. 25 sermon of White Plains’ pastor, Rev. Jeffrey Geary, entitled “The Way Things Are Is Not How They Have To Be – A Sermon for Orange Day“.
• Read Rev. Geary’s Orange Day sermon published previously on Unbound, “The David Story: A Royal Violation“.
• Read Rev. Sarah Henkel’s Orange Day prayer, “Opposing violence against women“.
• Check out Rev. Geary’s blog and White Plains Presbyterian Church.

What You Can Do:

• Devote regular worship services to raising awareness and action as Speak Out Sundays.
• Support local women peacekeepers in South Sudan, working in collaboration with the international Nonviolent Peaceforce to end violence against women.
• Join the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. Learn more in Rachel Halder’s article, “The Woman on the Road to Jericho“.
• Participate in each month’s Orange Day (the 25th of every month). For action ideas and more information, go here.
• Urge a comprehensive re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Learn more in Kathryn Krastin’s poem and action alert, “Late at Night… Dear House“.