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…
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,…
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…
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…
UPDATE from City of Joy – Third Class Graduates!
V-Day Congo & City of Joy Director Christine Schuler Deschryver shares with us news from City of Joy and the third class of graduates: It is hard to put into words what the graduation yesterday was like – it is…