Here's how it was...
Created by fans of the movie Serenity, Can't Stop the Serenity (CSTS) has become a worldwide benefit movement. What began with Portland, Oregon, and a handful of U.S. cities quickly grew into a global event with organizers signing on from Adelaide, Australia, to Leeds, UK.

Here is a short breakdown of the Seattle stats since it began:

DATE: June 24, 2006
LOCATION: Magnuson Park Community Center, View Ridge
ATTENDANCE: 211
AMOUNT RAISED FOR EQUALITY NOW: $1,229
GLOBAL TOTAL: 47 cities, $65,900

DATE: June 23, 2007
LOCATION: Admiral Theatre, West Seattle
ATTENDANCE: 335
AMOUNT RAISED FOR EQUALITY NOW: $5,485
GLOBAL TOTAL: 42 cities, $106,000

DATE: June 22, 2008
LOCATION: Landmark Theatres Crest Cinema Centre, North Seattle
ATTENDANCE: --
AMOUNT RAISED FOR EQUALITY NOW: $3,892.40
GLOBAL TOTAL: 48 cities, $102,800

DATE: July 18, 2009
LOCATION: Museum of History and Industry, Montlake
ATTENDANCE: 324
AMOUNT RAISED FOR EQUALITY NOW: $5,121.64
GLOBAL TOTAL: 50 cities, $137,331.14

DATE: July 17, 2010
LOCATION: Museum of History and Industry, Montlake
ATTENDANCE: 207
AMOUNT RAISED FOR CHARITY: $5,793.20 ($4,344.90 for Equality Now, $868.98 for Seattle Browncoats Charities, and $289.66 each for Northwest Harvest and MOHAI)
GLOBAL TOTAL: in progress

Can't Stop the Serenity is more than a fan revival; sure, fans get to see Serenity on the big screen, but more important, Equality Now can benefit from a truly unique, worldwide fund-raiser.

Why Equality Now?
Equality Now is Joss Whedon's (writer/director of Serenity) charity of choice. It was founded in 1992 by Jessica Neuwirth, who was deeply inspired by her mentor Lee Stearns (Whedon's mother).

Equality Now is an international organziation that works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. For more information or to see how you can be involved directly, go to equalitynow.org.

For more information about the Can't Stop the Serenity worldwide movement, please see the global website.