19 Sep HOW. WE. DO. FREEDOM.
(Photos by Kisha Bari for V-Day)
On Saturday, we came together in a day of meaning, mattering, solidarity and love at Judson Memorial Church in NYC. With gratitude to all who came out and spent the day with us. With gratitude to the speakers and artists who shared their stories, vision, and ideas for How We Do Freedom against the rising wave of fascism seen across the US and the globe: Lulu Alryati, Abbas Alawieh, Taína Asili, Hettie Barnhill and André Robles of Create A Space Now, Mahogany L. Browne, Rev. Micah Bucey, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Robin Dembroff, Laura Flanders, Bill Fletcher, Alixa García, Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Amalia Hochman, LaLa B. Holston-Zannell, Daniel Martinez HoSang, Vijay Iyer, Meena Jagannath, Guerline Jozef, Anjali Kamat, aja monet, Lori Ro, Marbre Stahly-Butts, Jason Stanley, Hameeda Uloomi, Karen Washington, Elizabeth Yeampierre, Simone Zimmerman, and V (Formerly Eve Ensler). With gratitude to our team for your powerful work and our partners at Judson Memorial Church for providing the space and support to make the day possible.
Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing videos and more from HOW WE DO FREEDOM as our global One Billion Rising 2025 campaign launches inviting activists, artists, students and everyone from around the world to RISE Against Fascism, RISE for Freedom in 2025.
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