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22 Sep

Posted at 15:44h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

NYC - SURVIVORS ARE RISING. JOIN US. 🔥 On Friday, September 25, we will gather in Union Square for 60 Million Survivors Rising: NYC - an artistic and fierce expression of survivor power and solidarity. There are more than 60 million survivors in the United States. Imagine our power when we come together. Join survivors, artists, activists, advocates, organizations and allies for an artistic and fierce expression of survivor power with voices, music, drumming, resistance, joy and community. BRING YOUR PEOPLE. BRING A SIGN. WEAR RED & BLACK. COME RISE WITH US. 📍 Union Square South, NYC East 14th Street & Union Square East 🗓...

16 Sep

Posted at 11:06h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

🔥 SURVIVORS & ALLIES ARE COMING TOGETHER IN NEW YORK CITY. JOIN US. On Friday, September 25, we will gather in Union Square for 60 Million Survivors Rising: NYC - an artistic and fierce expression of survivor power and solidarity. At a moment of profound impunity, violence, and abuses of power, we are coming together to disrupt the injustice and demand justice, accountability, healing, and an end to the systems and cultures that enable sexual violence and protect those who perpetrate it. This NYC action kicks off a weekend of Survivors Risings across the country. There are more than 60 million survivors in...

01 Sep

Posted at 20:58h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

Dearest NYC area activists: We’re writing to invite you to join us in New York City on Friday, September 25, for 60 Million Survivors Rising NYC - a public action bringing survivors and those who stand with them into the streets to disrupt the injustice, break the silence, and demand accountability, healing, and change. There are more than 60 million survivors in the United States. This action is for every survivor, across every community, and for everyone who loves them. September 25 will also fall during Climate Week, when activists and movement leaders from around the country and the world will be in...

26 Aug

Posted at 13:50h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

60 Million Survivors Rising is a national movement and day of action in the United States on Saturday, September 26th, 2026 calling for justice, accountability, healing, and transformation for survivors of sexual violence and abuse. The campaign takes its name from the estimated 60 million women* in the United States who have experienced physical or sexual violence, while also recognizing the countless survivors of all genders who have experienced sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, trafficking, intimate partner violence, institutional abuse, and other forms of gender-based violence. On or around September 26, 2026, survivors, advocates, artists, educators, faith leaders, organizations, and community members...

18 Aug

Posted at 17:17h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

August 15th marked five years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. We stand with the women – and all vulnerable groups – of Afghanistan against imperialism, militarism, fundamentalism, and fascism. Today, we release a powerful new blog written by an Afghan woman as part of our award-winning Afghan Women Speak series: "Living under Taliban rule feels like dying a little every day." Five years into Taliban rule, the systematic erasure of women and girls from public life has only deepened. More than 100 decrees have been imposed restricting their rights and freedoms. Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls...

21 Jul

Posted at 14:47h in City of Joy, Newsletter, V-Day

All photos by Carlos Schuler CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF THE GRADUATES! City of Joy Graduation Marks a milestone for 86 Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in their journey of healing, empowerment, and leadership On July 7, a momentous graduation ceremony was held to celebrate the healing and empowerment of 86 women survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) from various villages of the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This graduation marks a significant milestone in their journey of healing, empowerment, and community leadership. These women, who have endured immense trauma, have transformed their pain into power and...

02 Jul

Posted at 17:05h in City of Joy, Newsletter, V-Day

City of Joy & V-World Farm were chosen from 800 projects worldwide to participate in Ma Earth Funding Round 3 to support community-led regeneration. This is a three-week collective funding campaign open now through 21 July. How can you help support our living classroom for regenerative farming in the Congo? Every donation helps! The matching pool is distributed based on the number of donors, not the size of each gift. Skip a cup of coffee and donate that $10 instead. It counts just as much as someone's $1,000 gift. DONATE TODAY at cityofjoycongo.org/MaEarth. The Project: The Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been ravaged by...

07 Jun

Posted at 16:22h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

@media screen and (max-width:1000px) { .responsive-table { display: block !important; width: 100% !important; } } 60 million* survivors are done waiting for justice. For decades, survivors have told the truth. They’ve shared their stories, organized, testified, and demanded accountability. Too often, they’ve been met with silence, disbelief, or systems designed to protect power instead of people. Today, survivors, artists, organizers, and movement leaders in the United States are coming together to launch Disrupt the Injustice: 60 Million Survivors Rising – a...

25 May

Posted at 11:49h in City of Joy, Newsletter, V-Day

Watch V’s video sharing her birthday wish Today, 25 May, we celebrate the birthday of V (formerly Eve Ensler), visionary artist, activist, founder of V-Day and One Billion Rising, and co-founder of City of Joy. V inspires us each and every day to lead with our hearts, trust the power of our imaginations, and dare to believe transformation is possible. She is the thread that ties all of our work together - holding the larger vision, pushing us forward, and fiercely believing that together we can create a world free from violence. V’s Birthday Wish: Support Congolese Women, Support the Work of City...

20 May

Posted at 16:07h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

★ A Community Gathering to Process, Reflect, and Heal ★ Co-hosted by FEMINIST & V-Day 3.5 million files. 3,437 bound volumes. The evidence has always existed — and now, it's impossible to ignore. We're inviting our community to gather in person for an exclusive exhibition preview of The Donald J. Trump & Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room — an immersive experience that brings the full weight of the documented timeline of sexual violence, abuse of power, and decades of complicity into one room. This is not just an art experience. It's a feminist act of witnessing. V-Day founder V (formerly Eve Ensler) will lead a...