20 Jan OBR INDIA RISING GARDENS 2021 POSTERS
India Rises with Gardens of HOPE, JOY, PEACE and SOLIDARITY ...
NEWS & BLOG
20 Jan OBR MYANMAR 2021 RISING EVENTS!
OBR Myanmar successfully launched their 2021 One Billion Rising Gardens campaign last January 14th, with special guest V (formerly known as Eve Ensler/ Founder and Artistic Director of One Billion Rising), Monique Wilson (One Billion Rising Global Director), Kamla Bhasin (One Billion Rising South Asia Regional coordinator) and young local feminist advocate Nandar. The launch was hosted and moderated by OBR Myanmar Coordinator Eunice Law, and hosted by Myanmar Institute of Theology (Gender Studies Department). Myanmar has done spectacular Youth Rising for many years, and this year promises to be even more exciting. Their 2021 Rising plans include a dance performance...
15 Jan Mexico Risings
Un Billón de Pie México/One Billion Rising: #TheMochis are #RaisingTheVibration #CultivatingNoViolence #RaisingGardens ☝🏻 Thank you Erika Acosta for embracing this year's theme and edible gardens...
12 Jan Welcome to V-Season 2021
Join survivors, artists, activists, and youth in towns, cities, schools worldwide as together we RISE through Action, Art, Connection, Imagination, and Love. For two decades, V-Day activists have unleashed vast grassroots, anti-violence work on college campuses and in communities – visionary work that has been survivor-led and focused, all the while revealing the power of art and activism to change culture and systems. We have accomplished so much. Now we must do more. We are a movement that has always met the moment. The moment is NOW. WELCOME TO V-SEASON 2021 VOICES CAMPAIGN: Voices is a new interdisciplinary performance arts project and campaign grounded...
08 Jan OBR MYANMAR TO LAUNCH OBR RISING GARDENS 2021 ON JANUARY 14TH
OBR Myanmar, led by OBR Myanmar Coordinator Eunice Naw, will be launching their One Billion Rising 2021 campaign on January 14th - with the global call of RISING GARDENS as their main theme. The online zoom launch will include live participation and messages from guests V (formerly knows as Eve Ensler/ founder of One Billion Rising), Monique Wilson (OBR Global Director), Kamla Bhasin (OBR South Asia Regional Director) and a sharing by Nandar -a feminist advocate from Myanmar. OBR Myanmar 2021 activities will also be shared during the launch - an artistic T-shirt campaign, OBR cycling event to an organic farm which...
08 Jan RISING GARDENS FILM FESTIVAL By One Billion Rising South Asia
From Kamla Bhasin (OBR South Asia Regional Coordinator) “If Lock Downs do not allow face to face meetings, we WILL MEET ON LINE and we will meet friends from far and wide. We will meet and learn through inspiring films on radical alternatives, Living in harmony with Nature. Do join us and join the film festival put together by Reena Mohan and Aanchal Kapur of Kriti and Sangat. There will also be some conversations with the innovators and film makers” Rising Gardens Film Festival films of courage, compassion and hope by One Billion Rising South Asia, Sangat and Kriti Film Club curated by Reena Mohan Four weekends, Four Months,...
04 Jan OBR RWANDA LAUNCHES RISING GARDENS 2021
By: Mbabazi Zakhia (OBR Rwanda Coordinator) Last December 28, 2020 - One Billion Rising Rwanda launched our Rising Gardens 2021 campaign. Everyday I get excited of how much the work we are doing is transforming women. The OBR Rwanda launch event was very emotional and serious strategies to make our vision realistic were taken in including on talk shows to make men also own this vision. We also planted trees and named them OBR as a sign of commitment to end all forms of violence against women and girls ...
04 Jan OBR NIGERIA RISING THROUGH HEALING AND STORYTELLING
(Shared by Omodele Ibitoye Ejeh - OBR Nigeria Coordinator) Empowerment and Healing through story telling. OBR Nigeria is working with Virtuous Progressive Women and IRISE in communities in Nigeria to empower and introduce the 2021 'Rising Garden' OBR Global campaign and prepare women for Leadership. ...
30 Dec Gratitude For All That You Have Given and All That You Do
Dearest Activists, Friends, Supporters, As we move towards the end of this most unusual and unstable year, we are filled with gratitude for all that you have given and all that you do. Looking ahead to 2021, V-Day, One Billion Rising, & City of Joy activists everywhere are preparing RISINGs worldwide through Action, Art, Connection, Imagination and Love. This Giving season consider supporting V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender and transgender), those who hold fluid identities, nonbinary people and the planet. 31 December is the last day to make charitable donations in order to claim them on...
23 Dec VOICES Deadline Extended to 14 February; Calling All Black Women: Do You Have a Story to Tell?
THIS JUST IN: VOICES Deadline Extended to 14 February “As a difficult and expansive year winds down, we wish you rest, reflection and creativity. We know this year has required so much of Black women, as the shadows of the world came to light. This is our time to recharge, replenish and regain our creative magic. We are extending our submission deadline to allow for more space for Black women to be in deep listening, introspection, and creative flow. Our prompts are here to help you along the journey. Submit and share with your girls.” - VOICES Submit your story...