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04 Apr

Posted at 11:58h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising

We need to protect the ones who sustain us. Campesinas are risking their lives to put food on our tables while they struggle to feed their own families, lack access to protective equipment and are unable to practice social distancing. The vast majority cannot access financial protections put forth by the federal government. "…the work does not stop. We were told that we have to continue working. They gave us a letter that says that we are essential workers. One fear we have is that we don’t have a driver’s license. They told us that if we have the letter, at...

22 Mar

Posted at 00:01h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="199"] Photo: Instagram.com/EveEnsler[/caption] This is an urgent RISING ACTION that you can all take now with our partners at National Nurses United. Due to a national shortage of face masks, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) downgraded its guidelines and is now recommending that nurses use bandanas and scarves as makeshift masks when caring for COVID-19 patients — despite proof that they provide almost no effective protection against the virus. These recommendations are putting our nurses, frontline health care workers, and patients at extreme risk. We need your help to expose the truth about what is going on in hospitals and clinics across the country...

21 Mar

Posted at 15:57h in Dispatches from Beyond Incarceration, V-Day

This virus is affecting all of us, those in prison are especially vulnerable. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, nearly 2.3 million people are held in prisons and jails nationwide (Prison Policy Initiative). Prison populations cannot “self-isolate,”  “social distance” or “flatten the curve,” nor are they allowed sanitizing gel or disinfectant liquids because it is considered contraband. Most of the time they don’t even have running water in their cells. Prison populations tend to have higher rates of elderly people (due to longer sentences) with serious health issues. In addition, the prison staff come and go each...

08 Mar

Posted at 00:07h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising

“International Women’s Day was initiated at the 1910 International Socialist Women’s conference to annually honor working women around the world. This day is to cherish, respect and honor the dignity of women workers - farmers, nurses, mothers, restaurant workers, factory workers, domestic workers, teachers, retail workers - and to demand one fair wage, equal pay for equal work, healthcare, and safety on the job free from harassment, poor working conditions and accidents. It’s a day to rise with our sisters in solidarity to make sure those who work the hardest are treated the most fairly.” – Eve Ensler For #IWD2020, we...

28 Feb

Posted at 00:19h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising

Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo Credit: @obrjakartaKibera-Nairobi, Kenya. Photo Credit: One Billion Rising KenyaTaos, NM, USA. Photo Credit: Morgan Timms / The Taos News WE ARE RISING FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY Our new liberation anthem, "We Are Rising," is a global hit! The video has been viewed over half a million times and the song has been featured at the center of risings around the world!We keep rising like the fire of the sun...

20 Feb

Posted at 00:25h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising

(L) Hamburg, Germany. @one_billion_rising_hamburg(R) Bihar, India. @Sahyogi Ngo Across the globe, One Billion Rising activists are RAISING THE VIBRATION through music, chanting, dance, drumming, original monologues, and more, staging actions and events that reflect the intersecting challenges, needs and desires of all women and girls and their communities. Risings are taking place during the month of February and leading up to 8 March, #InternationalWomensDay. The Risings are grassroots and global, led by youth, survivors, artists, and activists, who determine how and why they rise, with and for their communities. The One Billion Rising movement is vast and textured, and each year it grows, deepening a grassroots...

14 Feb

Posted at 00:29h in Newsletter, One Billion Rising

Activists, survivors and youth around the globe are Raising the Vibration for #1BillionRising 2020. This is a snapshot of the thousands of One Billion Rising creative resistance events. Risings are taking place during the month of February and leading up to 8 March, #InternationalWomensDay. Over a hundred cities in Italy, Poland, Germany, and the Philippines respectively are Rising. Every state in India. Over 500 V-Day Risings in the United States. The Risings are grassroots and global, led by youth, survivors, artists, and activists, who determine how and why they rise, with and for their communities. One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women...

08 Feb

Posted at 00:30h in City of Joy, Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

RISE 2020 One Billion Rising activists are taking to the streets across the globe amplifying some of the most pressing issues that intersect with violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence). Risings are Raising the Vibration, amplifying the voices of survivors, youth, and communities globally, making lasting impact through creative vision and voice. Risings are planned in over 180 countries. India is rising in all 29 states, hundreds of risings are planned in Poland, Germany, Italy and the Philippines respectively. Across Europe, the European Women’s Lobby has launched a massive...

24 Jan

Posted at 00:45h in City of Joy, Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

Dearest Activists, Friends & Supporters, 2019 was a powerful year in our movement that saw grassroots activists pushing boundaries and engaging in dialogue through an intersectional lens, with art and activism always at the forefront. V-Day, One Billion Rising, and City of Joy activists around the world escalated the urgency to fight for gender, climate, economic and racial justice while tirelessly working to end harassment, rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sex slavery. Activists are Rising against a rising tide of right-wing nationalism, white supremacy, fascism, tyranny, hatred of and fear of immigrants, misogyny, femicide, homophobia, transphobia, corporate greed, and climate destruction. Your friendship, activism,...

23 Jan

Posted at 00:36h in City of Joy, Newsletter, One Billion Rising, V-Day

WOMEN RESTAURANT WORKERS & ALLIES PROTEST GOV. CUOMO’S EXCLUSION OF RESTAURANTS FROM TIPPED WORKER EXECUTIVE ACTION BY ENGAGING IN MASS PUBLIC SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING ‘Women Workers Rising’ Action By One Fair Wage and One Billion RisingWill Feature Women Celebrities and Performances Standing in Solidarity For One Fair Wage & Safe & Dignified Workplaces In response to Governor Cuomo’s New Year’s Eve announcement that he would enact One Fair Wage – a full minimum wage with tips on top – for all tipped workers except restaurant workers, women restaurant workers and their allies will stage a mass public self-defense training in front of the Governor’s office. Playwright/Founder...