Experience the Rising from the Inside Out - New RISING Blog Series Begins Today
03/19/2013
Take a unique look inside the ONE BILLION RISING campaign from the perspective of V-Day staff, Campaign team, and ONE BILLION RISING Regional Coordinators. This ongoing blog series will feature writings from around the world, and give a glimpse into some behind-the-scenes reflections as they worked together to organize the largest global action in history to end violence against women and girls.
AN IDEA BECOMES A MANTRA BECOMES A RISING
by Susan Celia Swan, V-Day Executive Director
I can remember when Eve first called about One Billion Rising from Congo...
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TURNING A NEW LEAF: SOMALIA RISING
by Fartuun Adan, Regional Coordinator
The venue of our main event was a public courtyard located in one of the more recently liberated districts of Mogadishu...
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MEXICO RISING by Andrés Naime, Regional Coordinator
I live in the country where "nothing happens". Everybody is in constant pursuit of happiness and trying to stay blindsided regarding violence as a part of everyday life...
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48: RISING ONLINE WITH THE WORLD
by Jonathan Archer, Social Media Team
I joined V-Day four weeks before One Billion Rising, in a Mission District coffee shop...
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WHAT CELEBRATING A V-DAY ANNIVERSARY LOOKS LIKE by Laura Waleryszak, V-Day College & Community Campaigns Manager
The last time V-Day celebrated an anniversary, I was sitting behind a glass window in the New Orleans Arena box office...
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KE FEDETSE: V-GIRLS RISING SOUTH AFRICA
by Ratanang Mogotsi V-Girl (South Africa)
When the V-Girls enter the Constitution Hill, on February 14, we were stunned to see no one dancing...
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