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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: May Her Memory Be a Revolution

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May Her Memory Be a Revolution

Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday at sundown at the age of 87 on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. It’s said people who die on Rosh Hashanah are of greatest righteousness. She gave us her life over and over. She was a hero and a strategist and a brilliant legal mind and first and foremost, she opened this world for women. We mourn her, we celebrate her.

We RISE in her name for gender equality, immigrant rights, access to abortion, voting rights, LGBTQIA equality, healthcare, workers’ rights – the rights that she dedicated her life to. We refuse the deadly, hypocritical engine of the right wing. We organize. We vote. We thank her for her life by devoting ours to fighting for justice. We share our deepest love to her family and loved ones.

Amidst her decades long, pathbreaking career, Ginsburg co-founded the Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and won six gender discrimination lawsuits before the US Supreme Court. “In my life, what I find most satisfying is that I was part of a movement that made life better, not just for women … gender discrimination is bad for everyone.” – Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, the second woman and the first Jewish woman to be appointed. “Dissents speak to a future age. It’s not simply to say my colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way, but the greatest dissents do become court opinions.” – From a 2002 NPR interview, on her Supreme Court dissents.

Rest in power, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We honor your powerful voice,
your bravery, and your dedication. We thank you for your life of courage,
vision and love. Your fierce and unrelenting fight for justice will continue.
We will continue the fight.

May Her Memory Be a Revolution,

V-Day, One Billion Rising, City of Joy

TAKE ACTION:

SIGN the Move On petition opposing any Supreme Court confirmation until after the next presidential inauguration, and please ask others you know to sign it.

JOIN the vigils taking place tonight to celebrate, mourn and carry on the fight.

V IS FOR VOTE, for activists who vote in the United States.
Election Day in the United States is Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
We are in the midst of 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. The United States election includes the Presidency, which is currently occupied by a fascist, misogynist and corrupt Predator-in-Chief. The rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and an inadequate federal response has worsened the effects of this tide. Elections are one way to voice your support of issues you care about.

Here is a short list of resources which includes info voting guidelines, deadlines about mail-in ballots, and to help you get out the vote:

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Honor Essential Workers: Watch V’s latest theatrical offering on Wednesday, Support the Corona Emergency Fund

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“THAT KINDNESS” –
A NEW THEATRICAL OFFERING IN SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION & NURSES EVERYWHERE

Over the past two months, V (formerly Eve Ensler) has been listening to the stories and experiences of frontline nurses. With the help of Alixa Garcia, Morley, James Lecesne, and National Nurses United, V presents THAT KINDNESS, From and For the Nurses of America, a new theatrical offering in support of California Nurses Association and nurses everywhere.

The performance will feature your favorite actors depicting nurses’ struggles and triumphs during the pandemic. This evening will honor, celebrate and lift up the voice of the registered nurse.

Featuring: Ed Blunt, Connie Britton, Rosario Dawson, Stephanie Hsu, LaChanze, Liz Mikel, Rosie O’Donnell, Billy Porter, Dale Soules, Marisa Tomei, and Monique Wilson.

Please spread the word and join us online, Wednesday, 9 September at 9:00 pm ET/6:00 pm PT. RSVP HERE

RISING IN THE TIME OF CORONA EMERGENCY FUND

This Labor Day, during a year of an unprecedented global pandemic and uprising for racial justice, we stand in solidarity with and honor all workers. The rapid spread of coronavirus across the globe has revealed what has always been a glaring truth for so many of the essential workers who are the backbone of our society: inequity.

As part of the fight for one fair wage, tipped service workers, such as servers, bartenders, delivery drivers, and more have started a series of monthly strikes, starting with New York and Chicago on August 31. Together with One Fair Wage, we introduced Elena the Essential Worker, whom we hope can stand on the shoulders of Rosie the Riveter to serve as a new face in the fight for economic, racial, and gender justice!

This Labor Day, we write to ask for your support for these frontline workers. From the people who pick our food to the people who deliver our packages, it is the working class and poor who are most vulnerable to the virus and the economic disaster that Covid-19 has laid bare. So often these frontline workers are women. Many of them are activists, young leaders, and women who are part of our movement.

Workers and health care professionals in every country are on the front lines of the crisis, risking their lives to take care of other people, to keep food on the shelves, to deliver necessary services, and to heal those who are sick. For so many survivors, home is not a safe place. Advocates worldwide are providing shelter as well as posting information and resources online.

As the world faces the Covid-19 pandemic, activists, artists, survivors, and youth around the world are rising to help impacted communities, frontline workers, and survivors.

Your donation will give much needed assistance for essential women workers in these uncertain times.

DONATE to the Rising in the Time of Corona Emergency Fund