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Dear Risers,
We are two weeks away. Many of us have worked for months to prepare for our risings for justice. Some have just found out and signed up and some have created a rising in their school, center, place of worship, their block, in their office, factory, home or bedroom. Some are planning with coalitions, others with local groups, some with their best friends. Some are organizing to rise in squares, courthouses, mines, military bases, college campuses, fields. Some in their bodies, hearts and minds. Some are dancing on stages, others in parks, in squares, in prisons, in auditoriums. Some are working to bring out thousands, others just their close circle. Some are engaging men and new activists. Some are gathering the courage to join any group at all, or release their story, or dance in public or in the streets which would, could mean risking their lives. Some are rising to release their wounds, others are rising to articulate them.
Every rising is part of a collective energetic decision to end the violence on this planet that has traumatized women and girls’ bodies and robbed us of the full capacity of our life force and value. Every rising is a dance of connection to end racial, environmental, economic, and gender injustice.
There is no way to fail.
What matters is that we rise, that we name the injustice, that we commit with our bodies and our communities that this rising on the 14th, like all the days that lead up to it and all the days that follow it, is our life.
Each rising for justice is part of the river of justice, the current of a new paradigm, an unstoppable wave, joining us through the strength and encouragement of our global solidarity.
May this wave lift us and unite us. May it take us and surprise us.
May it move us into love.
Eve
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Leading up to and including 14 February RISE with us online through these two simple actions:
JOIN THE THUNDERCLAP FOR JUSTICE! Sign up so that on 14 February the message will resound across Twitter! It’s easy, just visit this page
Learn more about tips for RISING, and access downloads and resources in our One Billion Rising for Justice Toolkit >
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Watch Eve on Friday night on All In with Chris Hayes, then catch Eve and Kimberlé Crenshaw Saturday morning on Melissa Harris-Perry! Check local listings for times and channels.
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Our friends at The Guardian are calling on women and men from around the world to share their stories on the topic of violence against women to help build a global picture. Submissions are already coming in. We invite you to participate by sharing and/or reading incoming stories to expand and deepen your personal and our collective understanding of the ways in which this violence impacts communities around the world.
Contribute to the article HERE
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On January 25, UNiTE to End Violence Against Women celebrated the first #OrangeDay of 2014 by calling on their global network to RISE for access to justice for survivors of violence against women and girls. On 14 February, Orange Day initiative networks and supporters are joining with V-Day activists around the globe to organize and participate in One Billion Rising for Justice activities.
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Make sure you place your order on the One Billion Rising for Justice shop in time for delivery by 14 February!
Standard shipping deadline: February 1st
Premium shipping deadline: February 5th!
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Some of you have asked if we’re still encouraging people to dance for One Billion Rising for Justice and the answer is a resounding YES!
We encourage you all to incorporate dance into your 14 February events. We encourage you to use the music that will inspire your community to dance! Create flashmobs with songs that reflect your culture, local music, instruments, languages, and dances! You can also download “Break The Chain,” along with the corresponding choreography by Debbie Allen and create a flash mob in your community, and incorporate the dance into your Rising.
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On 14 February in NYC, join Maya Azucena, Gabrielle Bernstein, Eve Ensler, Rha Goddess, Dr. Hyun Kyung, Danielle LaPorte, Patricia Moreno, Dr. Christiane Northrup, and Meggan Watterson, for this incredible day-long event providing women and girls with the space to come together to listen, learn, be heard, supported, and held. Through the guidance of top professional healers we will begin to access, process, and release our stories and move towards a place of love and justice.
WHAT: JustLove
WHEN: Friday 14 February, 10am – 6:30pm
WHERE: The Grand Ballroom at The Manhattan Center, 311 West 34th Street, NYC
TICKETS: $15 general admission* Purchase here >
* V-Day has a limited amount of sponsored tickets available, free of charge. If you need a sponsored ticket, please email justlove@vday.org
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Less than one month from today the world will be waking up to RISINGS surrounding them from within their communities. V-Activists, Global Coordinators (and the V-Team) are tirelessly working, planning, practicing, petitioning, and writing so that we are ready to RISE on 14 February.
Take a look at what is happening worldwide:
Congo Rising – Three New Entries Join the #Rise4Justice Blog Series
We are thrilled to post an insightful/inspiring blog series Rise4Justice: Congo Rising. We urge you to read and SHARE these incredible stories from and about the Congo.
Dear One Billion Rising for Justice Activists…by Christine Schuler Deschryver
A letter from V-Day Congo Director/Director City of Joy Christine Schuler Deschryver. “One Billion Rising for Justice in the Congo will raise the awareness of Congolese about rape as a global issue and about the escalation of our efforts to put an end to violence done on women.”
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Why Am I Rising For Justice by Jane Mukuninwa
Jane, a Congolese women’s rights activist and Program Staff member at City of Joy, shares how she became involved with V-Day, why she rose in 2013, and why she will rise for justice in 2014.
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What is Justice for the Women of Songo Mboyo? By Jessica Neuwirth
On 21 December 2003, 119 women were raped by former rebel soldiers stationed near Songo Mboyo, a small remote village on the Congo river. In this post, V-Day activist Jessica Neuwirth shares the details of this event, and the justice, or lack thereof, that has resulted from it.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
