This post is dedicated to my daughter and all of the mothers, daughters, nieces, cousins, aunts and grandmothers in the world.
February 14th was the day of 1 Billion Rising.
From Democracy Now
The original video
The Dance video
In South Africa
Saskatchewan Rising
In Naples
On 29 January 2013 in Brussels, the European Parliament rose and danced with Eve Ensler in a One Billion Rising flashmob to call for an end to violence against women and girls.
In Oxford
In Arequipa
In San Francisco
In Madison, WI
My fiance and I were RISING this morning at the Capitol Rotunda in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Denver
Albania
Petoskey, Michigan
V-Day with She-Jitsu – One Billion Rising
Montpelier
The following dance is choreographed and performed by the children of New Light, an NGO working in the red light area of Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
Philippines
Petaluma, CA
Chicago
Germany
On February 14, 2013, Greenfield Community College staff and students participated in the world wide call to action know as “1 Billion Rising”.
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A conference in New Delhi India
A conference in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The list goes on…