Press Release

V25: CELEBRATION, PROVOCATION, LIBERATION

Published: 13 February 2023

V25: CELEBRATION, PROVOCATION, LIBERATION:  V-Day Commemorates Twenty-Five Years of Global, Grassroots Activism, the Release of New Audioplay VOICES, & New Memoir Reckoning by Founder V (formerly Eve Ensler) After twenty-five years, V-Day reflects on its legacy of organizing to end violence against women, girls and the planet; supporting grassroots anti-violence…

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PRESS RELEASE – One Billion Rising 2023 Announced: RISE For Freedom, Create the New Culture

Published: 25 November 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: media(at)vday.org One Billion Rising 2023 Announced: RISE For Freedom, Create the New Culture Activists around the World will RISE FOR FREEDOM – Freedom from Patriarchy, Capitalism, Impunity, Poverty, Oppression, Division, Exploitation, Shame, Control, Individualism, Greed, Violence This is the Year to Create the New Culture 25…

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ONE BILLION RISING ANNOUNCES 2022 CAMPAIGN THEME: RISE FOR THE BODIES OF ALL WOMEN, GIRLS & THE EARTH

Published: 12 February 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: media (at) vday.org Events to Take Place Globally from February to April, Highlighting the Parallel Between the Exploitation of Women’s Bodies and the Destruction of the Earth Living in a Woman’s Body, Special Issue of The Guardian curated by V (formerly Eve Ensler), to Feature Poems,…

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RISE FOR AND WITH THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN: Global Day of Solidarity Action For and With Women of Afghanistan Takes Place Worldwide on September 25

Published: 17 September 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: [email protected] Events Planned in Mexico, Croatia, Eswatini, Congo, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Italy, UK, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Guatemala, Thailand, Nigeria, Portugal, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Zambia, Austria, and the United States September 17, 2021 – Following an online day of solidarity on September 1…

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ONE BILLION RISING 2021: RISING GARDENS PRESS RELEASE

Published: 12 February 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media(at)vday.org ONE BILLION RISING 2021: RISING GARDENS PRESS RELEASE  One Billion Rising Events Take Place Globally, Amplifying the 2021 Rising Gardens Theme and the Connection between Violence Against Women and the Destruction of the Earth Rising Gardens Activist Events Call for a Shift from Consumption and…

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WOMEN RESTAURANT WORKERS & ALLIES PROTEST GOV. CUOMO’S EXCLUSION OF RESTAURANTS FROM TIPPED WORKER EXECUTIVE ACTION WITH MASS PUBLIC SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING IN NYC

Published: 3 February 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Monday, February 3, 2020 — 12:00pm ET Contacts: (One Billion Rising) Anna Zuccaro | anna(at)unbendablemedia.com (One Fair Wage) Erin Dennis | erin.dennis(at)berlinrosen.com MONDAY 12PM: WOMEN RESTAURANT WORKERS & ALLIES PROTEST GOV. CUOMO’S EXCLUSION OF RESTAURANTS FROM TIPPED WORKER EXECUTIVE ACTION WITH MASS PUBLIC SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING IN NYC…

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Meet Taína Asili, the Latina Musician Behind One Billion Rising’s Viral New Music Video

Published: 17 January 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 17, 2020 CONTACTS: (Taína Asili) Britin Foster | info(at)tainaasili.com (V-Day/One Billion Rising) Anna Zuccaro | anna(at)unbendablemedia.com Meet Taína Asili, the Latina Musician Behind One Billion Rising’s Viral New Music Video “We Are Rising,” Women’s Liberation Anthem Released Ahead of V-Day In Collaboration With One Billion…

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ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY/MARCH 8, SINGER/SONGWRITER RYAN AMADOR PARTNERS WITH ONE BILLION RISING ON THE RELEASE OF “LIKE A WOMAN” TO CALL MEN INTO THE MOVEMENT

Published: 7 March 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tim Rusch/Cristina Escobar, media(at)vday.org ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY/MARCH 8, SINGER/SONGWRITER RYAN AMADOR PARTNERS WITH ONE BILLION RISING ON THE RELEASE OF “LIKE A WOMAN” TO CALL MEN INTO THE MOVEMENT SPANISH-LANGUAGE VERSION SET FOR RELEASE ON MARCH 11 RECORDED BY KIKE JIMÉNEZ OF THE VOICE MEXICO,…

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NEW HIP HOP SINGLE CALLS ON MEN TO “DISMANTLE” PATRIARCHY (Media Alert)

Published: 14 February 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Cristina Escobar, Tim Rusch at media(at)onebillionrising.org NEW HIP HOP SINGLE CALLS ON MEN TO “DISMANTLE” PATRIARCHY AS THE WORLD RISES, DUO CHARITY CROFF AND JACOB DENZEL OF ARCHDUKE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ONE BILLION RISING, RELEASE “DISMANTLE” SINGLE (FEATURING TAYLOR IMAN AND JENEE JONES) AS PART OF…

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ONE BILLION RISING: REVOLUTION 2019 – RISING: FROM A CAMPAIGN, TO A WAY OF LIFE

Published: 24 September 2018

OBR ENTERS ITS SEVENTH YEAR WITH A GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION AND MANIFESTA Risings To Expand Our Understanding Of Women’s Oppression And Exploitation In The Context Of Capitalism, Colonization, Racism, Imperialism, Environmental Plunder And War One Billion Rising, the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history,…

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