Today on the beginning of 16 Days of Activism and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we launch One Billion Rising 2025 as an invitation to survivors, artists and activists everywhere to RISE in 2025.

The recent elections in India, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Argentina and that of a corrupt, predatory, adjudicated rapist to the US Presidency evidence that governments are moving to the right. Across the globe, we see governments led by authoritarian, corrupt leaders rolling back women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, undermining democratic institutions, denying human rights, enforcing militarization, banning books and erasing history, shutting down dissent and media, drilling and deregulating and destroying the Earth. Fascism is clearly on the rise.

How do we escalate our risings to be bolder and more impactful, catalyze our imaginations, create art that can lift our spirits and raise the vibration, always centering those who are most oppressed and invisibilized. Our ever-evolving work is situated at the intersection of ending sexual violence, racism, war, colonialism, imperialism, occupation, and climate injustice.

Join the movement.

US ACTIVISTS:
Join “One Billion Rising: Art, Activism and Creative Resistance” on Tuesday, Nov. 26th at 7pm-8pm ET on Zoom. For info and to register, visit: onebillionrising.org/usa-zoom

AFRICA ACTIVISTS:
Join the “Rise For Freedom! – Breaking Free: The Struggle of African Women at the Crossroads of Fascism & Patriarchy in Africa” on Tuesday, November 26 at 4pm GMT+2 on Facebook. View live at: facebook.com/ESWATINIRISING

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