Rejoice & RISE Online 14 February, Join us for a Body Love Uprising Hosted by V (fka Eve Ensler) & Middle Church’s Jacqui Lewis

Published: 4 February 2022

On Monday, 14 February, we ushered in the 2022 One Billion Rising season with REJOICE & RISE 2022: A BODY LOVE UPRISING. One Billion Rising activists are back at it again in the ninth year of the campaign with over 70 countries rising, hundreds of creative resistance events are taking…

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PAMELA SMART SEEKS COMMUTATION OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCE

Published: 2 February 2022

Pamela Smart, who was part of V-Day and One Billion Rising Founder V’s writing group at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, is seeking commutation of her life without parole sentence. Pamela Smart is seeking a commutation of her sentence of life without parole. Pamela Smart was imprisoned at the age of…

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RISE FOR OLGA – by Sila Voli, One Billion Rising Coordinator, Belarus

Published: 31 January 2022 > Belarus

One Billion Rising is a global campaign, dedicated to ending violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence) and girls, which takes place annually on and about 14 February. More than 200 countries have already joined this action. Belarus is one…

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V-Day and A Call to Men Launch Dismantle Patriarchy Contest, Calling On Students To Envision a Future Without Gender Violence

Published: 26 January 2022

Competition Awards $1,000 Prizes to High School and College Student Winners Who Challenge Patriarchy Through Art, Music, Other Creative Forms FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: media (at) vday.org January 26, 2022 — ​​The gender-based violence prevention groups V-Day and A Call to Men today launched a competition calling on high school…

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One Billion Rising Activists Set the Stage During 16 Days of Activism

Published: 14 December 2021

One Billion Rising activists are heeding the call of the #1BillionRising 2022 Campaign – a call to RISE for the Bodies of All Women, Girls & the Earth – harnessing the global energy of 16 Days of Activism to connect both in a deeper, more purposeful, political, transformative and yet…

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Southern Maine Women’s Reentry Center

Published: 3 December 2021

New $10 Million Women’s Re-entry Center Opens in Maine» After three years of parole supervision, New York State finally discharged me. As a free woman, my excitement brewed for my first visit to  Maine. Cheryl Wilkins and Yolanda-Peterkin Johnson accompanied me. We wanted to connect with the women in our…

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The Closing of Rosie’s

Published: 3 December 2021

On October 13, 2021, several organizations came together to protest closing the death camp; closing this death chamber has been a long-standing issue for advocates of criminal justice reform and abolitionists throughout New York State for decades. The crumbling infrastructure, the infestation of rodents,  inhumane living conditions, the onset of…

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#GivingTuesday: Support V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women, girls and the planet

Published: 30 November 2021

Support VDAY this Giving Tuesday

From City of Joy to Voices, the Safe House in Kenya to The Apology, the Beyond Incarceration Project to One Billion Rising, the work is as vibrant and deep as ever. V-Day and One Billion Rising grassroots activists are pushing boundaries and engaging in dialogue to thrust forward the most…

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Your Solidarity & Support Make this Movement Possible. 
Please Consider Giving to V-Day this Season.

Published: 24 November 2021

This giving season support V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence), girls and the planet. Your Solidarity & Support Make This Movement Possible. 
Please consider giving to V-Day this season. The global…

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One Billion Rising 2022 – Create a Rising in your Community/College

Published: 22 November 2021

TAKE ACTION, RISE. Created by the ONE BILLION RISING coordinators, our 2022 call is to connect both in a deeper, more purposeful, political, transformative and yet also empowering, hopeful way. And to make this coming year a truly radical, bold, fearless escalation of artistic risings. Please apply full Covid safety…

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