KERRY WASHINGTON AND EDWIDGE DANTICAT JOIN AJA MONET ON VOICES “THE LISTENING TOUR” ON INSTAGRAM LIVE VOICES begins with listening. In the lead up to the artistic piece, Aja Monet has hosted The Virtual Listening Tour on VOICES’ Instagram Live. It’s an expansive series, featuring conversations, performances, and offerings that…

India Rises with Gardens of HOPE, JOY, PEACE and SOLIDARITY

OBR Myanmar successfully launched their 2021 One Billion Rising Gardens campaign last January 14th, with special guest V (formerly known as Eve Ensler/ Founder and Artistic Director of One Billion Rising), Monique Wilson (One Billion Rising Global Director), Kamla Bhasin (One Billion Rising South Asia Regional coordinator) and young local…

Un Billón de Pie México/One Billion Rising: #TheMochis are #RaisingTheVibration #CultivatingNoViolence #RaisingGardens ☝🏻 Thank you Erika Acosta for embracing this year’s theme and edible gardens… a sustainable food support system at the Cherry Invasion community! #RisingGardens

Join survivors, artists, activists, and youth in towns, cities, schools worldwide as together we RISE through Action, Art, Connection, Imagination, and Love. For two decades, V-Day activists have unleashed vast grassroots, anti-violence work on college campuses and in communities – visionary work that has been survivor-led and focused, all the…

OBR Myanmar, led by OBR Myanmar Coordinator Eunice Naw, will be launching their One Billion Rising 2021 campaign on January 14th – with the global call of RISING GARDENS as their main theme. The online zoom launch will include live participation and messages from guests V (formerly knows as Eve…

From Kamla Bhasin (OBR South Asia Regional Coordinator) “If Lock Downs do not allow face to face meetings, we WILL MEET ON LINE and we will meet friends from far and wide. We will meet and learn through inspiring films on radical alternatives, Living in harmony with Nature. Do join…

By: Mbabazi Zakhia (OBR Rwanda Coordinator) Last December 28, 2020 – One Billion Rising Rwanda launched our Rising Gardens 2021 campaign. Everyday I get excited of how much the work we are doing is transforming women. The OBR Rwanda launch event was very emotional and serious strategies to make our…

(Shared by Omodele Ibitoye Ejeh – OBR Nigeria Coordinator) Empowerment and Healing through story telling. OBR Nigeria is working with Virtuous Progressive Women and IRISE in communities in Nigeria to empower and introduce the 2021 ‘Rising Garden’ OBR Global campaign and prepare women for Leadership.

Dearest Activists, Friends, Supporters, As we move towards the end of this most unusual and unstable year, we are filled with gratitude for all that you have given and all that you do. Looking ahead to 2021, V-Day, One Billion Rising, & City of Joy activists everywhere are preparing RISINGs worldwide…