ABOUT THE EVENT Presented By: The Bronx Borough President’s Office, Fordham University, Project Bully Free Zone, One Billion Rising For Justice. Join Eve Ensler, Traciana Graves, the Bronx Borough Presidents Office and, members of the Bronx community. We all have a story. Share yours. Make a difference. There will be:…

These photos come from a silent rising in NYC. Sometimes no words speak volumes. 

We hold the torch for you and with you. these students rising the other day, leading the march with thousands of others, torches in hand dancing and rising for justice fire in their hearts blazing louder and stronger than the torches they were carrying, is your legacy. they are the…

STOP CYBER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THE SPECIALISTS STRIVING TO HELP THEM. Being attacked in virtual space can hurt just as much as face to face. There is no such thing as virtual trauma. Trauma is always a real experience. On February 14, 2014, women’s rights organizations and the people…

Hi Risers, The One Billion Rising Africa for Justice Celebration was wonderful on the 14th February 2014 in Koidu City, Kono District, Sierra Leone. Parents were so excited over the event as they were so much concern with the too much rape cases and violence against women and girls in…

Bernice King, CEO of The King Center and daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Coretta Scott King speaks passionately at One Billion Rising for Justice at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Feb. 14, 2014.

Watch the whole event first! Our rising event in Ramallah – Palestine, and some hundreds showed up from the city and other cities, the interesting aspect was the larger presence of young men to the number of women. We also encountered an unpleasant interference for some old women who were…

We had such a touching Rising in México City. In front of 5000+ women, men, girls and boys, BREAK THE CHAIN was heard in the heart of the city just outside the Courthouse of Justice of the City. Families of girls kidnaped for human Trafficking stood with pictures of their loved…

3 regions Lower Shabelle, Benadir and Galgaduud participated in Somalia’s Vday activities yesterday with success!  We had a morning of celebration for the Somali women’s strength, endurance and their bravery. We danced, sang and spoke out against the injustice women face in our country every day. The stories we shared…

MEDIA ALERT CONTACT: Contact: Cathryn Swan #646.713.7281 Susan Celia Swan #917.865.6603 NEW YORK CITY DECLARES TODAY ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE DAY FIRST LADY OF NEW YORK CITY, CHIRLANE MCCRAY, DELIVERS OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION TO EVE ENSLER AT “JUSTICE IS CARE: SAY SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL” EVENT IN THE BRONX WHO: The First Lady of New…