Source: KGUN9 Tucson “Rising to raise awareness: Esperanza Dance Project drawing attention to gender-based violence – The non-profit dance company joins in on world-wide One Billion Rising event: Valentine’s Day is a day dedicated to the celebration of love. Still, for the estimated 10 million Americans who are survivors of…

Source: La Casa Inc. and The Round Up “Today, our team joined the One Billion Rising movement in Las Cruces, standing in solidarity with survivors and taking a powerful stand against violence in all its forms. After a 10-year absence, this event returned to our community, bringing people together to…

As we rise together for freedom in 2025, the challenges we face in the U.S. are immense. We are witnessing a rise in fascism and attacks on our rights and safety, with a new influx of known perpetrators of sexual harassment and violence at the helm. From attacks on trans…

V-Day’s Afghan Women Speak: Stories From Inside Afghanistan Won Two Anthem Awards We are thrilled to announce that Afghan Women Speak: Stories From Inside Afghanistan has won two Anthem Awards. The V-Day series received the Silver award for Social Media Content, Campaign and Global Awareness Campaign in the Education, Arts…

Dearest activists, friends & supporters, Join us and our incredible lineup of speakers, poets, artists, activists ready to fuel us with information, strategies, solidarity, and energy to ignite the movement we need right now. Throughout the day, we will unpack what fascism is in the US and globally and what…

#DayWithoutUs on Friday, 30 September V-Day and One Billion Rising are proud to partner with #DayWithoutUs, a national day of action led by Black women and an invitation for all of us to abandon borders, boundaries, and binaries to build solidarity across the country. By Black women and for ALL,…

Alianza Nacional de Campesinas is proud to be a part of the One Billion Rising against gender based violence and exploitation. We recognize this year’s theme of Rising Gardens as an acknowledgment of the work that we do on a daily basis, the work of cultivating and nourishing the land…

These are challenging times for essential service workers, workers of color, and womxn-identifying workers and mothers especially. We write today to ask for your support for these frontline workers. Tipped service workers, including servers, bartenders, delivery workers, and more, are starting a series of monthly strikes this coming Monday, August…

Photos: Paula Allen for V-Day This week is the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. As the anniversary approaches – and a new storm is approaching the coast of Louisiana and Texas – we remember those we lost and those whose lives were changed fifteen years ago and we celebrate the…

This virus is affecting all of us, those in prison are especially vulnerable. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, nearly 2.3 million people are held in prisons and jails nationwide (Prison Policy Initiative). Prison populations cannot “self-isolate,”  “social distance” or “flatten the curve,” nor are…