One Billion Rising
February 13, 2014, 6pm
ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE is a global call to women survivors of violence and those who love them to gather safely in community outside places where they are entitled to justice – courthouses, police stations, government offices, school administration buildings, work places, sites of environmental injustice, military courts, embassies, places of worship, homes, or simply public gathering places where women deserve to feel safe but too often do not. It is a call to survivors to break the silence and release their stories – politically, spiritually, outrageously – through art, dance, ritual, song, spoken word, testimonies and whatever way feels right. ............
Our stories have been buried, denied, erased, altered, and minimized by patriarchal systems that allow impunity to reign. Justice begins when we speak, release, and acknowledge the truth in solidarity and community. ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE is an invitation to break free from confinement, obligation, shame, guilt, grief, pain, humiliation, rage, and bondage.
The campaign is a recognition that we cannot end violence against women without looking at the intersection of poverty, racism, war, the plunder of the environment, capitalism, imperialism, and patriarchy. Impunity lives at the heart of these interlocking forces.
It is a call to bring on revolutionary justice.
Learn more about OBR: http://
Join the OBR-AnnArbor fb page: https://www.facebook.com/
DANCE WITH US: We will be doing the One Billion Rising Dance at this event: everyone is welcome to JOIN US!! Check out this video to learn the steps:
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CALL FOR Participants & Performers: Calling for survivors, allies, friends to break the silence and release their stories – politically, spiritually, outrageously – through art, dance, ritual, song, spoken word, testimonies and whatever way feels right. To be added to the lineup please email Barbara: werenje@hotmail.com
JOIN US: **Feb 13**: 6pm: The event will take place in the Greenhills School Dining Room (enter via the entrance by the Campbell Center) 850 Greenhills Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1420053371571929
Congo & OBR:
Rise4Justice Blog: Congo Rising: Why Am I Rising for Justice by Jane Mukuninwa ----> http://www.
Rise4Justice Blog: Congo Rising: Dear One Billion Rising for Justice Activists by Christine Schuler Deschryver ---> http://www.
Rise4Justice Blog: Congo Rising: What is Justice for the Women of Songo Mboyo? by Jessica Neuwirth ----> http://www.
