Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Rising Roots participates in 1 Billion Rising: Dance Through the Streets for a Culture of Consent


We will gather at Dolores Park between 11am and 1pm to listen to live bands and DJs, share food, and make signs. At 1pm we will dance our way through the Mission calling on people to leave work and school in a global strike against rape culture. When we reach 16th and Mission we will cover the ground with art and inspirational messages and dance in the streets. We will then continue to Civic Center/City Hall where we will join the flashmob and other festivities. 
We are coming together for a healing process and creating space that fosters both joy and sadness, love and anger, art and action.  We will be calling for people to leave their schools and workplaces as we pass by buildings in San Francisco and join this global strike against rape culture.  We stand for a culture of consent.  

We will gather at Dolores Park between 11am and 1pm to listen to live bands and DJs, share food, and make signs. At 1pm we will dance our way through the Mission calling on people to leave work and school in a global strike against rape culture. When we reach 16th and Mission we will cover the ground with art and inspirational messages and dance in the streets. We will then continue to Civic Center/City Hall where we will join the flashmob and other festivities. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/343246352456261/

http://www.onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/startarising/4jjgg

www.onebillionrising.org

www.herrising.org


Find us throughout the day by searching:
#MissionRising
#1BillionMission
or follow
@RisingRoots
on twitter



11am - 1pm @ Dolores Park (18th and Dolores)
*DJ RyuRy:
https://www.facebook.com/ryanryury

*DJ Subversive / Ian Bender
https://www.facebook.com/ian.bender.127?ref=ts&fref=ts

*Craig Rouskey Music
https://www.facebook.com/crouskey?fref=ts

*Thunderground Collective
https://www.facebook.com/thundergroundcollective?fref=ts

Cricket Suess
https://www.facebook.com/Suessical?fref=ts

DJ Domitrio

1pm-4pm: Dance Through the Mission

4pm: One Billion Rising: San Francisco City Hall
http://www.onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/startarising/4jvwj

5:30pm: One Billion Rising Bay Area Flash Mob
http://www.onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/startarising/wrg4




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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ryan Rising 
201-388-2367 
RootsRhizing@GMail.com

ONE BILLION RISING: (Dance Through the Streets for a Culture of Consent) 

(Mission Rising) JOINS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN - ONE BILLION RISING - TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

February 14, 2013 to be V-Days Largest Day of Action Ever

February 14, 2013, Mission Rising: On February 14, 2013, at 11a.m., Mission Rising will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.

ONE BILLION RISING began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS. On February 14, 2013, V-Days 15th anniversary, Mission Rising will join activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities, and women and men across the world as we express their outrage, demand change, strike, dance, and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end at last to violence against women. 

When we started V-Day 14 years ago, we had the outrageous idea that we could end violence against women, said Ensler. Now, we are both stunned and thrilled to see that this global action is truly escalating and gaining force, with union workers, parliament members, celebrities, and women of all backgrounds coming forward to join the campaign. When we come together on February 14, 2013 to demand an end to violence against women and girls it will be a truly global voice that will rise up. 

We will gather at Dolores Park between 11am and 1pm to listen to live bands and DJs, share food, and make signs. At 1pm we will dance our way through the Mission calling on people to leave work and school in a global strike against rape culture. When we reach 16th and Mission we will cover the ground with art and inspirational messages and dance in the streets. We will then continue to Civic Center/City Hall where we will join the flashmob and other festivities.

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About One Billion Rising
One in three women on the planet is raped or beaten in her lifetime. That is ONE BILLION WOMEN violated. One billion daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, lovers and friends. On 14th February 2013, V-Day's 15th Anniversary, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating women and men to dance across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our numbers and our solidarity across borders. Join V-Day and ONE BILLION RISING today and SAY NO to violence against women and girls. To sign up and learn more, visit www.onebillionrising.org

About V-Day
V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler's award winning play The Vagina Monologuesand other artistic works. In 2012, over 5,800 V-Day benefit events took place produced by volunteer activists in the U.S. and around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls. To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $90 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it, crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns, reopened shelters, and funded over 14,000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses in Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq. Over 300 million people have seen a V-Day benefit event in their community. V-Day has received numerous acknowledgements including Worth Magazine's 100 Best Charities, Marie Claire Magazine's Top Ten Charities, one of the Top-Rated organizations on Philanthropedia/Guidestar and Great Nonprofits. V-Day's newest campaign is ONE BILLION RISING which will culminate on 021413 with a global action worldwide. www.vday.org

To learn more about V‑Day (Mission Rising), call (201) 388-2367 or e-mail the organization at RootsRhizing@gmail.com. To learn more about V‑Day and its campaigns visitwww.vday.org

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https://www.facebook.com/events/343246352456261/

http://www.onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/startarising/4jjgg

www.onebillionrising.org

www.herrising.org

Find us throughout the day by searching:
#MissionRising
#1BillionMission 
or follow
@RisingRoots
on twitter

11am - 1pm @ Dolores Park (18th and Dolores)
*DJ RyuRy: 
https://www.facebook.com/ryanryury

*DJ Subversive / Ian Bender
https://www.facebook.com/ian.bender.127?ref=ts&fref=ts

*Craig Rouskey Music
https://www.facebook.com/crouskey?fref=ts

*Thunderground Collective 
https://www.facebook.com/thundergroundcollective?fref=ts

Cricket Suess
https://www.facebook.com/Suessical?fref=ts

DJ Domitrio

1pm-4pm: Dance Through the Mission

4pm: One Billion Rising: San Francisco City Hall
http://www.onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/startarising/4jvwj

5:30pm: One Billion Rising Bay Area Flash Mob
http://www.onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/startarising/wrg4

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