On 14 February 2013, one billion people in 207 countries rose and danced to demand an end to violence against women and girls.On 14 February 2014*, we are escalating our efforts, calling on women and men everywhere to RISE, RELEASE, DANCE, and demand JUSTICE!
Come dance at 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. We will meet at 3rd St. and Arizona Ave at 12:30 pm. It will be led by Hannah Blake, professional dancer and philanthropist. You can also find us on the One Billion Rising website: http://www.onebillionrising.org/events/dance-on-the-promenade/
CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities - See more at: www.codepink.org
You can see our video from last year here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arwImKlTIDE
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And learn the dance or just come out and follow along! http://www.onebillionrising.org/resources/music-video-resource-page/
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, marches, ritual, song, spoken word, testimonies and whatever way feels right.