Originally published January 24, 2015

The following event is a creative solution to my inability to attend my local ONE BILLION RISING event. Now the online community can take part in this worldwide event and dance to celebrate our Love and our desire for Peace for women!

~Danya Daccash

Be part of the *Web* of Energy for the Global Dance for Peace:

Link for 2015 Event: Online Event: ONE BILLION RISING REVOLUTION – Virtual RISE UP & DANCE FOR PEACE

~ 1 IN 3 WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME

~ ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY

~ ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A REVOLUTION

ONE BILLION RISING is a powerful global campaign to raise awareness and stop violence against women, and to help heal women and men around the world. The campaign highlights the fact that violence against women is a global human issue, present in every culture of the world.

Every February 14, we rise – in hundreds of countries across the world – to show the world what one billion looks like and shine a light on the rampant impunity and injustice that survivors most often face. We rise through dance to express joy and community and celebrate the fact that we have not been defeated by this violence.

We rise to show we are determined to create a new kind of consciousness – one where violence will be resisted until it is unthinkable. Together we are creating a global culture that teaches our boys & men to respect women & girls, and to speak out against “rape culture” that condones gender based violence, blames victims and defends abusers. We are creating a culture that values compassion and prioritizes support for targets of sexual violence. This year we are rising for REVOLUTION.

There are events all around the world, however if your city is not holding a gathering, or if you are unable to attend, JOIN IN, as an online community, to RISE UP & DANCE in “virtual” solidarity with all the events across the planet.

Join ONE BILLION RISING with the Virtual RISE UP & DANCE Event:

You can take part at work or school, in your home or outside on a walk… wherever you are! You can gather with a group of friends or colleagues, participate with your family and children, take part with your Valentine date, or simply celebrate by yourself.

When: February 14 at 5:30 pm (or whatever time is convenient for you!)

Where: Wherever you are!

Who: Women and the men who love them ♥ 

What: Participation is simple…

1. Take a minute to get centered in feeling Compassion for survivors, and your desire for women and girls to live free from gender-based violence. Breathe deeply and get in touch with your Love and desire for women to have Peace. Breathe in LOVE, Breathe out PEACE.

2. Listen to the catchy ONE BILLION RISING Anthem “Break the Chain” and RISE UP & DANCE to celebrate the liberation of women towards peace:

~ Break the Chain Anthem video

~ Break the Chain Anthem audio

~ If you’re having so much fun that you want to keep on dancing, visit my playlist for some other ONE BILLION RISING International Music Videos

~ Playlist for my ONE BILLION RISING Featured Videos

WHY DANCE?

“Dance is dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive, contagious, it breaks the rules. It can happen anywhere, anytime, with anyone and everyone, and it’s free. Dancing insists we take up space, we go there together in community…”Break The Chain” is the anthem that will call up one billion to rise.” – Eve Ensler, Founder of V-Day

“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” – Emma Goldman

This is at the same time a Peace protest and a giant global Celebration. February 14 is traditionally a day to celebrate love. Join the ONE BILLION RISING in celebrating our love and respect for women, an affirmation of the feminine and of our desire for women and girls to be safe in the world. What does ONE BILLION look like? On February 14, it will look like a REVOLUTION.

Join the rEVOLution: Let’s dance to end the violence. Let’s shake the earth into awareness!

Join us: “Online Event: ONE BILLION RISING REVOLUTION – Virtual RISE UP & DANCE FOR PEACE“

#1BillionRising #Rise4Revolution

ABOUT THE ONE BILLION RISING CAMPAIGN:

One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action in human history. The campaign 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 14 February 2013, people across the world came together to express their outrage, strike, dance, and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end at last to violence against women. Last year, on 14 February 2014, One Billion Rising for Justice focused on the issue of justice for all survivors of gender violence, and highlighted the impunity that lives at the intersection of poverty, racism, war, the plunder of the environment, capitalism, imperialism, and patriarchy. Events took place in 200 countries, where women, men, and youth came together to Rise, Release, and Dance outside of court houses, 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. The campaign was covered widely by media in all corners of world including The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and many more. www.onebillionrising.org.