February 14th: Join the #1BillionRising Thunderclap to Amplify the REVOLUTION Against Violence

Calling all those opposed to violence and oppression against women! Join us on V-Day (February 14th) with #1BillionRising in a worldwide #Rise4Revolution by using Thunderclap, an online flashmob that allows a single message to be mass-shared at the same time. Sign-up to show your support! 

From 1BillionRising:

IN 2016, WE ARE ESCALATING THE CALL FOR REVOLUTION.

It has been a most amazing THREE years of the campaign: One Billion Rising (2013), One Billion Rising for Justice (2014) and One Billion Rising: Revolution (2015). Through our collective efforts we mobilised, engaged, awakened and joined people worldwide to end violence against women. We made violence against women a global human issue not relegated to country or tribe or class or religion.  We revealed it as a patriarchal mandate, present in every culture of the world.

One Billion Rising: Rise for Revolution 2016 is an escalation of the first three stages of our campaign – One Billion Rising, One Billion Rising for Justice, and One Billion Rising: Revolution.

We’ve danced. We’ve demanded justice. WE’VE DEMANDED CHANGES.

THIS YEAR WE ARE RADICALISING OUR ACTIONS – ENLARGING, DEEPENING AND EXPANDING THE REVOLUTION.

We need to continue to radically shift consciousness and be braver, bolder, more creative and determined with our actions.

AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE MOST MARGINALISED WOMEN AND GIRLS TO BRING ABOUT TRUE, LONG LASTING CHANGE. 

REVOLUTION can be expressed in the “for who” and “for what”. It is broad enough to include all issues, and also particular enough to be specific about issues communities want to highlight and raise. It does not diffuse focus, rather – it enhances it.

The REVOLUTION call helps sustain the focus of what One Billion Rising is – a call for CHANGE. Structural, systemic, long term change.

Systems have not changed yet, therefore the call for REVOLUTION remains urgent and necessary, to deepen what it can mean, and escalate actions around it. Major changes are still needed, particularly in ways of thinking and consciousness about violence against women issues.

REVOLUTION allows creative and artistic expressions, multi-sectoral involvement, and more importantly – provides a unique space to engage people from all walks of life. It allows the use of imagination, art and political actions – and allows everyone the freedom to localise all their campaigns.

Above all REVOLUTION can bring everyone from the personal to the political – from the “I” to the “We”. IT HARNESSES COLLECTIVE ENERGY BECAUSE IT IS HOPEFUL AND ENVISIONS POSSIBILITIES AND A FUTURE.

Sign up and join us as we #Rise4Revolution this V-Day (February 14th)

Wear Purple and Join us on Friday Oct 9 @ San Francisco City Hall Steps to Rise Against Displacement, Forced Migration and State Violence with Gabriela USA and Rise4Revolution

The Filipina Women's Network commemorates Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Filipino American History Month by speaking out against state violence and oppression with our sisters at GABRIELA and One Billion Rising.

WEAR PURPLE and join us this Friday, October 9th at 4 pm in uniting with women from different communities against all forms of violence that affect women and families at the front steps of San Francisco City Hall. 

GABRIELA USA in partnership with ONE BILLION RISING REVOLUTION present... 
RISE4REVOLUTION: Women Rising Against Displacement, Forced Migration, and State Violence

Every day women are confronted by forms of violence that impact their physical and mental well being.

Women are displaced from the communities they love and/or grew up in. Women are forced to seek jobs outside of their home countries to sustain their families, yet they often find themselves in vulnerable work situations. Women face state violence from law enforcement, military, and para-military forces that violates their human rights.

Social, economic and political systems of violence all contribute to the oppression of women and our families. We DEMAND an END to ALL FORMS of VIOLENCE towards women and our families!

Early this year, over 200 countries gathered to Rise for REVOLUTION, in partnership with One Billion Rising, to change the paradigm, demanded accountability, justice and systematic CHANGE. One Billion Rising’s global coordinators chose the theme of “Revolution” as an escalation of the demand for justice, and to build upon the massive efforts of communities worldwide that also looked at the roots and causes of violence as part of their call for justice.

We will be joined by Monique Wilson, member of GABRIELA Philippines, International Relations for Gabriela Women's Partylist and Global Director of One Billion Rising. Click here to read Monique's bio. 

We call on Filipinos, friends, and our solidarity allies to join us in San Francisco to LISTEN! ACT! and RISE to CALL for STATE ACCOUNTABILITY and JUSTICE! 

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Friday, October 9, 2015 / 4pm / SF City Hall

Commemorating Domestic Violence Awareness month and Filipino History month, Bay Area women will come together to speak out and dance against ALL forms of violence towards women and our families.  

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1662262757323970/


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Saturday, October 10, 2015 | 6 PM - 8 PM |

Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St.

Women from different communities will share the impact of displacement, forced migration, and state violence on women and our families -- issues that plague ourcommunities from the Bay Area to the Philippines to Palestine & all over the world.

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/592916477513419/