Eve Ensler: One Billion Rising (Shaking the Earth Through Dance To End Violence Against Women and Girls)

One in three women will be raped or beaten in their lifetime. 

That is one billion women. 

Imagine instead one billion women releasing their stories, 

dancing, 

and speaking out about justice. 

In 2013 one billion men and women rose and danced to end violence against women and girls.

This year on February 14th (this friday) one billion will rise again, harnessing their imagination and power for justice. 

Rise, release, and dance! 

I had the pleasure last week of attending a talk by Eve Ensler author of the Vagina Monologues (an amazing play empowering women) and founder of the One Billion Rising For Justice movement. Her energy was crackling and electric, and you could just feel the amazing power of one billion souls rallied behind her and inspiring her. She spoke passionately about her own experience with sexual abuse, her amazing travels around the globe, and about mobilizing the world behind a movement far too long in the making. 

Her impossible vision of one billion people rising came to fruition last year, and there is no reason we can't make justice ring all the louder this V-day. Risings have taken place on every continent (except Antarctica) and the short film 'One Billion Rising' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Please, please, get involved, or at least get informed, and hey, everyone loves to dance!

This video is amazingly powerful. Don't be intimidated by the 9 minute run-time, every second is worth it, and if you're not tearing up multiple times, feeling inspired, and feeling ridiculously pumped by the end, you better watch it again. The editing is incredible, the message brilliant, and the cause unforgettable! Rise, release, and dance this February 14th, and find a rising event near you at http://www.onebillionrising.org/events/#!/0/0/1/ Enjoy! 

If you really want to take the shortcut to justice and don't have time for the longer version (make time though), I GUESS you can also watch the really intense and hard to watch at points One Billion Rising Short Film, which boasts great music, and I promise, does get happier about 1:30 in. The power of dance really is awe-inspiring.