The team at Bay Area Rising are holding their One Billion Rising: Revolution event on Saturday, February 13th!
Bay Area Rising is a powerful feminist network of artists, spiritual leaders, and activists dedicated to ending violence against women and girls, that was formed in 2012 as a call to action from One Billion Rising, 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.
Let’s join them this year and RISE at Sweet’s Ballroom in Oakland!
Tickets now on sale for event and fundraiser.
1 Vision! 1 Voice! 1 Victory!
Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Sweet's Ballroom, 1933 Broadway in Oakland.
Limited number of Low Income and FREE Youth tix available. ASL interpretation provided.
Bay Area Rising events catalyze community to inspire, heal, increase awareness, educate, and raise funds for front-line service organizations that serve women and girls. This has included: IDEX, 1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence, the American Indian Child Resource Center, Himalayan Sisterhood. And in 2016, they are focusing on Black Lives Matter, and several local groups that empower girls.
“We’ve created a new tradition for Valentine’s Day … one that’s not entirely about consumerism but a safe space to be with other women, other creative kindred spirits … Bay Area Rising is a place to be with our joy! ”
— Pilar
Tickets now on sale for event and fundraiser
Saturday, February 13, 2016
1 Vision! 1 Voice! 1 Victory!
Sweet's Ballroom
1933 Broadway in Oakland
Limited number of Low Income and FREE Youth tix available. ASL interpretation provided.
MEDUSA is respected and adored as a Queen to the word and power of her music and what she stands for, not just the fact that she’s the undisputed Queen of West Coast underground hip-hop.
ALICIA GARZA is an organizer, writer, and freedom dreamer living and working in Oakland, CA. She is the Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States, most of whom are women. She is also the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter, a national organizing project focused on combating anti-Black state sanctioned violence.
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