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(38,893 posts) Sat Feb 16, 2013, 02:08 AM Feb 2013

Jenna Pope photojournal: One Billion Rising - NYC

http://jennapope.com/2013/02/16/one-billion-rising-nyc/

ONE BILLION RISING IS:

A global strike
An invitation to dance
A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends
An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers
A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given
A new time and a new way of being

Find more info on the One Billion Rising website.

On Valentine's Day, I attended three events in NYC that were a part of a large, global day of action called One Billion Rising. Below are photos from an action in Times Square:

(Photos at the link.)

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