ONE BILLION RISING

ONE IN THREE 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

This week, join V-Day in demanding an end to violence against women everywhere. Write a blog post or poem, take a photo, or make a video--anything that you feel represents your voice--post it on She Writes, and then share a link to it here in the comments section by 9am PST/12pm EST this Thurs 2/14. We'll select three of our favorite contributions to feature in this Thursday's newsletter...and you'll be joining a revolution. We look forward to hearing (and seeing) what you have to say!

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Permalink Reply by Kayann Short, Ph.D. on February 12, 2013 at 4:22pm

As part of One Billion Rising, here's a post where you can contact House Representatives to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act:
http://pearlmoonplenty.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/vawa-before-v-day/

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Permalink Reply by Krissa Lagos on February 12, 2013 at 4:51pm

Thanks for this, Kayann--a galvanizing post, and the bill is one I'm sure many She Writers will be interested to learn about if they don't know about it already.

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Permalink Reply by Carmen Myrtis-Garcia on February 13, 2013 at 1:42pm

Thank you for posting this and reminding us of speaking up and making our voices heard to our Representatives.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Thomson on February 12, 2013 at 6:02pm

I just posted V-day-One Billion Rising to tell women about the event. I've chosen two videos to dance to as well. Happy V-Day everyone! http://www.lisathomsonlive.com/v-day-one-billion-rising/

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Permalink Reply by Krissa Lagos on February 14, 2013 at 8:49am

Thanks so much, Lisa!

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Permalink Reply by Lizbeth Meredith on February 12, 2013 at 9:00pm

What a great effort.

I blog about domestic violence regularly. Here's a recent contribution. Thanks for the opportunity.http://www.lameredith.com/2013/01/honoring-young-female-victims-of....

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Permalink Reply by Krissa Lagos on February 14, 2013 at 8:50am

Thanks, Lizbeth. And I love the call to action at the end of your post!

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Permalink Reply by Lizbeth Meredith on February 15, 2013 at 8:19am

Thank you again for providing the venue.

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Permalink Reply by Melanie Coffee on February 13, 2013 at 4:18pm

OK, so here's my post on this. It was easy to write, but hard to share. I had to hit publish before I lost my nerve. Now I've got that sick feeling inside, like what did I just do? http://bit.ly/XC4xb8

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Permalink Reply by Janine Roberta Harrison on February 14, 2013 at 7:12am

I'm with Melanie Coffee--my One Billion Rising blog post was hard to share. Still, it felt good to contribute. The link is: http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/one-billion-rising-one-woma... Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Krissa Lagos on February 14, 2013 at 8:55am

Thank you for sharing, Janine. It takes a lot of courage to tell that story.

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Permalink Reply by Krissa Lagos on February 14, 2013 at 8:53am

Thank you for this, Melanie. I can understand why it was so difficult to share--but I think that makes it all the more important. The fewer women who stay silent, the faster change can happen!