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11th Annual Hope Rising Flash Mob

Join us on Saturday, February 24 for Hope Rising’s annual flash mob in McKinney, Texas! Tell your friends, family and anyone else who wants to join us for a spontaneous and fun dance experience. This event is open to EVERYONE — kids, teens, and adults of all ages. You don’t have to be a good…
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Hope Rising’s Flash Mob is Back!

We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary by bringing Hope Rising’s flash mob back to McKinney, Texas! Tell your friends, family and anyone else who might like to join us for a spontaneous and fun dance experience. This event is open to EVERYONE — kids, teens, and adults of all ages. You don’t have to be a…
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Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues

SPREAD THE WORD We’re bringing Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues back to McKinney in 2023! Stay tuned for the date and location of this poignant and hilarious show that supports a great cause. ABOUT THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues is based on interviews with over 200 women about their memories and experiences of sexuality.…
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2020 Hope Rising Flashmob

The date is set for our 2020 Hope Rising Flashmob! This time we’ll be dancing in downtown McKinney at 3:00 pm and 4:30 pm on 2/15/20. Tell your friends, family and anyone else who might like to join us to support a great cause. This event is open to EVERYONE — kids, teens, and adults…
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7th Annual Hope Rising Flashmob

Yes, we’re doing it again on February 9, 2019 at 5:00 pm! We’re organizing a flashmob in historic downtown McKinney, TX. If you’ve never been a part of a Flashmob, it’s a fun and empowering experience. Everyone is welcome to participate: men, women, old, and young! You don’t need any special skills, and you don’t have…
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The 2018 Return of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues

We are delighted to present Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues on Friday, March 23 at 8:00 pm. Performances will be held at The Sanctuary in McKinney’s Adriatica Village. This will be a special night packed full of poignant and hilarious performances! Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues is based on interviews with over 200 women about their memories and experiences…
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5th Annual One Billion Rising Flashmob

On Saturday, February 11 at 4:30 p.m., we will once again join the world in shaking the earth, to bring awareness and stop the violence against women. 1 in 3 women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. That’s ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS. Every February, people rise – in hundreds of countries…
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Deliver Us Not/Say It Again: Benefit Performance for The Family Place

THE FAMILY PLACE COMES TO MCKINNEY October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and in observance, Hope Rising will present DELIVER US NOT/SAY IT AGAIN to benefit The Family Place. We are delighted to support The Family Place and welcome them to McKinney as they establish a much needed counseling center, open a resale shop and build the first Men’s shelter in the state of…
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One Billion Rising Flashmob

Mark your calendar for the International One Billion Rising Flashmob on Saturday, February 13 at 4:00 pm.  We will once again join the world in shaking the earth to bring awareness and stop the violence against women. Strike. Rise. Dance. The flashmob will take place at the McKinney Performing Arts Center.  You can learn the dance…
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Hope Rising Presents “Love, Loss and What I Wore”

Hope Rising was proud to present a benefit staged reading for Hope’s Door, Collin County’s Domestic Violence Shelter. Love, Loss, and What I Wore has become an international hit. With its compulsively entertaining subject matter, this intimate collection of stories by Nora and Delia Ephron celebrated an accomplished two-and-a-half year run in New York’s Westside…
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