Ever wanted to be a part of a Flash Mob? Here is your chance to raise awareness and shake the earth by being a part of the international One Billion Rising Flash Mob on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 5 pm in Downtown McKinney.
One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history. The campaign, launched on Valentine’s Day 2012, began as a call to action 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. On 14 February 2013, people across the world came together to express their outrage, strike, dance, and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end at last to violence against women. Last year, on 14 February 2014, One Billion Rising for Justice focused on the issue of justice for all survivors of gender violence, and highlighted the impunity that lives at the intersection of poverty, racism, war, the plunder of the environment, capitalism, imperialism, and patriarchy. Events took place in 200 countries, where women, men, and youth came together to Rise, Release, and Dance outside of court houses, police stations, government offices, school administration buildings, work places, sites of environmental injustice, military courts, embassies, places of worship, homes, or simply public gathering places where women deserve to feel safe but too often do not. The campaign was covered widely by media in all corners of world including The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and many more.
HOPE RISING has participated in this movement for the last two years and hopes to make 2015 the largest one in McKinney yet. Here are the details:
Practice with us on Feb. 7 from 3-5 pm at Dancer Strong, 192 Industrial Blvd. Ste 103, McKinney, TX 75069
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Practice on your own: YOUTUBE VIDEO
Buy a TSHIRT or a HOODIE: All proceeds go to The Turning Point Rape Crisis Center of Collin County.
Meet up with us on Saturday, Feb. 14th at 5pm on the lawn of the McKinney Performing Arts Center, 111 N. Tennessee St., McKinney, TX 75069. We’ll be the ones wearing the black Flash Mob shirts.
If you have any questions, email us at president@HopeRisingTX.org.
Can’t wait to see everyone for the Revolution!
