One Billion Rising: Revolution Offers “Artistic Uprising”

“ARTISTIC UPRISING” ANNOUNCED

Saturday, February 7 at The Hammerstein Ballroom 

Global Activists to Join Performances by Revolutionary Artists, Dancers, and Singers to End Violence Against Women and Girls as Part of One Billion Rising: Revolution

One Billion Rising, a global campaign to end violence against women that has become the largest mass action of its kind in human history, is kicking off its third year with the theme One Billion Rising: Revolution, a new escalation that calls for a definitive end to the global epidemic of abuse against women and girls.   

On February 7th at the Hammerstein Ballroom, leaders, artists and activists will join together in a night of dancing, singing, and drumming to launch a year of revolutionary action, continuing One Billion Rising’s legacy of harnessing the power of art and activism. The one-night-only event will bring together a groundbreaking group of performers and artists united around the common goal of ending violence against women.

WHO: Tony Award winning playwright, performer, activist & founder of One Billion Rising and V-Day Eve Ensler; actress and V-Day Board member Thandie Newton; actress Kathy Najimy; Orange is the New Black actress and long-time V-Day activist Emma Myles; Brooklyn-based artist Swoon; singer-songwriter Maya Azucena; international music group Batala NYC; activist musical group BETTY; band Y3K; multimedia & spoken word duo Climbing Poetree; City of Joy and V-Day Congo Director Christine Schuler Deschryver (Congo); poet and spoken word performer Asali Devan Ecclesiastes; poet and vocalist Gina Loring; anti-FGM women & girls’ rights activist Agnes Pareyio (Kenya); poet, singer, and activist Sunni Patterson; theatrical dance & extreme action company STREB; beat boxer, actor, and youth activist Karabo Tshikube (South Africa); artist and performance poet Jaha Zainabu; women’s rights activist, Zoya (Afghanistan); One Billion Rising Director Monique Wilson (Manila and Singapore); and others to be announced.

WHAT: ARTISTIC UPRISING – a one night only benefit event featuring artists and activists gathered to end violence against women and girls through creative and innovative global campaigns. The evening will usher in the One Billion Rising events taking place across the globe on/around Feb 14^th.  Proceeds from the evening will benefit One Billion Rising work to end violence against women and girls in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and the Philippines. 

Guests are encouraged to come dressed as their “revolutionary selves.” Tickets available for $25, $100, and $1000. To purchase, visit http://www.onebillionrising.org/tix

WHEN: Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 7:00 PM 

WHERE: Hammerstein Ballroom; 311 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001