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One Billion Rising

February 14 @ 4:30 pm 6:30 pm

 Colonias Development Council invites you to One Billion Rising to take place at New America School located at 207 S Main. One Billion Rising a word wide event to stop violence against women and all forms of violence. Come join us for this family event, we will have information tables with resources for individuals and families affected by violence, we will have music, giveaways, raffles. Bring your dancing show as we all Rise for a world free of violence.

What is ONE BILLION RISING?
1 in 3 women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. That’s ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS. Every February, we rise – in countries across the world – to show our local communities and the world what one billion looks like and shine a light on the rampant impunity and injustice that survivors most often face. We rise through dance to express joy and community and celebrate the fact that we have not been defeated by this violence. We rise to show we are determined to create a new kind of consciousness – one where violence will be resisted until it is unthinkable.

About One Billion Rising
One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence) in human history. The campaign, which 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.

207 S Main St
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001
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