FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
One Billion Rising For Justice Announces Speakers, Community Partners, and
Program, Including InTENTion, Hacktivism and Dance! Drum! Rally! Rise!
What: ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE MIAMI
When: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014
4:00pm-5:00pm STOP TRAFFICKING RALLY
5:00pm-7:00pm PROGRAM & CELEBRATION
Where: MIAMI DADE COLLEGE’S DOWNTOWN WOLFSON CAMPUS –
KYRIAKIDES PLAZA, NE 4th Street between NE 1st and 2nd Ave.
About One Billion Rising:
This Valentine’s Day, ONE BILLION women and men in 184 countries (and counting!) will come together as one global movement led by local activists addressing the themes of justice through art, indomitable presence, direct demands and global solidarity as we RISE and bring about revolutionary justice.
The campaign began as a call to action based on the staggering UN statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. Imagine One Billion women and the people who love them, dancing, releasing their stories and demanding justice until the violence stops. The earth will surely move and violence against women and girls will surely end, because it can. One Billion people gathering across the globe cannot be ignored. We need YOU, your friends, your ORGANIZATIONS to come and BE COUNTED. South Florida Will Rise!
Presenters to include State Attorney for Miami, Katherine Fernandez Rundle; Trafficking Survivor and Author, Kateriina Rosenblatt; Trauma Specialist and Author, Latina Dr. Elizabeth King; accomplished Physician, Surgeon and Domestic Violence Survivor, Dr. Lanalee Araba Sam; Haitian Activist, Marleine Bastien, MSW, LCSW, counselor and former top model, Susan Miner, MA, Mina Shah, Suzan McDowell, Jorge Veitia and more. Messages from Robert Redford, Tracy Mourning, Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda and Sundance-selected short film by Tony Award-winner Tony Stroebel and Eve Ensler.
Program to include audience participation in Stop Trafficking Rally, Hacktivism internet sex trafficking slowdown, InTENTion and Burning Bowl, flash mob “Break The Chain” dance, Drumming Circle and more.
