12 Sep MEDIA ADVISORY: V-Day, One Billion Rising and Judson Memorial Church Host Daylong Educational and Inspirational Event Fuel Us With Information, Strategies, Solidarity and Energy to Ignite The Movement We Need Right Now
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: September 14, 2024
Contact: media(at)vday.org, (917)865-6603
V-Day, One Billion Rising and Judson Memorial Church Host Daylong Educational and Inspirational Event Fuel Us with Information, Strategies, Solidarity and Energy to Ignite the Movement We Need Right Now
‘HOW WE DO FREEDOM: Rising Against Fascism’ Will Feature Speakers, Poets, Artists, Musicians & Activists
NEW YORK CITY – On Saturday, September 14, V-Day, One Billion Rising and Judson Memorial Church will host a daylong educational and inspirational event designed to fuel attendees with essential knowledge, strategies, solidarity, and energy to confront the growing threat of fascism and ignite the movement we need right now.
‘HOW WE DO FREEDOM: Rising Against Fascism’ will feature a diverse lineup of speakers, poets, artists, and activists who will unpack the manifestations of fascism both in the U.S. and globally and what we can do to combat it. Speakers will explore the impact on all of us from women’s bodies to anti-Blackness and the suppression of LGBTQ+ and the disabled, to the banning of books, erasing history and immigration bans, union busting, increasing violence and expansion of the police state, and the destruction of the Earth.
The event aims to educate and discuss the imminent threats to our rights and freedoms, particularly for those in marginalized communities, and provide participants with the tools, resources, and inspiration necessary to counteract fascism and champion a more equitable and just world.
WHAT: HOW WE DO FREEDOM: Rising Against Fascism
WHEN: Saturday, September 14, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET
WHERE: Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, 10012
LEARN MORE AND PURCHASE TICKETS HERE:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-we-do-freedom-rising-against-fascism-tickets-993893451067
PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:
- Lulu Alryati – Law student at Fordham law, advocate and registered nurse
- Abbas Alawieh – Co-founder of the Uncommitted Movement and Former Capitol Hill Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Cori Bush
- Taína Asili – Social Justice Singer and Songwriter and One Billion Rising US coordinator
- Hettie Barnhill – Dancer, Choreographer, Filmmaker, Director, and founder of ‘Create A Space NOW’
- Mahogany L. Browne – Writer, playwright, organizer, and educator, and a Kennedy Center Next 50 fellow
- Rev. Micah Bucey – Senior Minister, Judson Memorial Church
- Kimberlé Crenshaw – Scholar and Writer on Civil Rights and Critical Race Theory
- Robin Dembroff – Associate Professor of Philosophy at Yale University
- Colectiva Feminista en Construcción – A political organization that is based on the legacy of black and decolonial feminism
- Laura Flanders – Host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends
- Bill Fletcher – Socialist, trade unionist, international solidarity activist, and writer
- Alixa García – Multidisciplinary artist, award-winning poet, climate organizer, and filmmaker
- Tiokasin Ghosthorse – a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and international speaker on Peace, Indigenous and Mother Earth perspective
- Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson – First Black woman Co-Executive Director of The Highlander Center, member of multiple leadership teams in the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)
- Amalia Hochman – Climate Justice Organizer at the Sunrise Movement
- LaLa B Holston-Zannell – Advocate, organizer, and artist working towards liberation for transgender and nonbinary communities
- Daniel Martinez HoSang – Associate Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University
- Vijay Iyer – Composer-pianist and leading music-makers of his generation
- Meena Jagannath – Movement lawyer with focus on activism and international human rights
- Guerline Jozef – Advocate and Co-Founder/Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance
- Anjali Kamat – Documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist and writer
- aja monet – Community organizer, surrealist blues poet and teacher; Voices Artistic Creative Director for V-Day
- Maya Penn – environmentalist, animator, author, founder and V-Day Board member
- Lori Ro – Queer writer, educator, content creator; Education and Advocacy Coordinator, State Organizing at Sister Song
- Marbre Stahly-Butts – Lawyer, Advocate, and Board Member of Law for Black Lives
- Andre Robles – Dancer/choreographer, and educator. Part of ‘Create A Space NOW’
- Jason Stanley – Author and Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University
- Hameeda Uloomi – founder of AFG AID, a nonprofit organization supporting Afghan refugees
- Karen Washington – Farmer, food justice activist, and co-owner and organic grower at Rise & Root Farm
- V (formerly Eve Ensler) – Playwright and Founder of V-Day/One Billion Rising
- Elizabeth Yeampierre – Attorney and co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance
- Simone Zimmerman – Organizer, strategist, co-founder of IfNotNow, and protagonist of the film Israelism
The event is paired with a Rise Against Fascism series in The Guardian that V (formerly Eve Ensler), founder of V-Day/One Billion Rising, is guest editing featuring Susan Abulhawa, Sophie Binet, Petra Costa, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Laura Flanders, Daniel Martinez HoSang, Mukul Kesavan, Pia Klemp, Gabor Mate, Luisa Rizzitelli, Monica Simpson, Jason Stanley, V (formerly Eve Ensler), and Terry Tempest Williams.
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