Richard Jeffrey Newman

I just shared this on Face­book – via Upwor­thy–but I am also post­ing it here. You should watch. Here’s the copy from Rebecca Eisenberg’s post:

One bil­lion women across the globe will be raped or beaten in their life­times. That’s a really depress­ing sta­tis­tic. So on the 15^th anniver­sary of V-Day, Feb. 14, 2013, the One Bil­lion Ris­ing cam­paign is invit­ing one bil­lion women (and those who love them) to stand up and dance — to DEMAND an end to vio­lence against women. It’s an invi­ta­tion to woman and men to put an end to the sta­tus quo, it’s an act of sol­i­dar­ity, and it’s a refusal to accept vio­lence against women and girls as a given. On Feb. 14, I’ll be danc­ing with a bil­lion other peo­ple. Will you?

Trig­ger Warn­ing: Uh, pretty much all of them in the first minute and a half. Jump to 1:30 for the inspi­ra­tional, won­der­ful, chill-inducing, and empow­er­ing stuff.

Tagged intimate violence, rape, sexual assault, Violence Against Women