Tag: One Billion Rising

On February 14, 2013, for 24 hours starting at midnight Pacific Standard Time, Second Life residents will join with activists around the world in a spectacular 24-hour dance event for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.

Within Second Life, we are joining in the movement with 24 hours of music, dance and art across four regions specially commissioned for the event, and sponsored by many famous names within Second Life.

With members of the in-world press and bloggers from the community, I was fortunate enough to get an advanced look at the regions, the stage and the art installations – and can say with hand-on-heart that this is going to be one amazing event.

The four regions, supplied by  Fruit Islands, and paid for by fifteen of the sponsors supporting the event, are arranged in a square, with the main stage straddling the centre portion of all four to provide the maximum of space for dancing with – hopefully – the minimum of lag.

Eighteen of Second Life’s top artists have provided installations around the edges of the sims, forming a walk which visitors will be encouraged to take during the event – in fact, in order that people might get to see everything, the regions will be opening for a 12-hour Open House from midnight SLT on Tuesday, 12th February, during which visitors will be free to walk the four sims and visit the art installations – several of which are interactive.

The event itself will open at 23:00 SLT on Wednesday 13th February, in order to let people enter the regions and have a further look around before gathering at the magnificent main stage ready for the dancing and music to kick-off on the stoke of midnight. For the next twenty-four, through until midnight on the 14th February, there will be non-stop music and dancing on the stage, with an open invitation to everyone in Second Life to come along for whatever time they can and join in.

In all, twenty-four DJs will be stream the music, with a full schedule now available on the OBR in SL website. In addition, every hour Break the Chain, the anthem of One Billion Rising will be streamed in-world.

The stage itself is not only spectacular itself, it has been specifically designed to be accessible to as many types of avatars as possible – so there are ramps rather than steps, for example – and to provide dances for as many avatar types as possible – human, tiny, animal, merfolk (there is an underwater dance area beneath the stage).

For those unable to attend the event, it will be streamed live throughout. This is especially welcome as a number of groups supporting women who have suffered abuse RL, and who are uncomfortable with joining a large, open event, will be organising small activities for their members and sharing via the feed.

One Billion Rising in Second Life is not about raising funds. It is about rising awareness and adding our collective voices – women and men, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters – in the call to bring an end to violence against women whenever, wherever and however it darkens lives. However, for those who do wish to contribute directly to One Billion Rising in real life, please follow the links below to the One Billion Rising website.

So – get ready to Dance and Rise and to be a part of One Billion Rising!

With thanks to all those event staff and volunteers and their helpers, and those who are  sponsoring and supporting the organisation of the event, for making OBR in SL possible.

The Run-up Schedule

All times SLT

• Regions Open to the public for 12-hour Open house: midnight, 12/13th February
• Regions closed for final load-tests: midday, 13th February
• Regions open to public access for the event: 23:00, 13th February
• Event kick-off: midnight, 13/14th February
• Event ends: midnight, 14th February

Further Information

• SLurls for the event (all rated General):
  • OBR Walk
  • OBR Strike
  • OBR Dance
  • OBR Rise
• Blog for One Billion Rising SL
• One Billion Rising in-world group
• Facebook Page for One Billion Rising SL
• One Billion Rising in SL on Twitter
• One Billion Rising in SL Flickr group
• One Billion Rising in SL livestream (14th February)
• Event webpage at the official One Billion Rising website

On February 14, 2013, for 24 hours starting at midnight Pacific Standard Time, Second Life residents will join with activists around the world in a spectacular 24-hour dance event for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.

Further Information

• Blog for One Billion Rising SL
• One Billion Rising in-world group
• Facebook Page for One Billion Rising SL
• One Billion Rising in SL on Twitter
• One Billion Rising in SL Flickr group
• One Billion Rising in SL livestream (14th February)
• Event webpage at the official One Billion Rising website

One Billion Rising in both RL and SL will be taking place on February 14th. Work is well underway for a in-world events, including a number of regions dedicated to the day.

To further mark the event, the organisers of One Billion Rising in Second Life are hosting a special photo contest and this weekend will also launch the official One Billion Rising In SL dance video.

Photo Competition

The photo competition, which opened on February 3rd, will see the five winners entries displayed on the official One Billion Rising blog, and will be featured through the day itself. The rules are requirements are straightforward:

• Entrants must wear the official OBR T-Shirt (available free from the One Billion Rising Information location at Prim Perfect Headquarters
• Photos should be submitted to the One Billion Rising in Second Life Flickr group
• Photos must be submitted by midnight (SLT) on February 13, 2013
• Photos must be PG (nude or distasteful photo(s) will be disqualified)
• There should be no additional text on the photo, although post-processing with editing software is permitted
• Only two entries allowed per person
• One Billion Rising in Second Life reserves full rights to all photos submitted.

OBR In SL: The Video

Break the Chain is the official anthem of One Billion Rising, and is featured in a specially commissioned video. To mark the event in Second Life, a group of volunteers have been busy working at locations across the grid to present an in-world interpretation of the OBR dance, using the anthem itself, with special choreography by Pyper Dollinger and Tatiana Kurri.

The video is due to be premiered this weekend through the One Billion Rising In SL blog. In the meantime, here’s the original video.

Further Information

• Blog for One Billion Rising SL
• One Billion Rising in-world group
• Facebook Page for One Billion Rising SL
• One Billion Rising in SL on Twitter
• One Billion Rising in SL Flickr group
• Event webpage at the official One Billion Rising website

About One Billion Rising

One in three women on the planet is raped or beaten in her lifetime. That is ONE BILLION WOMEN violated. One billion daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, lovers and friends. On February 14, 2013, V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating women and men to dance across every country.

For more information go to http://www.onebillionrising.org/

About V-Day

V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play The Vagina Monologues and other artistic works. In 2012, over 5,800 V-Day benefit events took place produced by volunteer activists in the U.S. and around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls. To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $90 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it, crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns, reopened shelters, and funded over 14,000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses in Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq. Over 300 million people have seen a V-Day benefit event in their community.

For more information go to http://www.vday.org/