This Valentine’s Day will be a day like no other.
On the 14th of February 2013, the world will see a global uprising of love and hope on a scale that has never before taken place on this planet. An event that’s goal is to shake the consciousness of humanity so intensely that, if it existed, it would measure off the charts on the World Awareness Scale, while rocking the Richter to its core.
It’s called One Billion Rising and it’s a global call to action to end the plague of violence against women and girls.
A recent UN statistic bears repeating: “One in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime”. That’s one billion women. It simply cannot continue.
And so tomorrow millions of women, and the men who love them, will rise up and dance together. From Bacavu in the DRC to the San Francisco Bay, from London to Londolozi groups will form and use the movements of their bodies as instruments of protest. At Londolozi we will be ready to add our voice and dance moves to this exceptional and ground shaking protest.
For a long time we have watched the peace surrounding the matriarchal herds of elephant and been aware of the power of the ancient feminine. We have seen the matriarch guide her herd with clarity and we have seen her fierce courage in the face of danger. The elephants have been our inspiration and our teachers. We have been into the villages and seen that the structures for positive change are being built around matriarchs. Women are the spine of Africa, but they are also Africa’s heart………and Africa’s heart is huge.
When we rise tomorrow, along with thousands of people around the world, it is with the knowledge and belief that the time of the matriarchs has arrived. It is the firm, compassionate and brave energy of the sacred feminine that will lead us into the new consciousness and a better world. Women and girls around the world must be set free of the chains of violence so that they can guide us into a new future.
So tomorrow we dance! We sweat into the earth. We shake the tectonic plates with the force of our conviction and we hold a safe space for each other. Men and women together, moving to make a world we can be proud of and where our sacred matriachs can lead us home.
Tomorrow find someone you love, or even have a solo dance in your kitchen. But, whatever you do, be a part of One Billion Rising. What could be a more important act of love!
Written by: Boyd Varty
Filmed & Produced by: Rich Laburn
This is unbelievable…. Well Done Team and incredibly well written!!
SO proud! well done all!!
Congratulations Team Londolozi. This is amazing! We behind you all the way!
Anderson Expeditions 🙂
Wow amazing!
we will rise under our Digital Tree – love all at Good Work Foundation
Dancing with you in love and solidarity from the Central Coast of California! Thank you Boyd Varty, Rich Laburn, and Team Londolozi!!
awesome…collective energy…we’ll be right alongside everyone
Truly inspirational guys….you always come out top!
LOVE THIS!!!!! 🙂 Now I am going to share it with my Facebook friends so they can DANCE TOO!!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you ALL!!
Fantastic! I feel overwhelmed and I inspired! I will share with everyone! Thank you for an incredible story and video!
Happy Valentines Day to one and all – may your days be full of love and always rock to the rhythm of life.
(Nice to see some of the men dancing at the back!!!)
Beautifully written, Boyd! I will dance tomorrow, and will hold space in my heart for the matriarchs, current and future, who will save the world.
AMAZING!!!!!
We are doing this too in our Body and Soul Fitness group tomorrow morning! Awesome to be part of this huge prayer for change.
I write for all the female mammals–thank you. We will survive!
And so we dance
Here’s to our fabulous Eve Ensler & dear friend and client Pat Mitchell!
Two women that rock the world and creators of One Billion Women Rising!
Wait a minute…in all these responses, where are the men’s voices? This isn’t exclusive people…rise up, enjoy, DANCE. Yes, you are invited!!! 🙂
And INCLUDED!!!!
Great video.Who was the singer ,she was sensational.
Hi Scott,
The song was Written and produced by Tena Clark. All the artists are from the cast of V-Girl activists and New York-based singers: Liz Byrne, Shelea Frazier, Ashley Juedy, Dana Kluczyk, Jenny Mollett, Jenna Brooke Scannelli, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, Naomi Walley, and Caitlin Witty.
Thanks,
Kate Neill
Dancing the hula in Hawai’i.
Can you all join me in an AMEN! Rising up! Thanks Boyd and all at Londo!
What an inspirational message! You rock Londolozi Team!
Congratulations! Awesome! We need more of this from all corners of the world. So nice to see the staff at my favorite camp in So. Africa taking on a monumental issue in such a wonderful way. Thank you.
This is beautifully written Boyd, Well done. I shall definitely dance today in celebration of all the Matriarchs of today and the future. Well done to the Londolozi team.
……rising in Grahamstown…