Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is upon us. Unfortunately, I don’t have any last-minute, romantic date night ideas to offer. Nor do I have a tub of ice cream or box of tissues to help drown your single sorrows. Sorry. However, if you want to take a break from signing all those love letters (or hate mail), consider sharing the love and lend your name to a Change.org petition. Think of it as signing a Valentine for a cause. Here are 6 popular petitions to get you started.
If there is a site that is more appropriate for this cause could you forward or direct me to it.
A Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls
onebillionrising.org and/or
V-Day.org
The Vagina Monologues ^ Eve Ensler’s campaign is happening globally at this very moment.
About One Billion Rising
ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.*
ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY
ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A REVOLUTION
On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, 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 across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our numbers, our solidarity across borders.
What does ONE BILLION look like? On 14 February 2013, it will look like a REVOLUTION.
ONE BILLION RISING IS:
A global strike
An invitation to dance
A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends
An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers
A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given
A new time and a new way of being
SIGN UP TODAY
*2003 UNIFEM report entitled “Not A Minute More: Ending Violence Against Women,” or 2008, the UNITE To End Violence Against Women Campaign, initiated by UN Secretary-General’s Office