V-Day Annual Report 2015 | Page 39

2016 At their May gathering in New York, the global coordinators developed the call to action: RISE FOR REVOLUTION 2016: • Amplify the Voices of Marginalized Women • Bring National and International Focus to Their Issues • Bring New Artistic Energy to Create This Possibility • Raise Other Issues That Have Not Been as Visible • Amplify REVOLUTION as a Call for System Change • Platform Voices That Have Not Been Heard Within Local Campaigns • Call on People to RISE FOR OTHERS • Call Upon People of Privilege to Rise for Those Who are Not • Create Synergy and Connection • Continue to Call for State Accountability and Justice • Keep Highlighting the Economic Context of Women • Remain INCLUSIVE, INTERSECTIONAL and COMPREHENSIVE • Keep Connecting the BODY with REVOLUTION • Rise for Change and Equality 39