V-Day Annual Report 2015 | Page 22

ONLINE For 48 hours, as 14 February dawned across the world, grassroots activists staged risings and shared their activities, videos, and images across social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. In addition to using the suggested hashtags #1billionrising and #rise4revolution, activists launched the hashtags #whyirise, #VetsRising #SomosRevolución, #UnBillónDePie, #choberises and more. The campaign trended on Twitter in the United Kingdom on 14 February. Tens of thousands of images, videos, art pieces, and messages of support and defiance spread across our networks. This year we livestreamed the following events: BUKAVU DELHI HARARE HONG KONG LIMA LOS ANGELES MANILA MIAMI ROME Artistic Uprising: NYC State of Female Revolution Many more were videotaped and shown online from Australia to Germany. Others were captured via live tweeting and Instagram. BREAKING THE SILENCE Every year we see the power of releasing stories, releasing pain and trauma, and the healing power of a community coming together to hold the space for testimonials. This year, sex trafficking survivors spoke out in defiance of their captors, veterans denounced the continued culture of denial of sexual abuse in our military, and survivors shared their My Revolution stories online: www.onebillionrising.org/my-revolution/ 22