11 Songs for V-Day, 1 Billion Rising

I refuse to watch as more than a billion women experience violence on the planet. I’m joining V-Day on 02.14.13 in a global strike to demand an end to the violence.

(Note: 1 song each day, for a total of 11, culminating on V-Day.)

#1  Wild Horse, Eliza Gilkyson

#2  Come Ye, Nina Simone

#3 Love Your Vagina Song

#4 This is to Mother You, Sinead O’Connor with Mary J. Blige & Martha B.

#5  I Ain’t Movin, Des’ree

#6  Wings, Little Mix

#7  Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield

#8  The Lord is my Shepherd, Bobby McFerrin

#9 TESTIMONY, Ferron (Women’s Work)

#10  Behind the Wall, Tracy Chapman

#11 Wide Awake, Tuck & Patti

BONUS TRACK: Second Wind, C.J. Luckey, featuring Lisa Salasin Noffsinger

~Playlist created by YogaDance Instructor Kelly Salasin, Southern Vermont; on Facebook at: Yoga & YogaDance with Kelly Salasin

More 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

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