IN LOS ANGELES , Afghan youth and activists met on the Sunset Strip and marched to West Hollywood Park for a program featuring Hameeda Uloomi ( Founder of Afg-aid ), Madina Wardak ( MSW / ACSW Outreach & Partnership Coordinator Afghan Women ’ s Mission ), Ariana Delawari ( Multimedia artist & activist ), Arash Azizzada ( Co-Founder Afghans For A Better Tomorrow ), Sultana Parvanta , and Rina Amiri ( Senior Fellow and Director of Afghanistan and Regional Policy Initiative at New York University ’ s Center for International Cooperation ), Susan Celia Swan , Executive Director of V-Day and One Billion Rising with performances by legendary Ustad Farida Mahwash & Voices of Afghanistan , Samia Karimi ( Afghan dance artist & activist , ARTogether ), with Dylan McDermott . Testimonies from Afghan women on the ground were read .
IN NEW YORK CITY , a RISE FOR AND WITH THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN rally and action took place at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza , in sight and sound of the United Nations as the General Assembly met . Testimonies from Afghan women on the ground were read and the gathering was led by Afghan activists Fatima Rahmati , Leeza Ahmady , Farah Arjang Vezvaee , Matin Maulawizada , co-founder Afghan Hands , with V , Zainab Salbi , Jodie Evans , musicians Morley Shanti Kamen , Chris Bruce , Neel Murgai , Trina Basu , Arun Ramamurthi , and Broadway stars Kathryn Gallagher from Jagged Little Pill and Anastasia McCloskey and Jerri Perez from Waitress . Women on the ground were read .