V-Day Annual Report 2018 | Page 48

We called on activists around the world to hold ARTISTIC UPRISINGS—to escalate political consciousness and urge radical calls to action. Activists staged events that brought together women from different marginalized sectors from each community, and had them tell their own stories through monologues, spoken word, song, film, and dance. Through artistic uprisings, activists create spaces to: TELL THE STORIES OF WOMEN MAKE THEIR INVISIBLE STORIES VISIBLE EXPOSE THE WORLD TO WOMEN’S ISSUES FROM THEIR LOCAL CONTEXTS AND FROM THEIR OWN VOICES ARTISTIC UPRISINGS