V-Day Annual Report 2016 - ONE BILLION RISING: RISE FOR REVOLUTION 1 | Page 25

SAY HER NAME LA
“Although Black women are routinely killed,
raped, and beaten by the police, their
experiences are rarely foregrounded in popular
understandings of police brutality. Yet,
inclusion of Black women’s experiences in
social movements, media narratives, and policy
demands around policing and police brutality
is critical to effectively combatting racialized
state violence for Black communities and other
communities of color.”
—KIMBERLE CRENSHAW,
V-DAY BOARD MEMBER
In November 2015, Thandie Newton,
Zoe Kravitz and Eve Ensler with One Billion
Rising, hosted an intimate gathering to
honor and celebrate Kimberle Crenshaw,
co-founder of the African American
Policy Forum, and escalate #SayHerName,
resisting police brutality against
black women.

2015 ASIAN
CONFERENCE OF
WOMEN’S SHELTERS
AT THE HAGUE

40 activists from Taiwan, Malaysia, Nepal,
Singapore, Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Mongolia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, East
Timor and the Philippines, gathered to
conduct a workshop on shelter work and
empowering women, with particular focus
on marginalized women. Monique Wilson
was the main presenter, speaking on
OBR Revolution, and chaired the panel on
marginalized women and migrant workers.
The day was invigorating, inspiring,
educative and the solidarity building was
powerful. The one-day conference, ahead
of the main conference, was hosted by
Chi Hui-jung and Garden of Hope.