Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Our new liberation anthem, "We Are Rising," is a global hit! The video has been viewed over half a million times and the song has been featured at the center of risings around the world!
We keep rising like the fire of the sun...
One for a billion a billion for one
– Taína Asili, "We Are Rising"
The song is a call to action and a call to RISE against the tides of violence against all women, climate crisis, racism, and corporate greed. The anthem has resonated with activists, with footage already coming in from Myanmar, Italy, US Virgin Islands, Thailand, Philippines, Swaziland, Mexico, Canada, and the United States showing activists, survivors, and community members dancing to it.
CALL TO RISE, WE ARE RISING FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY:
Together, let's RISE for International Women's Day, 8 March!
- Create your own version of a ‘We Are Rising' performance/event/flash mob.
- Get creative: there are so many ways: Develop your own dance; Dance freestyle; Rise in solidarity with your global sisters by dancing any of the dances shown in the video montage
- Share it on social media using the hashtags #1BillionRising #WeAreRising #IWD2020
LISTEN to "We Are Rising" and WATCH/SHARE the video at onebillionrising.org/WeAreRising
Our new liberation anthem, "We Are Rising," is a global hit! The video has been viewed over half a million times and the song has been featured at the center of risings around the world!
We keep rising like the fire of the sun...
One for a billion a billion for one
– Taína Asili, "We Are Rising"
The song is a call to action and a call to RISE against the tides of violence against all women, climate crisis, racism, and corporate greed. The anthem has resonated with activists, with footage already coming in from Myanmar, Italy, US Virgin Islands, Thailand, Philippines, Swaziland, Mexico, Canada, and the United States showing activists, survivors, and community members dancing to it.
CALL TO RISE, WE ARE RISING FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY:
Together, let's RISE for International Women's Day, 8 March!
- Create your own version of a ‘We Are Rising' performance/event/flash mob.
- Get creative: there are so many ways: Develop your own dance; Dance freestyle; Rise in solidarity with your global sisters by dancing any of the dances shown in the video montage
- Share it on social media using the hashtags #1BillionRising #WeAreRising #IWD2020
LISTEN to "We Are Rising" and WATCH/SHARE the video at onebillionrising.org/WeAreRising
