This is a song from Apollo Poetry in support of the One Billion Rising movement. Hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch this powerful video and join the cause. Much love!

On 14 February 2013, one billion people in 207 countries rose and danced to demand an end to violence against women and girls.

ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE is a global call to women survivors of violence and those who love them to gather safely in community outside places where they are entitled to justice – courthouses, police stations, government offices, school administration buildings, work places, sites of environmental injustice, military courts, embassies, places of worship, homes, or simply public gathering places where women deserve to feel safe but too often do not. It is a call to survivors to break the silence and release their stories – politically, spiritually, outrageously – through art, dance, marches, ritual, song, spoken word, testimonies and whatever way feels right.

Today, they are escalating their efforts, calling on women and men everywhere to RISE, RELEASE, DANCE, and demand JUSTICE!

Check out the campaign at http://www.onebillionrising.org

“A Cultivator aka The Buddhist Rapper is combining the power of Buddhism and the potency of hip hop with lyrics that bring a new perspective via an ancient practice. The native Californian first started rapping as a way to vent the anger he felt from the wars and political problems around the world but when he turned 23 he had a spiritual transformation and shifted his focus to Tibetan Buddhism. Since then he has spent everyday working hard to improve his meditation abilities and rapping skills in order to help reveal the joy that he has found in his spiritual practice.”

Source ~ Sustainable Man

Well I’ve seen those things that one could only see in dreams…

But I’ve got nothing to fear

Because I know there are others here

Who feel the same as me

So brothers, sisters let us march

Let us show the world our hearts

With faith and humility

Yes, set your sails put out to sea

Rest your fears and come with me

We’ll get an eternal view

And we have seen those things

That one could only see in dreams