Why I Rise - Part 33

"I experienced violence from my mom until I was 21. I saw my step-dad and my mom fighting, where she will end up in the hospital. I intervened every single time to separate them. I took the baby many times, my half-brother from those scenes, so he wouldn't experience seeing domestic violence. Because of my own experiences, I rise with a One Billion Rising because I am a peacemaker and there is something more powerful than a fits, a kiss, a hug a good friend.."

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Sonia Quiroga Thomas Olanova, is a refashion support for women. Ola means wave in Spanish and for us movement, making big waves, and nova in Latin means "new" but also is the brighest and the one that contains the most energy in the universe, creating super-novas. For us, in other words, is a new fashion movement that supports women with their business. We have a beautiful Olanova Recycling Pencil Skirt, Olanova T-shirt Local Made and the refashion pieces. For every clothes that we sell, Olanova gives the money to womenpreneur in need. If you donate your clothes to us, we will refashion it and make it from it something beautiful, something new. Olanova, gives you the opportunty to feel good on our clothes and do good a the same time by helping another women in need.

Why I Rise - Part 31

Melodia Gutierrez

I rise for the social and political inequality that riddles our communities.  I rise for those that experience oppression, psychological abuse and violence.  I rise to support mutual acceptance.  I rise to end personal and corporate greed. I rise to change these numbers:  women making 77% of their male counterpart's income, 11 million undocumented citizens, 146.4 million Americans below the poverty line, 1 billion humans in poverty (which is set to double in a decade) across the globe, 100,649 children suffering from abuse, 1 in 3 women that will experience rape or beatings, 43% of Utah's Latinos will not graduate High School, 48% of Utah's African Americans will not graduate high school.  I rise to eliminate racism.  I rise to advocate for education.  

I rise to fight, through love, to end the injustices around us and to empower and be empowered by community.