{"id":10807,"date":"2014-02-14T12:18:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=10807"},"modified":"2014-02-14T12:18:38","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T17:18:38","slug":"weather-pushes-annual-anti-violence-flash-mob-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=10807","title":{"rendered":"Weather pushes annual anti-violence flash mob inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em>Public urged to participate from home or work \u2013 and film the action<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10808\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-11-at-3.34.47-PM1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10808\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10808 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Because of the snow emergency, the annual flash mob dance to raise awareness of gender violence will move inside.\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-11-at-3.34.47-PM1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because of the snow emergency, the annual flash mob dance to raise awareness of gender violence will move inside.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The inclement weather has prompted organizers of an annual flash mob dance to protest gender violence scheduled for today, Feb. 14, to regroup.<\/p>\n<p>Because Chester County has declared a snow emergency, both venues for the \u201cOne Billion Rising for Justice\u201d event \u2013 the historic courthouse and West Chester University \u2013 are closed today. As an alternative, organizers are inviting the public \u201cto rise up\u201d from their own home or place of work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Participants can gather together or go solo \u2013 and should turn on a camera to capture the moment. Footage can be posted on the event\u2019s Facebook page \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChesterCountyRises?ref=hl\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChesterCountyRises?ref=hl<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 or emailed to Angie Williams at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:an************@*****il.com\" data-original-string=\"dWowjXUreKPNl8w5PJE+sw==750z1tpNnajnqJErOZSbzxRQgHrenECy2iJTT4IGIHdAYs=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\"><span \n                data-original-string='DXYXCA4tj8oynS9d3ug8wA==750GZn8fEAJ3qi40VabtVBEHyU83KexNfRIJpjcb9h8yOo='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>an<span class=\"apbct-blur\">************<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">*****<\/span>il.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers, who include Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, the Domestic Violence Center, the Crime Victims Center of Chester County, Confidance, and Turks Head Yoga,\u00a0said Williams has volunteered to edit all the videos to create one collective Chester County Rises 2014 video.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOne Billion Rising for Justice\u201d campaign builds on the energy and momentum created on Feb. 14, 2013, when one billion activists in 207 countries and territories came together to rise, strike, and dance, in the biggest mass action in human history, to demand an end to violence against women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>To learn the dance steps, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3weUkQ8uIVM\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3weUkQ8uIVM<\/a>.\u00a0Organizers stress that this is not an event exclusive to women; men and kids of all ages and abilities are urged to participate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public urged to participate from home or work \u2013 and film the action The inclement weather has prompted organizers of an annual flash mob dance to protest gender violence scheduled for today, Feb. 14, to regroup. 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