In response to this year’s International V-Day One Billion Rising (OBR) event, The Garden of Hope Foundation (GOH) arranged the OBR-Drumming against Violence series of events.
The event opened with a drumming performance by students from Xin Dian Elementary School. Then, Eve Ensler, GOH CEO Chi Hui-jung, and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je played drums with other participants in a symbolic effort to stop violence. Lastly, all the participants performed the annual One Billion Rising flash mob dance.

2014 One Billion Rising for Justice in Taiwan

In response to the global campaign One Billion Rising to end violence against women, GOH led nearly 300 people in holding up glow sticks to create the word “justice” in front of Liberty Square at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, symbolizing access to justice for the one billion women who have been victims of or are at risk of violence.

2013 One Billion Rising: Strike, Dance, Rise

In Taiwan, GOH held a flash mob at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. At exactly 13:14 (which, when pronounced in Chinese, is a homophone “for a lifetime” or “forever”), the flash mob displayed their solidarity with the campaign by dancing.