20 Million Women Strong (#20MWS) is a movement around the world for children, families, and the Earth, born of the conviction that, when women stand up together, change happens! NOW is the time to create a shift in the consciousness that determines the condition of women, children, families, and the Earth!
#20MWS Global Action Days, the year-long #20MWS campaign, begins September 21, 2019, in alignment with the UN International Day of Peace. Here are the various UN Days of Observance that 20MWS Global Action Days aligns with:
1. September 21, 2019 – International Day of Peace 2. October 11, 2019 – International Day of the Girl Child
3. November 20, 2019 – Universal Children’s Day
4. November 25, 2019 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
5. December 2, 2019 – International Day for the Elimination of Slavery
6. December 10, 2019 – Human Rights Day
7. February 20, 2020 – World Day for Social Justice
9. March 21, 2020 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; International Day of Forests; World Poetry Day
10. March 22, 2020 – World Water Day
11. April 22, 2020 – Earth Day
12. June 21, 2020 – World Yoga Day
13. August 9, 2020 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
14. September 21, 2020 – International Day of Peace
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PRESS RELEASE: Melba Moore headlines “20 Million Women Strong” Event (via SoulTracks)
November 14, 2019 – New York, NY – 20 Million Women Strong (#20MWS), a grassroots movement of organizations to uplift and amplify women’s voices around the world as one, is presenting two special official “Global Action Day” events to bring awareness to the United Nations (U.N.) Universal Children’s Day on November 20, 2019. We are asking for your support to help us to invite the community to bring their children to this wonderful global celebration of our Children in NYC, as we raise awareness of the U.N. Declaration of Children’s Rights and celebrate our beloved and deserving children and young adults who will inherit the fruits of our labor.
Full press release here.
PRESS RELEASE: Legendary Melba Moore, Maimouna Youssef to perform for #20MWS concert in NYC
November 9, 2019 – New York, NY – 20 Million Women Strong (20MWS), a grassroots movement to uplift and amplify women’s voices around the world, is presenting two special “Global Action Day” events to bring awareness to the United Nations (UN) Universal Children’s Day on November 20, 2019. In New York City, 20MWS will present “Lift Every Voice – In Love We Rise”, a concert celebration hosted by the Middle Collegiate Church “Just Arts Cafe” (112 2nd Ave. New York, NY, 10003), featuring 4x Grammy Award-nominee and Tony Award-winner Melba Moore, along with Grammy-nominated singer/emcee Maimouna Youssef, and other special guests. The NYC concert takes place from 7pm-8:30pm EST. Tickets are $20 per person and tax-deductible. More info and tickets can be found at https://20millionwomenstrong.org.
Full press release here.
PRESS RELEASE: Grammy-winner Dionne Warwick joins #20MWS as Global Ambassador
September 19, 2019 – Cottonwood, AL – Six-time Grammy Award–winning singer and humanitarian Dionne Warwick has joined the 20 Million Women Strong as a Global Ambassador. 20 Million Women Strong (20MWS) is a grassroots movement to uplift and amplify women’s voices around the world, and launches this weekend, on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at 1pm ET, with a rally and walk across the Edmund Pettus bridge in historic Selma, Alabama.
Full press release here.
PRESS RELEASE: #20MWS Launch Event Sept. 21 in Selma, AL
September 12, 2019 – Cottonwood, AL – 20 Million Women Strong (20MWS), a grassroots movement to uplift and amplify women’s voices around the world, is officially launching on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at 1pm ET, with a rally and walk across the Edmund Pettus bridge in historic Selma, Alabama. This “Global Action Event” coincides with the UN International Day of Peace, and initiates a year-long effort via 20MWS to raise awareness, inspire action through “Global Action Days”, and highlight the many ways that women everywhere are leading the shift in consciousness necessary to positively impact conditions for women, children, families, and the Earth.
Full press release here.
#20MWS prepares to “Lift Every Voice” with 9/21 launch event in Selma, AL
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul. – Coretta Scott King
Founder Audri Scott Williams says, “20 Million Women Strong” is a movement around the world for children, families, and the Earth, born of the conviction that, when women stand up together, change happens! NOW is the time to create a shift in the consciousness that determines the condition of women, children, families, and the Earth!”
Read full announcement here.