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This song was born then and took shape when I was invited to sing at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onebillionrising.org\/\">One Billion Rising<\/a>, Eve Ensler\u2019s Valentine Day global wake up call to stop violence against women and girls. With my students from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globalvillageproject.org\/\">Global Village Project<\/a>, a school for teenage refugee girls from Afghanistan, Burma, Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraq, Sudan, and Somalia, we sang this song on the steps of the Georgia state capitol, and in Troy Davis Park, in the heart of downtown Atlanta. Our voices that day were joined with voices all around the world, singing and dancing for an end to violence. May the singing of this song bring peace to your community. 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