Via the new Hollaback! Brussels Tumblr We Chalk Walk:
“On March 25, 2012, Hollaback! Brussels pre-launched with a Chalk Walk.
We were only 4 then. We were strangers to each other. And Hollaback! brought us together.
We decided that if we were gonna go for this adventure, we had to get rid of all the breaks and do some sort of initiation together.
We each wrote down a story about the street harassment we experienced, mapped it and then went back to the place where it had happened, to reclaim the spot with chalk in our hands.
We called it a ‘Chalk Walk’ and it did something to us. It gave us an energy, a new strength. Doing this action, eliminated certain fears brought on by years of experiencing street harassment, it felt like we were reclaiming a freedom we imagined we had lost.
And then we thought, EVERYONE should experience this…
This March 2013, we’re letting the Chalk Walk loose upon the world! Let’s use this tumblr to connect, to show we have each other’s back with our chalk messages from around the world…..
Your Hollaback! Brussels team: Ingrid, Jo, Anna, Quentin, Julie & Angelika.“
