Mark your calendars for April 12-18, 2015, our fifth annual Meet Us On the Street: International Anti-Street Harassment Week! It will be our biggest year yet. Already, nearly two months out, we have 97 participating groups in 24 countries.
What is it?
The Week is a chance for people worldwide to collectively raise our voices — both online and offline — to share our stories, bring attention to the issue of street harassment, and work toward safer public spaces for all.
How do you participate?
Literally anyone anywhere can participate through simple acts like sharing a street harassment story, posting information on social media, posting a flyer, or writing a pro-respect chalk message in her/his community.
This year, we are encouraging participants to consider creating dialogues with people who may not realize street harassment is a problem (through street action and/or hosting a community discussion) and/or working with community leaders on a concrete action to make public places safer.
Join as a Co-Sponsoring Organization!
Last year more than 100 organizations from 25 different countries participated. Read the 2014 report. | View photos.
Our 2015 action will be even bigger and better. Big organizations, small organizations, colleges, schools, politicians, businesses, and student groups alike are invited to join us as cosponsors. There are only two requirements for co-sponsoring:
1) Participate: This part is up to you, and there are so many different ways you can participate – hosting a rally or march, organizing a workshop or lecture, writing op-eds for our blog or letters to your local newspaper, staging a street theatre performance, and so much more. Many of our smaller organizations participate avidly through social media, sharing our materials to their audience and participating in or hosting one of our several scheduled tweet-chats and other online discussions during the week.
2) Share the news with your audience: Street harassment is a global problem, and this week is a global response to that problem. We can’t do this without you! We’ll provide shareable graphics and fliers, and you do the rest!
Sign-Up!
You can register your event right now using this easy form, or email bpurdy@stopstreetharassment.org. Also, we’re happy to help you out in your brainstorming and planning in anyway that we can!
Follow Us
Don’t forget to follow Meet Us On the Street on Facebook and Twitter!
Volunteer
Want to volunteer with us? Here are some volunteer opportunities. We are also looking for people who can write guest blog posts to be published during the week. Get in touch with Britnae if you are interested, bpurdy@stopstreetharassment.org.
