From April 10-16, we are organizing the sixth annual International Anti-Street Harassment Week and already groups and people in 30 countries have pledged to participate. WOO!
The purpose of the week is to allow us to join together in solidarity and amplify each other’s voices and work so that the world listens.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- Tell Us What You’re Doing!
We want to know what you’re doing! Please either complete this form, or e-mail me, Holly, with info at hollykearl @ yahoo.com. This is important. It will help us direct individuals to the relevant event/s in their area. It will also help us gain more media attention for the week/issue overall if we can share specific interesting events that will be occurring. Thank you in advance for your help. - Ideas for Action
Do you still need ideas for what you can do? Here are several. Also, see photos from our actions in 2015. | Read the wrap-up report featuring events in 41 countries and 24 U.S. states!We especially hope to see offline discussions involving diverse community members of all genders and backgrounds. It will take EVERYONE to truly create safer communities.But at minimum, any individual can participate through simple acts like telling their street harassment story, writing chalk messages, and sharing information online. - Tools
We have a selection of shareable images and downloadable fliers on our website and will be adding even more updated 2016 items to the page later this week. They are available in a number of languages…but we’d love to have even more. Please email me if you are willing to translate a few sentences.
- Write a Blog Post
If you’d like to write a blog post for Stop Street Harassment (or have an entry cross-posted from your blog) that would be great! It can be for the week itself, or you can advertise what you’ll be doing for the week and why. Just reach out to me with a short pitch about what the blog would cover and the preferred date or time range you’d like it published. - Tweet Chats
April 12 will be our global tweetathon. Tweet about street harassment using #Endsh throughout the day.We are working to set up the daily tweet chats — If you are planning to host one but haven’t been in touch yet, please reach out so we can add it to the official list. Or if you’d like to host or co-host one, let us know! And in general, please plan to use #EndSH for the chats as well as for any relevant street harassment tweets throughout the week.
Feel free to reach out anytime with questions, suggestions, or information!
