Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! We hope you are all staying safe and healthy and thriving as best you can at this challenging time.
Our partner Safecity/Red Dot Foundation is helping us keep International Anti-Street Harassment Week going this April, and we are grateful for their support and leadership this year. Groups like Catcalls of NYC, Hollaback! and L’Oreal Paris are also playing a big contributing role.
So, we invite you to join us in speaking out against street harassment during our 11th year of action, April 11-17, 2021.
Safely Take Action
We imagine much of the world will still be practicing social distancing and even quarantining in April, and so we encourage you to engage in online action (and use the hashtag #StopStreetHarassment) or, if it’s safe to do so, take small offline actions, like go with a friend or two to chalk on sidewalks or post flyers in your community.
Here are two other examples of how to be involved, and we’ll share more in the coming weeks:
1. Online Training
L’Oréal Paris has partnered with the expert NGO Hollaback! to launch STAND UP AGAINST STREET HARASSMENT: a training program to help people safely intervene if they witness or experience street harassment. As part of the International Anti-Street Harassment Week, help combat street harassment by taking the training program on standup-international.com, and then, share the word about the training in April.
2. COVID-19 Stories
We know that street harassment continues to be an issue, but it’s a problem that is getting a lot of attention right now. You could collect and share online COVID-19-related stories from your community to document the problem and raise awareness that it’s still a serious issue that many people are facing.
Share Your Ideas & Plans
If you have ideas already, you can let us know what you’ll do by filling out this form, and you can let us know if you’d like to be listed on the website as a participating co-sponsor, stopstreetharassment@gmail.com.
Thank you! -Holly
