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Keep the Street Harassment Hotline “Going and Growing”

November 29, 2016 By HKearl

We would be no where without our generous supporters! Thanks to donations made last year, we were able to launch the first-ever National Street Harassment Hotline and cover the monthly costs of running it since July.

Here’s what one caller shared with us (and she said we could share it here):

“I am very excited to find this program exists. It feels a niche that has needed to be filled for a long time. I spent days searching the Internet before I found this program and it is a beautiful thought. There isn’t much support for people who experience street harassment and even friends can have a difficult time coming up with words to say. I hope the program receives enough funds to keep going and growing forever.”

In its first four months, the National Street Harassment Hotline has served more than 125 people like her, all across the country. It is offered toll-free, 24/7, in English and Spanish, by phone and IM chat.

Today, for #GivingTuesday, please donate to help us keep the hotline going and growing!

All money donated beyond the hotline fundraising goal will help fund the 2017 Safe Public Spaces Mentoring teams and allow us to hire a consultant to update the laws relevant to street harassment that are listed state-by-state in our Know Your Rights Toolkit (which we released in 2013).

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today. Everyone who donates at least $15 will receive these stickers! Our work is possible thanks to the generosity of people like you!

You can also make donations by check to:

Stop Street Harassment
P.O. Box 3621
Reston, VA 20195

Cyber Monday!

November 28, 2016 By HKearl

If you’re shopping on Amazon.com for Cyber Monday, be sure to do so via this link and some of what you spend will automatically help fund us!!

Visibly take a stand against street harassment with stickers, buttons, tote bag, a mug or more! Here are designs from our store (profits help fund our work). Take advantage of great Cyber Monday deals! Most items are at least 40% off and some are up to 70% off! Here are my favorites.

10 Things For Which I’m Grateful – 2016

November 24, 2016 By HKearl

On this day of giving thanks, I give thanks for everyone who is part of the Stop Street Harassment community. This includes:

The nearly 275,000 people who visited our website so far this year.
The nearly 39,000 people on our Facebook page, 13,100 people who follow us on Twitter, and the 1,350 people who follow us on Instagram.
Our board members.
The dozens of volunteer Blog Corespondents.
The tens of thousands of people who took part in International Anti-Street Harassment Week in April.
The scores of people who donated to fund the National Street Harassment Hotline.
The nearly 50 RAINN staff who answer the calls on the National Street Harassment Hotline.
Our partner organizations, like Collective Action for Safe Spaces and WMATA (with whom we launched the 3rd wave of anti-harassment transit ads this month in the Washington, D.C. area).
The 100 outlets that covered our work so far this year, including New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, UpWorthy, Runner’s World, HLN TV, WGN radio, and Teen Vogue.
The people who invited us to speak, including: University of Nebraska–Lincoln (NE), Mount Union University (OH), Minnesota State University of Moorhead (MN), National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (MD), International Summit to End Sexual Violence (NY), Global Girls Media forum (DC), and HABITAT 3 conference (Quito, Ecuador).

You are incredible, thank you for helping make the world a safer place!

New Transit Ads are Up in Washington, DC

November 13, 2016 By HKearl

It’s nearly been five years since a group of us testified before the DC City Council to pressure the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to do something about sexual harassment — and they did.

A year ago when we met to talk about next steps, one of their commitments was to a third wave of anti-harassment PSAs. They were supposed to be done in April but after many many delays, they are now up across the system. Huge kudos to Jessica Raven at our collaborating org Collective Action for Safe Spaces for adamantly saying the ads should include focusing on some of the demographics we know are facing a lot of harassment, like trans women of color and Muslim women. Then, when WMATA said there was a lack of stock photos of these two demographics, Jessica suggested she could provide photos of people she knew (with their permission). That inspired WMATA to hold their own photo-shoot and the resulting photos are beautiful.

As of Nov. 10, WMATA told us,

“Riders should see ads at the following stations:

Anacostia, Archives, Ballston, Benning Road, Bethesda, Branch Avenue, College Park, Columbia Heights, East Falls Church, Eastern Market, Eisenhower Ave., Farragut North, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Forest Glen, Fort Totten, Franconia-Springfield, Friendship Heights, Gallery Place, Glenmont, Greenbelt, Huntington, Judiciary Square, King Street, L’Enfant Plaza, Landover, McPherson Square, Metro Center, Mt. Vernon-UDC, National Airport, Navy Yard, New Carrollton, Pentagon City, Prince George’s Plaza, Rhode Island Avenue, Smithsonian, Stadium Armory, Takoma Park, U Street-Cardoza, Union Station, Van Dorn, Vienna, West Falls Church, West Hyattsville, Wheaton, Woodley Park.

Additionally, the ads will be in rotation on the 10 touchscreen digital panels at: Capital South, Gallery Place, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom, Pentagon, Farragut North, Farragut West, and Metro Center.”

This year we also worked with WMATA on the first-ever transit-wide survey on sexual harassment (results) and an outreach day at several Metro stations during International Anti-Street Harassment Week. They also began doing sexual harassment training for their bus operators.

We Will Continue Working to Make Public Places Safer for All

November 10, 2016 By HKearl

As an organization that works to make public places safer for everyone, we are dismayed at the rhetoric that the president-elect uses when talking about women. We are upset when he suggests that there are people in our country who should be indiscriminately deported, or who should be prevented from entering our country simply because of their religion. We disagree with the language the president-elect uses and policy plans he suggests which divide us and belittle us.

We are outraged that a sexual abuser will be president.

We fear that the disrespect and hate shown by him to large demographics of the population — including immigrants, persons of color, persons with disabilities, LGBQTIA-identified folks, and all women — will be seen by some as tacit approval to harass and assault those demographics with even greater aggression and audacity.

This makes modeling respectful behavior and speaking out against those who harass, discriminate and abuse others more crucial than ever, as is finding and receiving support if it happens to you.

1. Use our national street harassment hotline (run in partnership with RAINN and Defend Yourself) to find 24/7 support in Spanish and English, online and via secure IM chat.

a. Find ideas for dealing with harassers in the book 50 Stories About Stopping Street Harassers.

b. Make a tax-deductible donation so we can serve even more people on the hotline.

2. Share your story of harassment on our blog to raise awareness. On the blog, you can also share stories about how you did something when you witnessed harassment — inspire others to do something, too.

3. Plan to take action during International Anti-Street Harassment Week and help bring local and international attention to the issues. April 2-8, 2017, www.meetusonthestreet.org.

4. If you’re in the Washington, D.C. area and witness or experience harassment on the transit system, you can report it.

Rest assured, we will continue working to make public spaces more welcoming for all. Join us. Together, we must ensure that justice, equality and love prevail.

The Stop Street Harassment Board of Directors

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