Join AfroPunk’s live Instagram event on Saturday, to close out International Anti-Street Harassment Week!

Info:

This Sat. 4/25 at 4pm PST
Join musicians and activists @IndigoMateo and @RichieReseda on @Afropunk for an IG Live Event Clappin’ Back At Street Harassment

Indigo and Richie shared,

“This event comes at a time when human connection on the streets is more sparse than we’ve seen in…ever? But street harassment has never been about human connection– it’s always been (and still is) about power, a lack of equity and the absence of consent. It’s international street harassment awareness week and since most of us are in the house, it’s a great time for voices to be heard on this topic, and for street harassers to get some home training on how to approach and not approach people in the streets. We have the chance to make sure things never go back to “normal” regarding street harassment. We have the power to clap back at harassment and build a culture of consent….<3″

Indigo shared that personally,

“Even in these tough, socially distant times, we still out here getting street harassed. This event is so important to me because I’m a survivor of sexual violence as well as a lover of life and people– I love to be out in my community. Often I’ve felt like my experiences with sexual violence and harassment were invisible and I’ve been told that I’m probably just overreacting. I’ve been told that this is just the way things are. That I should be glad to get so much “compliments and attention.” Nah. No. Negative. I’m tired of people coming to rape culture’s defense.

We’re calling it all out on 4/25 by talking about harassment and sexual violence and challenging others to do better for the sake of our lives in these streets.”

YESS!! Mark your calendars and tune in!

Today was Day 4 of our virtual International Anti-Street Harassment Week and we’re now up to 26 countries represented!

• Chats – There was one tweet chat today – @PintheCreep hosted one on “Street harassment and homelessness” with guest @IGHomelessness.
• Webinar – Safetipin hosted a webinar, “Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Safe Cities for Women’s Movement.” It was moderated by Kathryn Travers from Women in Cities International with speakers Ana Falu from Women & Habitat Network, Kalpana Vswanath, of Safetipin and Jagori, and Carolyn Whitzman of the University of Ottawa
• Media – There were articles about street harassment for the Week published on The Telegraph in the UK and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault in the US. I did a radio show interview for Nigeria Info FM Abuja.
• New Study – The District of Columbia Office of Human Rights (OHR) released a report about street harassment in the city. Most individuals (69%) surveyed had experienced verbal street harassment in DC in the prior six months; 40% reported that they had experienced physical street harassment.
• 1 Million Followers: Our Streets Now took over I_Weigh’s Instagram account’s Stories today to talk about street harassment! I_Weigh has 1 million followers!

There was tons more online activism that took place…visit the photo album and/or use #StopStreetHarassment on social media (especially Instagram) to see more.

 

What would you do if street harassment didn’t exist?

Anti-street harassment activists around the world share their responses. Use the templates below to answer too, or take your own video and tag us, or simply write your response on social media. Use #StopStreetHarassment in your posts – especially today, the Global Day of Online Action for International Anti-Street Harassment Week!

Thanks to Catcalls of NYC for making the video and to Cute Catcalls and OCAC Guatemala for the image templates below.