Stop Street Harassment

Making Public Spaces Safe and Welcoming

Giving Tuesday – Fund the Hotline

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Over 400 people used our National Street Harassment Hotline this past year to receive emotional support and advice. We are grateful to our partners at RAINN who run the hotline for us and to our donors who cover the costs of running the hotline.

For our Giving Tuesday campaign this year, we invite you to donate $10 or more toward the hotline. The costs of running it go up the more visitors there are, and while the minimum cost per month is $275, every month since April, the visitors and cost has been up, sometimes as high as $1000 per month. Our goal is to raise $5000 for 2022 to ensure we are ready for a continued increase user-ship. 100% of the funds raised will go directly toward running the hotline.

Thank you so much for your help and for ensuring that people in need can receive assistance and support.

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National Survey Update – $3,300 to Go!

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To date, there is no nationally representative survey to document the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and other forms of abuse across all the places it occurs in the U.S., including public spaces, schools, campuses, workplaces, places of worship and private homes. There’s no better time than now to collect these data to back-up the outpouring of personal #MeToo stories.

We are partnering with Raliance, which works on sexual violence issues (it is a coalition comprised of National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (NAESV), the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), and California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA)/PreventConnect), and survey firm GfK to conduct this timely survey.

We are *so close* to having enough funds raised, thanks to our generous #GivingTuesday donors, Raliance and Pinpoint Foundation. We just need to raise about $3,300 more!! Will you help?

You can donate directly to Razoo (tax-deductible) or we also now have an Etsy store with various items for sale — and 100% of the proceeds will help fund the survey!

Please help us out today.

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Announcing a New Project!

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Today is the first day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence as well as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and this year’s theme is “Leave No One Behind.”

Building on this theme as well as the outpouring of #MeToo sexual abuse stories from women around the world (H/T to the hashtag creator Tarana Burke), the SSH board and I are excited to announce a new project. 

Exciting New Survey
We plan to partner again with national survey firm GfK (they worked with us in 2014) to conduct a nationally representative survey on sexual harassment and abuse in all the places it occurs, including public spaces, schools, campuses, workplaces, places of worship and private homes. We hope the survey will show just how all-encompassing sexual harassment and abuse can be nationwide, as well as illuminate other information, like the young age it begins. To date, there has not been a survey like this undertaken.

Because this national sample of 2,000 people ages 18+ will reflect the demographics of the country, the experiences of smaller demographics won’t be as well documented, including demographics of people who face high rates of abuse. Thus, we will also conduct three separate online surveys that target three main demographics: transgender people, persons with disabilities and youth (of course acknowledging that some people span two or all three categories).

How can you be involved? 
1) Donate, $10 or more. We need to raise $11,000 to cover the costs. The sooner we raise the funds, the sooner we can undertake this timely project.

2) Encourage your networks and friends to donate, particularly for #GivingTuesday in three days. Here is a sample message and graphic for social media.

If you were moved by the #MeToo stories, you can bring more facts to light about the extent of #sexualharassment by helping @stopstharassmnt fund a ground-breaking national survey. https://www.razoo.com/team/Shanationlsurvey #EndSH

3) If you would like to participate in any of the three online surveys (the main survey is randomized and conducted by GfK), help solicit responses for them or give input on the questions, please be in touch.

Thanks!

Holly
SSH Founder

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