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!
