Stories:

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• A woman in Edmonton, Canada, remembers being groped on the street by a man walking by, another was followed by a man in Brugge, Belgium, and another woman in Virginia, sees the men who harassed her a few weeks earlier.
• On HollaBack NYC a woman snaps a picture of a man who groped her and reports him to the subway manager
• On HollaBack DC! a woman retorts to a harasser at an Eastern Market metro station, another one is harassed at a bus stop, and a third woman is harassed by a man in a car as she walks to the metro.

In the News:

• Politics Daily ran an article called, “‘Eve Teasing’ in India: Fighting for Change as Sexual Violence Grows”

Announcements:

• Be the first to test out the HollaBack! phone application when it comes out!
• Blank Noise in India is looking for new logo submissions
• RightRides/New Yorkers for Safe Transit is hiring
• HollaBack DC! dubbed March as Public Transit Awareness Month

Resource of the Week:

• The documentary “Hey…Shorty” by Girls for Gender Equity: Watch a 2 minute overview and purchase the 20 minute documentary.

  “This youth-produced documentary focuses on women of color’s experiences with street harassment and men of color’s ideas about and intentions behind the behavior. It exposes the frequency with which street harassment occurs, dispels myths about who it happens to and why, and examines the root causes of why men feel it is their right to approach women, in ways both friendly and violent, in public spaces. Young women share stories of bottles being thrown at them, older men grabbing their hand, and other examples of how street harassment creates a hostile environment for women that perpetuates a culture of violence and the fear of men. Men show off their ‘holla’ skills, give advice to women on how to respond to their advances, and are challenged to think about street harassment in a new light, one that resonates with them in a profound way.”