I’m happy to share another “the tide is turning” moment in our work to raise awareness about street harassment.

On Sunday, the Washington Post Magazine is running a major article on anti-street harassment efforts in Washington, DC. The important work of Holla Back DC! and anti-harassment guru Marty Langelan (author of Back Off! How to Confront and Stop Sexual Harassment and Harassers) is featured.

The article went online today.

It’s huge that such a major publication would dedicate so much space (five pages!) to anti-street harassment work. More and more people and institutions are recognizing that street harassment is a serious problem, worthy of their attention, and they’re recognizing that we’re not stopping or shutting up. We’re speaking out, taking action, and making sure this issue is acknowledged and then addressed/prevented all over the world.

Let’s keep it up!

I also want to note that the DC community safety audits I helped organize with Holla Back DC! (Langelan was one of the audit team leaders) is featured throughout the article, which is very exciting! For the audits, around 50 volunteers helped us observe more than 10 neighborhoods around DC to look for potentially unsafe areas and to observe any areas with harassers. We went out into neighborhoods for International Anti-Street Harassment Day on March 20 and in the evening of May 5.

A big thanks to METRAC in Toronto for their pioneering work in designing the community safety audit and for their support as we implemented our adapted version in DC, and thanks to the 50 volunteers who gave us their time and passion.

You can catch Holla Back DC! co-founders Chai Shenoy and Shannon Lynberg on the Washington Post’s livechat tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST, discussing their anti-street harassment work further.