Hollaback!

WHO WE ARE:

Hollaback! is a global, people-powered movement to end harassment — in all its forms. We believe that we all deserve to be who we are, wherever we are. 

We believe we all have a role to play in disrupting harassment and building a culture where it is no longer seen as “just the price you have to pay” for being a woman, LGBTQ+, a person of color, or any other marginalized identity. We teach people to take action, and to reach across their own identities to ally with others and establish a united front against harassment each time we witness it.

MISSION

Our mission is to end harassment in all its forms by transforming the culture that perpetuates hate and harassment.
We carry out this mission by building the power of everyday people to create safe and welcoming environments for all.

VISION

We envision a world where all people have the freedom to move through public space, participate in civic life, and reach their full potential.
In this world, people will never face hate or harassment as they walk down the street, go to school or work, sit in the park, attend a public protest, vote, or participate online or in media.
We all have the right to be who we are, wherever we are. 

WHAT WE DO

Hollaback! operates as a perpetual affront to harassment — in all its forms. We started in 2005 working to end gender-based harassment in public space, also known as street harassment. In 2015, we expanded our mission to work on harassment across all spaces — including online, the workplace, transportation, protests, the polling booth, and all identities — including women, LGBTQ+ folks, Black folks, Indigenous folks, people of color, religious minorities, people with disabilities, immigrants, and all others who are treated as “less than” just for being who they are. We seek to uproot hate and harassment whether is perpetuated by individuals, institutions, and the messy areas in between in issues like voter suppression, police brutality, and ICE raids.

Our goal is to change the culture that makes harassment OK. We do that work by moving people into action:

We collect stories of harassment at ihollaback.org and on HeartMob, as well as through our free app, from all around the world. Research shows that when people tell their story on our site it helps them move from understanding harassment as a personal problem requiring personal solutions (take a different route, get a cab, etc) to a societal problem requiring societal solutions (activism, policy change). Share your story supports healing and increases your likelihood of taking action.

We train people to respond to, intervene in, and heal from harassment.  We recognize that the systems and structures that create and reinforce harassment across our society are fundamentally made of people. We want aim to equip everyday people with the tools to undo harassment in their everyday lives and to create impact in the organizations, institutions, and businesses around them. We teach people how to fight for their own communities experience of harassment, but also how to reach across communities and  fight alongside others who may experience harassment differently.

We grow and develop leaders inside the larger movement to end harassment through our global site leader program and partnerships with organizations and businesses. Harassment will end because of the global power of movement designed to defeat it, not because of the actions of any singular organizations or individuals. We seek to build the capacity of the movement as a whole and elevate the voices of those most marginalized inside of it.

Join us as we explore different ways of being together that are rooted in taking care of each other in an effort to minimize hate, harm, violence, and create a world free of harassment.