National Street Harassment Hotline
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Stop Street Harassment
With RAINN and Defend Yourself, we're launching a national 24/7 hotline in July 2016. With your support, we can help more people per month.
$6,061
raised by 50 people
$6,000 goal
If you've been persistently harassed, followed, or groped, would it help to talk to someone about it -- at any time of day or night? To find out your rights? To learn about options for dealing with it?
If so, you're in luck. In July 2016 we are partnering with the Rape, Abuse & Inceset National Network (RAINN) and Defend Yourself to launch the first-ever National Street Harassment Hotline.
We have the funds to set up the PHONE hotline in ENGLISH, but if we raise more , we can also offer a ONLINE hotline (via secure instant messenger) and SPANISH options, as well as more caller time per month.
- $11 funds 15 minutes of call time
Help us reach our goal so we can serve more people.
ABOUT THE HOTLINE:
RAINN already operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline, which provides confidential support those impacted by sexual violence in both Spanish and English. The hotline is available via online chat and by phone 24/7.
SSH and Defend Yourself will train RAINN staff who will be answering the National Street Harassment Hotline, to be equipped to help those calling about street harassment.
WHY STREET HARASSMENT:
Gender-based street harassment affects at least 65% of women and 25% of men in the USA, and it starts at a young age. It can range from catcalls and unwanted sexualized and homophobic comments to illegal acts like following, flashing, groping and sexual assault.
A growing body of research shows that street harassment negatively impacts women emotionally. It can be traumatic for them, especially for survivors of sexual abuse. “Mild” street harassment can escalate into physical harassment without warning and many women and some men have an underlying fear that verbal harassment will become physical.
ABOUT SSH'S WORK:
Since 2008, Stop Street Harassment's website has been a top destination in the world for people to find resources about street harassment and share their stories.
We organize International Anti-Street Harassment Week each year, conduct research, consult on city-wide camapigns, and run the Safe Public Spaces Mentoring Program.
These programs help educate and mobilize people, but we are excited to be able to expand our work to offer direct services to help everyone in need at no cost to them.
BE A HERO AND ASSIST PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION GET THE HELP THEY NEED.