HollabackPHILLY

We have re-branded as Feminist Public Works. Visit our new website at FeministPublicWorks.org!

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HollabackPhilly is a branch of the national Hollaback! organization. Hollaback! is a crowd-sourced movement to end street harassment against women and LGBTQ individuals. Using mobile technology, we encourage people to hollaback at unwelcome comments, groping, stalking, and even public masturbation.

Sexual harassment is a gateway crime that creates a cultural environment that makes gender-based violence OK. The explosion of mobile technology has given us an unprecedented opportunity to end street harassment—and with it, the opportunity to take on one of the final new frontiers for women's rights around the world.

By collecting women and LGBTQ folks' stories and pictures in a safe and share-able way with our very own mobile phone applications, Hollaback! is creating a crowd-sourced initiative to break the silence that has perpetuated sexual violence internationally, asserting that any and all gender-based violence is unacceptable, and creating a world where we have an option—and, more importantly—a response.

We all have the right to feel safe, confident, and sexy, without being objectified. You're better than street harassment. We believe you have the power to end it. Hollaback!