International Anti-Street Harassment Week 2013 Report

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What Happened? From April 7-13, 2013, 150 co-sponsoring groups, organizations, and campuses from more than 20 countries and on six continents, plus thousands of people, spoke out against street harassment! Who made it possible? International Anti-Street Harassment Week is a community mobilization program of Stop Street Harassment and it was spearheaded by SSH founder Holly Kearl. She was helped by: – The leaders of 150 groups, organizations and campuses that took some form of action during the week. – Nuala Cabral, co-founder of FAAN Mail and a SSH board member, who was a key leader in planning and carrying out the week and led activism in Philadelphia, PA. – Laura Palumbo at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) who welcomed the idea of having the week moved to Sexual Assault Awareness Month and helped advertise the week to the NSVRC networks. – SSH social media volunteers and SSH correspondents who helped advertise the week and participate in tweet chats and offline events. – Translation volunteers, media relations volunteer Katie Broendel, graphic designers Kira Hug & Alli VanKanegan who created great logos and flyers for the week, & Nuala Cabral who created a shareable video

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