April is Sexual Assault Awareness (& Activism) Month. Truman’s RAPP Coordinator will be attending the rally, and if Peer Leaders and students are interested in attending, stop by the RAPP room, 425-A, for a consent form on Friday. This is a wonderful event where you can earn community service hours by actively engaging in outreach activities. See below for information from Hollaback’s facebook invite.
Do you want to stand up against street harassment? Are you disturbed by the increased attacks on Muslims, immigrants, and other marginalized folks under the new administration? Are you against all acts of sexual assault and gender-based violence?
Then join Hollaback! on Saturday, April 8th for our 5th annual Anti-Street Harassment Rally, a part of International Anti-Street Harassment Week. Come hear speakers, take in performances, and attend a break-out session to learn something new. MC’d by La Roka aka “Rockafella”, pioneering B-Girl and performing artist.
Local speakers and performers will address gender-based and anti-Muslim harassment, culture change, and fighting back against misogyny and white supremacism. They include:
Arab American Association of New York
Breakthrough
NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray
Destiny Devine
Feminist Self Defense
Get Women Cycling
Hate Free NYC
Kanokwan Self-Defense
Kristin Corpuz
Price of Silence
Sarah Kervin
Sakhi for South Asian Women
Society for Martial Arts Instruction
Sydnie Mosley
Violence Intervention Program, Inc.
Voices of Women Organizing
WORD at 4F
Young Feminists and Allies: NOW’s Inaugural Virtual Chapter
Break-out sessions include feminist self-defense training, workshops on responding to street harassment through the performing arts, and a teach-in about the importance of intersectionality within social justice movements!
**CO-SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS**
The Anti-Violence Project
Arab American Association of New York
Breakthrough
Brooklyn-Queens NOW
Center for Anti-Violence Education
Day One
Feminist Self Defense
Get Women Cycling
Kanokwan Self Defense
Let Your Voice Be Heard! Radio
The Movement Theatre Company
Mount Sinai SAVI Program
Occupy Kensington
#PaceUEndRape
Sakhi for South Asian Women
SoapBox Speakers, Inc.
Sydnie Mosley Dances
Trans Women of Color Collective
Voices of Women Organizing
WITNESS
WORD at 4F
Young Feminists and Allies: NOW’s Inaugural Virtual Chapter
YWCA Brooklyn
NYC Council Member Rafael Espinal
NYC Council Member Andrew Cohen
Have questions? Want to host a workshop, co-sponsor, or speak at the event? Send us an email at holla@ihollaback.org.
