This website is a space for us to work together to stop street harassment. Share your stories, advice, and activism ideas for stopping street harassment.

Find suggestions & tactics for dealing with street harassment, resources and research on street harassment and interviews with activists.

About the Website Author:

After years of dealing with street harassment and learning about the HollaBack websites, in 2007 I wrote my master's thesis for George Washington University on the topic. In particular, I focused on the unique ways people are working to combat street harassment via the Internet. In May 2008, my research was mentioned in a CNN article on street harassment and the comments on the page led me to create this website and companion blog. I'm now working on a book heavily relying on stories I've collected through a second informal, online survey (conducted mid-Sept to mid-Oct 2008) and interviews with street harassment activists.

In my day job, I work for AAUW, a women's nonprofit in Washington, DC, which focuses on issues like sexual harassment, pay equity, women and education, and women's economic security. As program manger I oversee their legal advocacy fund, campus action project grant, student advisory council, and regularly contribute to the organizational blog.

Outside of work, I volunteer on the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network's Online Hotline, enjoy working on my family genealogy, training for local road races, and dabbling in photography and website design (like this site!). Follow me on twitter.

George Washington University
MA Public Policy & Women's Studies (2007)

Santa Clara University
BA History and BA Women & Gender Studies (2005)

Recent Press:

• April 2009: HollaBack DC Interview
• Spring 2009: AAUW's Outlook magazine article "Always on Guard: Women and Street Harassment"
• May 2008: CNN.com's "Catcalling: Creepy or a Compliment?"
• November 2007: Toronto Globe & Mail's "Let catcalls slide or hollaback?"