Hollaback! Baltimore is working to build a network of supportive non-threatening environments within our city. Each venue, cafe, club, collective, and/or business that trains for our Hollaback! Baltimore Safer Space Campaign is declaring their commitment to ending harassment against women and LGBTQIA folks. This training will help you, as TU students/faculty/staff, learn how to best take complaints of street harassment seriously, deal with the harasser, and offer support resources if needed.
Join us to learn more about building safer spaces on our campus and in our community on Thursday, April 2nd, 2:30pm-4:30pm, UU 313.
Street Harassment is sexual harassment in public spaces from strangers. It’s a pervasive form of gender-based violence, affecting women and members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA) communities. Approximately 90% of women worldwide have reported experiencing sexual harassment at some point in their lives. This reality severely limits women’s and LGBTQIA folks’ freedom of movement in their own communities, causes high levels of anxiety, and serves as a reminder that society still casts them as second-class citizens. The constant threat of (or escalation of) violence can often prevent those who are harassed from “standing up for themselves” in the moment – whether it’s on the dance floor, mosh pit, or in line at the coffee shop.
Read more about the campaign here:
http://bmore.ihollaback.org/safer-spaces-campaign/