What is It?
Meet Us On the Street: International Anti-Street Harassment Week is an opportunity to collectively raise awareness that street harassment happens and that it’s not okay.

The next week is April 7-13, 2013. Join us by taking part in online activism, sharing your story, and by organizing or attending an event.

Also, please join us on April 12 and/or 13 and literally go to the streets to reclaim public spaces by spreading pro-respect messages with sidewalk chalk, holding signs, or organizing street theater, a rally, or a march. You can be an individual, part of a group of 2-3, or part of a large group to participate.

Sign up to be a co-sponsoring organization (no cost).

Read a post featuring highlights of the week in 2012. View photos of the activism that took place.

Why a Week?
Amazing activists and ordinary individuals around the world work hard year-round to make public places safer but once a year we can help amplify each other’s voices and get global mainstream media attention for this issue by collectively speaking out together.

Why Hold it in April?
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the USA and springtime in the Northern Hemisphere. While street harassment occurs year-round, spring is a time when there is an increase in the harassment because of the increased daylight hours and warmer weather that brings people outside. Street harassment is often seen as an inevitable part of the change in seasons, but it shouldn’t be. Spring is no excuse for street harassment.

What’s the History of the Week?
On March 20, 2011, after only a month of planning, more than 2,000 people from at least 13 countries participated in International Anti-Street Harassment Day. In 2012, it was expanded into a week, and more than 100 groups from over 20 countries co-sponsored the week and tens thousands of people participated through online activism, rallies, marches, events, and sidewalk chalk parties.

* Thank you for a successful week of action in 2012! Read a round-up post about the week of action in 2012…also see blog posts tagged with “anti-street harassment week” and visit the Facebook page to read round-ups of events, blog posts written throughout the week. View photos from the week.

* Viral video created for the week in 2012:

* Thank you for a successful International Anti-Street Harassment Day in 2011! Read an article by founder Holly Kearl about how it went.