Dear Supporter,
As we reached the end of the decade (2020 up next!) it’s only natural that we reflect on some organizational memories over the course of these last 14 years:
2005
- Hollaback! begins as an online blog, started by seven friends after experiencing street harassment; the blog gains notoriety online as individuals begin sharing their stories of street harassment in record numbers.
2010
- Hollaback! becomes a nonprofit and appoints Emily May as executive director.
- Hollaback! begins to train site leaders globally.
- Hollaback! launches free iPhone and Android apps, allowing individuals to share their stories of street harassment as they happen.
2011
- Green Mountain Coffee names Hollaback! a finalist in the “Revelation to Action” competition.
- Emily May receives an Ashoka “ChangemakHERS” award and Women’s eNews names Emily May one of “21 leaders for the 21st Century”.
- Hollaback!, in partnership with Green Dot, launches bystander intervention training, becoming the first organization to develop workshops and trainings for bystanders responding to public harassment.
2012
- Hollaback! receives the TED City 2.0 prize for its app partnership with the New York City Government; they term it “an idea on which our planet’s future depends.''
- Hollaback! is a finalist in the Ashoka’s “She Will Innovate” competition and wins the Manhattan Young Democrats “Engendering Progress” award.
- Huffington Post names Emily May one of 20 Women “Leading the Way”.
2013
- Daily Muse names Hollaback!’s executive director Emily May one of “50 Fearless Minds Changing the World”.
- USA Today lists Hollaback! among “4 free apps that could help prevent sexual assault”.
- Hollaback! holds the first ever international speaker’s series on street harassment, HOLLA::Revolution.
- Hollaback! relaunches apps to allow for direct reporting to the council member in the districts where harassment occurred (in NYC).
2014
- CNN names Hollaback! a top safety app.
- Hollaback!’s executive director Emily May is named an Ashoka Fellow and a Prime Movers Fellow.
2015
- Hollaback! develops and pilots HeartMob, the first platform to provide real-time support to individuals who are experiencing online harassment and gets a New York Times endorsement.
- Hollaback! holds HOLLA::Revolution in London, UK for a sold-out crowd.
- Hollaback! is awarded a residency at the Bellagio Institute, bringing together 21 global organizations leading on street harassment; together, the group develops shared international goals for ending street harassment.
2016
- Netroots Nation awards HeartMob with “Best New Product”.
- HeartMob wins the Civic Hall Healthy Public Challenge.
- Hollaback! redoubles our bystander intervention trainings in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election, including an online webinar element, with a focus on the increase in hate incidences locally and throughout the United States.
2017
- Hollaback! collaborates with The Dinner Party and Faith Matters Network to launch #100Days100Dinners, a project aiming to repair relationships in the US strained and ruptured in the current political climate; the collaboration evolves into The People’s Supper.
- Hollaback! partners with Communities Against Hate, a national initiative and collaboration to collect data and respond to incidents of violence, threats, and property damage motivated by hate around the United States.
- In partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Hollaback! develops extensive train the trainer models to scale the work.
2018
- Hollaback! expands its bystander intervention trainings to address sexual harassment in the workplace.
- Hollaback! joins the first lady of NYC, Chirlane McCray with several organizations to organize a rally in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and all sexual assault survivors.
- Hollaback! collaborates with The People’s Supper to host five large-scale suppers in different cities across the country, and issue a guidebook to create spaces to have meaningful conversations together
2019
- To respond to increased demand for high-quality training from corporations post-#metoo, we launched a new sexual harassment prevention training that is compliant with local, state, and federal laws -- and includes a strong bystander intervention component.
- We unveiled our new de-escalation methodology called “Observe, Breathe, Connect” and began training organizations and businesses on the front lines of customer service in the approach.
- We launched a workplace civility training, recognizing that oftentimes disrespect is a precursor to more severe forms of harassment in the workplace.
In 2020, we’re going to unveil some BIG, VERY EXCITING NEWS that we’ve been working on all year. Stay tuned.
Sincerely,
Hollaback!
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