Dear Supporter,
Thank you so much for all of your support in 2019! Last year was phenomenal and part of the reason is because you are awesome. Because of you we were been able to:
- Train 3,844 people in how to intervene when they see harassment happening.
- Complete 294 actions to end harassment by our global network.
- 1,373 stories of harassment shared with Hollaback!
- 397 interventions in response to 100 people’s experiences of online harassment.
The momentum doesn’t stop. In 2020 we’re aiming to:
- Mitigate the impact of online harassment on the 2020 election. We will be making critical upgrades to the UX of HeartMob in 2020 and deepening partnerships with organizations fighting for democracy in the US and globally to provide people experiencing online harassment with essential resources and measurable support so that their voices can continue to be heard and their votes counted.
- Launch at 5 new Hollaback! sites globally. What the movement needs now isn't what the movement needed five years ago. Our team has spent 2019 figuring out how we can adapt our successful global site leader training program to meet the needs of the next decade. In 2020 we'll unveil our results and launch the next generation of Hollaback! leaders in the global movement to end harassment.
- Collect 2,000 stories of harassment. Movements stop when we stop telling our stories. To keep the energy of the #metoo movement strong, we need to continue to find and improve pathways for storytelling. In 2020 we'll improve our apps and online storytelling platform to bring in more stories than ever.
- Make workplace equity accessible. We've been proving training sexual harassment prevention and bystander training to high-profile, values-aligned companies like Vox Media, Bandcamp, and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab over the past two years. In 2020, we're looking for more ways to bring these same training materials to people who don't work at companies that prioritize sexual harassment prevention efforts -- and who need better support to mitigate the impacts of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Your support makes all this possible. Thank you for being you.
Sincerely,
Hollaback!
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