Hollaback! Boston

honeyonbeez:

Green Dot paired up with Hollaback! to create a plan for being an active bystander with street harassment. Here are some examples of ways you can stand up to harassment when you see it happening around you:

Direct Green Dots

• “Hey knock it off”
• Tell the person you will call the cops if they don’t put that thing away.
• “Are you ok”
• Go stand next to the person being targeted so they know they are not alone.
• Ask the target, “Are they bothering you?”
• Take a picture with your phone
• Look disapprovingly at the person doing the harassing behavior
• Offer to get off at the next stop with the target and catch the next train together.
• “Get away from her/him”
• Don’t join in or laugh.
• Loudly say “ugh, that is so gross”
• Talk to your friend later about why you thought what they did or said was uncool
• Ask the target if there is anything you can do to help
• Tell the harasser you saw some cops on the corner and you are worried they will get in
• trouble if they don’t stop.
• Tell the target that the harassing behavior wasn’t ok and you are sorry it happened.

Delegate Green Dots

• Find the Foreman on the construction site
• Call the police
• Tell a transit authority worker
• Yell “Somebody do something!!!!!”
• Get a group together to intervene
• Text a friend who is on the subway with you and ask them to HELP!
• Make eye contact with some other bystanders and ask, “What should we do to help?”

Distract Green Dots

• Ask for directions
• Offer the target your seat
• Start a flash mob
• Act like you know the target and say “I’ve been looking everywhere for you – we have to hurry to meet our other friends”
• Drop your bags to create a commotion
• “Accidentally” spill your coffee