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"Street Harassment is a Crime"
As part of organizing efforts to educate, empower and end street harassment Sisters In Strength interns walked around Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn speaking to business owners and community members about how street harassment affects young women and asking businesses to display their “Street Harassment is a Crime” poster.

To obtain the "Street Harassment is a Crime" poster and "Hey...Shorty" documentary developed by Sisters in Strength, email sisters@ggenyc.org or click on the picture to download the form.

"Hey...Shorty"
Hey…Shorty! (20 mins.)
Directed by Ashley Lewis, Sala Cyril
Produced by Girls for Gender Equity’s Sisters in Strength program and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

This youth-produced documentary focuses on women of color’s experiences with street harassment and men of color’s ideas about and intentions behind the behavior. It exposes the frequency with which street harassment occurs, dispels myths about who it happens to and why, and examines the root causes of why men feel it is their right to approach women, in ways both friendly and violent, in public spaces. Young women share stories of bottles being thrown at them, older men grabbing their hand, and other examples of how street harassment creates a hostile environment for women that perpetuates a culture of violence and the fear of men. Men show off their ‘holla’ skills, give advice to women on how to respond to their advances, and are challenged to think about street harassment in a new light, one that resonates with them in a profound way.

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Ashley Lewis is a 17-year-old Sisters in Strength intern at Girls for Gender Equity, who has been working for eight months conducting workshops and interviews on the experience and effects of street harassment on girls and women. She has been a volunteer for the Head Start Program and participated in Global Kids, and aspires to be a child psychologist and open up her own group home. In the meantime, Ashley strives to show others how she sees the world through documentary filmmaking.