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PREAMBLE | OUR BELIEFS | OUR INTENTIONS | OUR PROCESS   OUR INTENTIONS To fight street harassment of women by men in all of its forms with our ultimate goal of having a society where women can go wherever we want, when we want, dress the way we choose and be able to express ourselves, including sexually, in freedom and in safety. We will work toward this goal by: Creating an atmosphere in which street harassment is completely socially unacceptable, Educating/raising awareness about what street harassment actually is, the toll it takes and how it shores up the system of male supremacy, Creating a forum which can be a clearinghouse for our stories and in which we can share our experiences, support each other, strategize, inspire each other and build our courage through the knowledge that we are not alone, Developing concrete ideas and strategies, particularly group strategies, for handling harassment on the street, Providing an outlet for our rage, a way to help us stay sane by engaging in creative confrontation that allows us to feel OUR power, Engaging in actions that will make the harassment of women a NOT PLEASANT and NOT REWARDING experience for the harasser, Putting street harassment back on the map as an important feminist issue--one we dont have to give up on--and by so doing making a contribution to the development of a strong and growing grassroots feminism, Challenging the men who CLAIM to support us to ACTIVELY confront other men on their harassing behavior, Encouraging women everywhere to support each other on the street by creating a culture of solidarity among women, Experimenting and passing on the results of our experiments to other women and groups of women so that we can be a "seed project," one that women in other locations might want to model themselves after so that street harassment projects might start up in many cities and countries, To accomplish our intentions through actions, graphics, street theatre, outreach, the internet, imaginative propaganda, patrols and any other method we can think up and pull off. Our Process >>