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Hollaback! is a movement dedicated to ending street harassment and assault using mobile technology.

Hollaback!

Hollaback! is a movement dedicated to ending street harassment and assault using mobile technology.
Created by
Emily May and Oraia Reid
Emily May and Oraia Reid
356 backers pledged $13,560 to help bring this project to life.
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The iPhone and Droid apps are here!

After more delays than we thought possible, the iPhone and Droid apps are finally here! You can download them here: http://www.ihollaback.org/share-story/.

The story was picked up by the New York... Read more

We've got the spark - now start the fire

The deadline for the Justmeans Paperless Challenge is Wednesday the 15th, and Hollaback! is so close to winning! We got another 60 votes just today! But we're not there yet,... Read more

The rumors were true.

So we finally spoke with Apple, and yes, they were worried we were going to use it to start a revolution. No joke. They are requesting some changes to our... Read more

Where is that darn app?

You must be asking yourself this by now. Our developers told us it would take Apple 3-5 days, but it's been two weeks. According to the 1400 message boards we've... Read more

The iPhone App is (almost) Here.

Almost a month exactly after you guys (all 356 of you!) donated, I'm proud to say that our iPhone app has been submitted to Apple for approval. Our launch party... Read more

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THIS is what a movement looks like!

Well folks. I'm sorry. It's a sad day... for turds everywhere!

WE DID IT! WE DID IT! WE DID IT! Together we raised over 13,500, $1000 over our goal.

Today... Read more
Successfully raised $13,560 with 356 backers

What if you don't have an iPhone? What if you don't live in NYC?

Don't worry! The iPhone is only the beginning. We are starting with the iPhone, but we're already talking to developers about how to integrate SMS texting into our map. We're... Read more

A Preview of the world after Friday

We just had a conversation with our developer (pictured below) who gave us a progress update on the iPhone app and showed us what it looks like over Skype. We... Read more

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4 Days and $3,500 between us and a world without street harassment

You Hollabackers are trailblazers, and the world is watching you do it. In the next four days, email, facebook, and tweet why the Hollaback movement matters you, and why everyone... Read more

Your donations are tax deductible (and more)!

Hey Kickstarters! Your donations have helped raise over $4,000 -- AMAZING.

With exactly two weeks to go, here's our challenge: we need to raise another $8,000 or we don't get... Read more

All the questions you keep meaning to ask me...

First, I want to thank our first 45 backers for believing in this movement. You guys were bold. You donated even though we were still far away from our goal.... Read more

Hollaback Gets Press!

The NYC News Service covered our project! Check out the story titled "Phone App Targets Sex Harassment" and video here.


Also, a guest blog post that I did for the... Read more

Preview of the iPhone app!

Because we are certain that you Kickstarters are going to bring us across the finish line, we've already started working on our iPhone app! This is a sneak preview -... Read more

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