Right to Be

Right to Be (formerly Hollaback!) is a nonprofit organization working to end harassment in all its forms, through bystander intervention trainings, storytelling, and grassroots initiatives. Right To Be started as a public blog in 2005 where people could document their experiences of harassment. In May 2010, co-founder Emily May became Right to Be's... first full-time executive director, and the organization successfully raised close to $15,000 on the internet fundraising platform, Kickstarter, to fund the development and release of the Hollaback! iPhone application. Since then, the organization has received funding from New York Women's Foundation, the Ms. Foundation, Voqal, the Knight Foundation, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Ashoka, and the New York City Government. The organization has created Bystander Intervention Trainings to teach people how to combat harassment, using a methodology called the As times continue to evolve, Right to Be has begun to offer trainings and resources on other topics such as How to Respond to Harassment; Conflict De-Escalation; Resilience trauma-informed, Online Harassment, Active shooter, Unconscious Bias, and Workplace Harassment.Read More