Young Women’s Action Team
The YWAT is a youth-led, adult-supported social change project that empowers women to take action on issues that affect their lives (particularly issues of violence against girls and young women). The YWAT believes that girls and young women should be free from violence. We believe that through collective action, consciousness-raising, and organizing we can end violence against girls and young women.
Category Archives: Video
Walking Home
This is an experimental piece about women ritually facing street harassment as they walk home. Shot in Brooklyn and Philadelphia, it mixes 16mm film, video, poetry and music in an effort to honor and reclaim our voice, name and humanity … Continue reading
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Hollaback “I Got Your Back Campaign”
Hollaback!’s “I’ve got your back” Campaign from Emily May on Vimeo. Hollaback has been working with folks around the world to fight street harassment, and now we’re taking it to the next level. The “I’ve got your back” campaign provides … Continue reading
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Founding YWAT Member Daphnee Rene was Honored with the 2010 Impact Award
From the blurb that introduced Daphnee: As a high school freshman in 2003, Daphnee helped to found the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT), a youth-led, adult-supported social change project that empowers women to take action on issues that … Continue reading
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Watch A Video about YWAT and Our Work…
Our awesome peers at Free Spirit Media have been consistent and terrific partners with us on several projects over the past few years. Youth from FSM worked with us to create this short video that highlights our mission and work. … Continue reading
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