January 2012
1 post
Safe Walk is Back This Weekend!
After a holiday break, Safe Slope is pleased to announce that Safe Walk is back! However, there will be some changes…
We now have a Reservation System:
We ask that if you need a Safe Walk (on Thursdays between 8:00pm-1:00am and Fridays and Saturdays between 8:00pm-3:00am), please send us an email (safeslope@gmail.com), text us (347-709-8852), or leave us a voicemail (347-709-8852) by...
December 2011
2 posts
Changes to Safe Walk and next steps for Safe Slope
Dear friends, volunteers, supporters, neighbors, and partners,
As the new year approaches, we wanted to say thank you. With your help, we’ve made our community safer by sharing information, watching out for each other, and walking dozens of women home at a time when they felt threatened and unsafe in their own neighborhood.
We founded Safe Slope in August due to the urgent need to address...
Nine Real Self-defence Tips →
“Here are nine tips that don’t engage in victim-blaming, are applicable to anyone, and can work as well as a kick in the balls.”
October 2011
8 posts
Free Self-Defense Trainings
Tomorrow- Tuesday 10/18, 6:30-7:30pm Sexual Assault Prevention workshop
YWCA, 30 Third Avenue Held as part of the YWCA’s Week Without Violence Campaign Taught by The Center for Anti-Violence Education To register, contact CAE (info@caeny.org or 718 788 1775)
Wednesday, October 19, 6:30pm Safety Awareness program for the KWT community: parents, kids, teachers and caregivers...
Free Self-Defense Training on Sunday in Sunset... →
The Center for Anti-violence Education is offering a free self-defense training!
When: Sunday, October 16th 12:30pm-1:30pm in English/Spanish and 1:30pm-2:30pm in English/Chinese
Where: Entrance to Sunset Park Recreation Center on 7th Ave and 42nd Street (N/R to 45th Street; D to 9th Avenue; B63/35/70/11)
Bring: Comfortable clothes, sneakers, water, paper and pen
Sponsored by Speaker Quinn and...
Friday at 6:30: Domestic Violence Remembrance... →
The vast majority of gender-based violence is not committed by strangers. It happens between people who know each other. Please join us at the Safe Home Project’s 18th Annual Domestic Violence Remembrance vigil tomorrow evening at 6:30pm outside of P.S. 321, 7th Ave and 1st Street, rain or shine.
Twenty memorial candles will be lit for those lost to domestic violence in Brooklyn alone from...
Spanish version!
Haciendo Nuestros Vecindarios Más Seguros: Cómo Puede Ayudar a Prevenir el Asalto y Acoso Sexual Público
A number of organizations came together with the Public Advocate’s office to create this brochure. It’s a great resource!
Making Our Communities Safer: How You Can Help Prevent Public Sexual Assault & Harassment
The NYPD Listened to Your Concerns and Agreed to...
Last Thursday, the commanding officers of the NYPD’s 72nd and 78th Precincts held a meeting with members of Safe Slope and Hollaback!, convened by New York City Councilmember Brad Lander, to directly address our open letter to the NYPD. We discussed the range of concerns presented by area residents around police sensitivity.
The commanding officers agreed that it is entirely inappropriate for...
Arrange a Safe Walk this weekend!
Safe Walk is back! Friday and Saturday nights from 8 PM until 3 AM! Call (347) 709-8852.
Our first weekend of "Safe Walk" was a success!
We were able to walk 13 people home on this rainy weekend! We definitely have the capacity to walk more people home than that, so please don’t hesitate to call us to arrange a Safe Walk next weekend (Thursday through Saturday nights, 8:00pm to 3:00am): 347-709-8852
Thank you to our amazing volunteers!
September 2011
7 posts
We are launching "Safe Walk" tonight!
We are piloting our volunteer-run Safe Walk program! Tonight, Friday night, and Saturday night from 8:00pm to 3:00am. There are a few ways to arrange a walk:
(1) Ahead of Time: You can call ahead of time (347-709-8852) to let us know when/where to pick you up (for example, meeting you at a subway station when you return from another neighborhood). We cannot accept calls before 7:00pm. Please...
An Open Letter to the NYPD (72nd and 78th...
September 28, 2011
We are a grassroots group of women and men called Safe Slope, and our work is focused on providing community-based responses to violence. Safe Slope formed in Brooklyn in August 2011 to respond to multiple sexual assaults that occurred in Park Slope and several surrounding neighborhoods. Our goal is to work with neighbors to empower and protect the community, and to help create...
Safe Slope Announces "Safe Walk" Initiative...
Contact: safeslope@gmail.com 347-709-8852
SAFE SLOPE ANNOUNCES “SAFE WALK” INITIATIVE STARTING THURSDAY, SEPT. 29
Safe Slope is saddened by news of two sexual assaults in the Park Slope area that occurred on Wednesday night. While these recent assaults may be leaving many of us feeling frightened or sometimes powerless, the hundreds of people who joined us in “Take Back Our Streets” rally...
Thank you!
We feel both excited and hopeful that so many folks came out to join us for our Take Back the Streets rally. If you were there, thank you for coming! If you weren’t there, thank you for visiting us here! The safety of our community (and other communities) is so important to us, and it was great to see so many people care about this cause.
Many people expressed interest in getting...
South Slope Take Back the Night March
Wednesday, September 14 · 8:00pm - 10:00pm Meet at: Prospect Ave R Stop4th Avenue and 17th Street Details are still being worked out, BUT we are organizing a Take Back the Night March on Wednesday, September 14th. We want to come together as a community to speak out against recent assaults and attempted assaults in South Slope/Park Slope/Windsor Terrace/Greenwood Heights and surrounding...