About us
The we believe you fund is working to identify and eliminate the culture of harassment, assault and victim shaming that results in and maintains rape culture in workplaces. We will hold companies and organizations accountable for what happens within their walls and provide them with the tools and resources to address the systemic challenges that allow sexual harassment and assault to go unchecked. By redefining corporate responsibility and envisioning what systemic change truly looks like, we will encourage and model direct interventions.
We believe in a roadway to redemption
We can only change if we’re committed to being Disruptive. Transformative. Accountable to Survivors.
We’re asking companies to:
- Contribute significant resources to the we believe you fund, a sustainable proactive fund dedicated toward dismantling rape culture and systemic change.
- Commit to a series of essential conditions to make their workplace culture—and our society—a more equitable, safe place.
We will focus initial investments from corporate contributions and attention on:
- Convening a Survivors Committee to define what cultural accountability and justice look like beyond solely punishing offenders
- Re-granting to local advocacy groups, with an emphasis on organizations led by women and people of color. These groups are on the frontlines of direct services and innovative education programs, as well as deeply committed to dismantling rape culture
- Incubating new efforts that address structural and systemic causes of the abuse of power (We will look to our committees and partners to co-create these efforts.)
Letters to corporations
The we believe you fund is surveying the leading companies across several industries, regarding their corporate practices and policies to assess if they may lead to workplace harassment and abuses of power. They have one month to respond. We will release the findings in October to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Harvey Weinstein firestorm that sparked the #MeToo movement.
In addition to gathering this data, we have also invited these companies to engage in a constructive partnership with us to address these systemic issues.
We believe in changing the narrative
We believe in sharing the facts
25-%
of women report having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.
%
of all workplace harassment incidents go unreported.
%
identified their harassers as men with influence over their careers.
