Elizabeth Medez speaking on behalf of Hollaback at city counil

This is an excerpt from the city council hearing led by HollaBack. Elizabeth Mendez, a key player in the HollaBack organization gives her take on sexual harrassment.

The thing about Mendez's testimony is that she does more complaining then suggesting. She starts off by saying that sexual harassment "affects a lot of people". How is this new? How does it give any light on to the semantics of sexual harassment? Shortly after that she says that she is sexually harassed on a daily basis and goes on a tangent about her specific experiences and those of other women. Then she talks about the "obstacles" that are faced when fighting street harassment. These "obstacles" are not surprisingly, largely subjective to fit HollaBack's definition of sexual harassment. Fast forward to 2:17 to view the "obstacles" that are faced. Her solutions, which start around 4:43 of the video are general and already implemented. In fact, the only solution she poses is that of education.