Posted on February 1, 2025
Donations spotlight: Power Right To Be in its effort to build a world free of harassment
Note from the CREDO Mobile team: This February, Right To Be is among three amazing groups that will receive a share of our monthly grant. Funding from the CREDO Mobile community will be vital to the nonprofit as it works to build a world that’s free of harassment and filled with humanity.
Read this important blog post from Right To Be, then visit CREDO Donations and cast your vote to help send much-needed grant money to the group to assist its efforts—and the efforts of our other outstanding February grantees.
Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!) works to end harassment in all of its forms by transforming the culture that perpetuates hate and harassment. Our partnership with CREDO Mobile brings together a community of people working for social change and actively making a difference.
There are two ways that we’re inviting you into action today. One, skilling up in bystander intervention. And two, supporting the young people in your life through the 5Ds for YOUth.
Bystander intervention: How to help
Right To Be is dedicated to ending harassment and discrimination in public spaces. One of the strongest tools we have to stop harassment in its tracks is bystander intervention.
Too often we see acts of discrimination and aren’t sure what to do. But what if we could act? What if we could check in with the person experiencing harassment, distract the aggressor or even safely call out the behavior?
These are skills you can learn through bystander intervention training. To help you learn, Right To Be offers free digital bystander intervention trainings, which are made possible by supporters like CREDO Mobile. These tutorials are for people facing harassment and their allies to learn more about the histories of discrimination, understand why many of us “freeze” or don’t act when we see harassment and practice how to safely intervene.
This is an important moment to stand in community, stepping up to learn proven, safe and effective methods that keep each other safe. 76% of the people who Right To Be trains will actually use bystander intervention to support a friend, family member, colleague or stranger on the street who’s facing harassment. With their bravery and learned skills, they’ve deescalated the situation many times and directly supported someone facing hate.
You can join these leaders by signing up for a free training or accessing our resource page to learn more about how you can recognize, respond to and heal from harassment.
5Ds for YOUth: A program to end bullying
We know that 1 in 5 young people report that they face bullying in school. This bullying has long-lasting impacts on their self-esteem, anxiety and sense of safety. At the same time, young people are facing an increase in digital harassment and mis/disinformation, which is fueling discrimination and identity-based attacks.

If you have young people in your life, we invite you to learn more about bullying online and offline, and help us build responsive tools for young leaders during Respect for All Week (February 10 – 14, 2025).
During Respect for All week, Right To Be will host daily events, including an activation toolkit, open workshops and story-sharing hours for everyone to share their insights, learn about youth bullying and gain tools to take action.
You can sign up now for events at Right To Be You(th), including the following trainings: Bystander Intervention for Youth: How to Show Up for Others on February 11 at 1pm Eastern Time or Bystander Intervention for Youth: How to Show Up for Others on February 13 at 7am Eastern Time.
With the support of CREDO Mobile, Right To Be has been able to train 3.2 million people in bystander intervention, a best practice in deescalating violence. As a CREDO Mobile community member, you’re making this critical work possible, creating safe and welcoming spaces for all.
Together, we’re working to build a world that’s free of harassment and filled with humanity, where everyone has the right to be their full selves. Thank you for building that world with us.