We All Deserve Respect
Why this matters: All children learn from the earliest relationships they observe in their childhood. What happens when they see that one parent deserves respect and the other doesn’t? What happens when they see one parent punish or control the other every day? What happens when a daughter sees that her brother’s violence will not be corrected, or that he should have more time to play and study while she does more house chores? These unequal expectations have real impacts on the lives of women and girls in our communities. We need our brothers, fathers and elders to believe and show that women are just as worthy of respect as they are.
“As a Muslim I’ve seen so much emphasis in community on raising good girls, but there’s less understanding on teaching boys to respect women, it’s a learned behavior”
Join us: Our communities will be safer and stronger when children learn that respectful and patient relationships are normal and expected. We can choose to encourage learning and ambition in children of all genders. We can make efforts to unlearn biases that let us believe women and girls, even in our own families, can be treated unequally.
Here are things we can try:
Instead of praising girls for being cute or helpful or praising their outfit, consider praising their creativity, intelligence, or persistence.
Invest equally in all children’s access to quality education
Ensure children of all genders contribute to regular house chores.
Take three deep breaths before you react with rudeness or impatience at your partner.
Try to put yourself in others’ shoes and treat them how you would want to be treated.
Through our partnership with BART, Let’s Talk About Us will reach thousands of passengers each day in more than one dozen stations systemwide, onboard trains serving each BART line, and on bus shelters and billboards in 5 neighborhoods including Chinatown, SoMa and the Mission.
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Use the free BART Watch app to send a private message to police dispatch. An anonymous feature is available. Location services are enabled on the app but can be disabled in “permissions.” When enabled, your location is provided to police dispatch when you submit a report via the app.
Use the train intercom button to speak to the train operator. The call button is along the side platform doors of new Fleet of the Future cars, and at the end doors, near where you walk from one car into another, on the older legacy cars. On Fleet of the Future cars, the train operator will get an automatic video feed inside your train car when the intercom button is pressed. Older legacy cars do not have this feature.
Use the white phones located on the platforms to connect to a station agent. This phone will roll over to the Operations Control Center which is staffed 24/7.
Seek out any BART employee. Look for employees with a BART logo on their uniform. Frontline employees have received training on handling crisis incidents.
Call BART Police dispatch at 510-464-7000. You will speak to a police dispatcher. Always call this number or 911 for crimes in progress or emergencies.
Text BART Police dispatch at 510-200-0992.