Thread by @alisonturkos

/1 @ItsOnUs, can you help me understand how @lyft gets to be heralded as a champion of sexual assault prevention when survivors + victims are sharing our stories? When we are speaking our truth? Telling the world of the harm and abuse we have experienced: nytimes.com/2019/12/05/bus…

https://twitter.com/ItsOnUs/status/1348631948156141572

/2 Why not include these women who are sharing their stories of rape, kidnapping, harassment, abuse, unwanted touching + harm at the hands of @lyft drivers? Our lived experiences speak volumes compared to the silencing @lyft has done for years #MeToo
marieclaire.com/politics/a3275…

/3 As @AyannaPressley says "the people closest to the pain, should be the closest to the power, driving & informing the policymaking." Why isn't that happening here @ItsOnUs and @lyft? Why are we purposely being sidelined and silenced?

/4 @ItsOnUs, other panels you have survivors speaking. Yet on both the @Uber and @lyft panels it feels, and looks, like survivors are being specifically silenced and left out of the conversation.

/5 The best people to speak about "Ride Sharing and Sexual Assault Prevention" are the victims and survivors who have experienced it first hand. Who can share our stories, we can answer questions, we can talk about what moving forward looks like.

6/ These @ItsOnUs @lyft + @Uber panels are not survivor + victim centric. They're a chance for Lyft + Uber to save face. To try and show the world they're "doing something" when in reality this is happening on a regular basis (this piece is from May 2020) nbcchicago.com/news/local/lyf…

/7 My story is sadly just 1 of many. Holding @lyft accountable has consumed so much of my life for almost 4yrs. But my mission remains the same: We will not be silenced. Our trauma is real. We are not going anywhere. Survivors deserve better.
medium.com/@alturkos/why-…