Stalking Advocacy

Direct contact behaviors

• Calling or texting over and over, even after being asked to stop

• Sending repeated emails, DMs or messages on social media

• Leaving voicemails or messages that are persistent or threatening

• Contacting someone through multiple platforms after being blocked

In person behaviors

• Following someone in a car or on foot

• Showing up at their home, workplace, school or gym without invitation

• Waiting outside places they regularly go

• Driving by their home repeatedly

• Trying to approach or corner them in public

Threatening or intimidating behavior

• Making direct or indirect threats

• Showing anger or retaliation when ignored

• Damaging property

• Trying to scare the person into responding

Surveillance and monitoring

• Watching someone from a distance

• Using cameras or devices to track someone’s movements

• Monitoring their social media obsessively

• Asking others for updates about the person’s whereabouts or activities

Online & digital stalking (cyberstalking)

• Creating fake accounts to follow or contact someone

• Hacking or trying to access someone’s accounts

• Posting about the person obsessively or spreading rumors

• Tracking someone’s location through apps or shared devices

Using other people

• Contacting friends, family or coworkers to get information

• Sending messages through other people after being cut off

• Pressuring other to “pass along” communication

Unwanted gifts or gestures

• Sending gifts after being told not to

• Leaving items at someone’s home, car or workplace

• Delivering letters or notes repeatedly

Pattern based behaviors

• Ignoring clear boundaries or requests to stop

• Escalating behavior over time

• Switching tactics when one method is blocked

It's important to know

That any one of these behaviors or actions might not always be stalking on its own, but when they happen repeatedly and create fear or distress, they can cross into stalking behavior.