[5][6][7] In 1977, Labowitz-Starus and Lacy created Three Weeks in May, an extended performance work designed to increase visibility and start conversations about sexual violence against women.
Created in response to the Hillside Strangler murders in Los Angeles, the 21-day project involved more than 30 events, including demonstrations, news media interviews, and self-defense classes.
This performance art activist piece took place on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall and garnered major media attention.
Labowitz-Starus decided to educate herself about business, learned bookkeeping, hired employees and by 1987, her company Sproutime grew 3,000 pounds of 50 varieties of lettuce and 25 spicy salad.
[14] In 2012 as part of the Getty Foundation funded Pacific Standard Time initiative, Labowitz-Starus and Lacy invited Elana Mann and Audrey Chan to re-perform "Myths of Rape.