Tomorrow, we kick off International Anti-Street Harassment Awareness Week, a program of Stop Street Harassment, and we’ll be at three locations across the city to spread anti-harassment messages like “My Body is Not a Public Space” and “Stop Profiling Muslims.” Join us at 14th & U St NW, H & 8th St NE, and the Anacostia Metro Stop between 1:30 […]
We are so pleased to release our 2015 annual report! Since I first wrote my letter to the community in this annual report, a lot has happened. We released a strategic plan that people actually read (and tweeted about!), we’ve reclaimed safe spaces by holding rallies against sexual assault and against Islamophobia, we’ve hosted workshops […]
It’s springtime in Washington, D.C., and you know what that means: cherry blossoms. It also means it’s time for CASS’s fourth-annual fundraising gala: Lights, Camera, Collective Action! We are so excited to gather and celebrate with our supporters this year at the gorgeous Room and Board on April 28, and we want to share a […]
This week, we presented a workshop on bystander intervention for students at the Georgetown University Law Center. Participants shared their experiences with harassment — both as targets and as bystanders —and we offered effective strategies for responding, de-escalating, and remaining safe. We also had a new conversation about race and privilege. We asked participants: “How […]
We just released our strategic plan! The plan was heavily influenced by DC’s first roundtable on street harassment in December 2015 where 30 people testified about their experiences as targets and bystanders of public sexual harassment and assault. We heard women of color sharing their stories of harassment that quickly escalated to assault and transwomen […]