I barely turned the corner from my block and a DC garbage truck was beeping at me. I couldn’t see their faces nor could I get a license plate number. While there are some decent, hardworking garbage men who take their jobs seriously, too many DC garbage men use this as an opportunity to try […]
On Saturday morning around 10:15, I was walking to work for my weekend job. I have never had a problem in the area before, especially in the morning. This morning was an exception, however. I saw a man in between a couple of parked cars and as I passed him he approached me from the […]
This week we wanted to find out if individuals experienced harassment while biking around DC so we asked and this is what folks told us: yeah, this happens to me every once in a while (i live in mount plez; commute downtown on bicycle). when i started riding in the city, i didn’t know what […]
On my way home I change trains at Metro Center. As I was exiting one train the man sitting in the disabled seating poked me on the arm. I thought I must have dropped something, and he was trying to get my attention to tell me. However, when I looked up at him all he […]
I used to live near Howard University on a charming block with great families on either side of me. It was about a 20 minute walk to the Shaw-Howard Metro, and I had catcalls and degrading comments yelled at me every day. I just ignored them and walked faster. One day, a man in a […]