We have only one word to describe your Giving Tuesday contributions: WOW. You, dear CASS community, came out in full force yesterday. Not only did we exceed our initial goal of $2,000 within the first hour of the fundraiser, but we even beat our second goal! All said and done, you raised $4,556 for your favorite […]
Last week, we partnered with Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s (WABA) Women & Bicycles group to conduct a free workshop on facing street harassment while biking. We spent the evening with around 30 fabulous lady cyclists, sharing our expertise on responding to street harassment, being an active bystander, and mobilizing your community to prevent public sexual harassment and […]
With the help of the DC Nightlife Association, we held our first-ever training on Safe Bars, our new sexual assault prevention program, in July. Today, we spoke about Safe Bars to a group of DC bar and nightlife staff at a Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID) meeting. In addition to local bar and nightclub staff, we were joined by a local ANC Commissioner, staff […]
What does our public space mean to us? How can we use art to reclaim it? How does art start conversations, turn bystanders into upstanders, and build movements? These are the questions CASS contemplated during our workshop this past Friday on how to use street art, or “artivism” to address gender-based public sexual harassment and […]
This piece was originally published on Everyday Feminism. Republished by CASS with permission. I used to think that that sexual harassment in public was so entrenched, such a part of the fabric of our culture, that it was unchangeable. All I could do to address it was to cope – walk fast; avoid eye contact; pretend […]