Our September sustainer campaign comes to a close today, and I am so thrilled to announce that your giving this month has helped us exceed our fundraising goals! We have 25 new amazing partners in the Collective Action Circle, sustaining our work with monthly gifts and allowing us to grow. Today also marks the end […]
“I don’t like to analyze myself, because I might not like what I see.” Donald Trump spoke those words to one of his biographers — but he’s far from alone in his sentiment. To be clear, nothing about Trump appeals to me — but his psyche, and its wide resonance, is an example (albeit extreme) […]
“Every time you see me, you want to harass me,” Eric Garner told police before he was killed. Philando Castile had been pulled over by the police 52 times before the night he lost his life. But there was no uproar about these incidents of harassment. There’s no place to report it. Harassment is not […]
Editor’s Note: The piece below was written by Sam Nellis, who helped to bring the Safe Bars program to Birch & Barley and Churchkey. If you are a bar owner or manager interested in making your bar a safer place, please email sbc@collectiveactiondc.org. We recently completed the CASS/Defend Yourself Safe Bars training program at our bar. It […]
Continuing the momentum from our work to make DC safer for Muslim communities, CASS participated in the “Fast With DC Muslims” project, a one-day campaign to fast in solidarity and stand up against anti-Muslim discrimination. The event, organized by the DC Office of Human Rights, brought together over 300 DC residents. Some facts via the […]