In my last post I described how I became part of CASS — mainly as a supporter of RightRides. For the first two years, I mainly was learning about street harassment and learning how to be a board member. Then, in the summer of 2011, I found a way to put my advocacy and organizing […]
Today Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau introduced legislation to establish a new Street Harassment Task Force led by the Office on Human Rights to collect data and develop evidence-based policy recommendations to help make DC streets safer by reducing harassment. The legislation follows the Council’s first-ever hearing on street harassment in December 2015 when people from […]
Sometimes people ask me why I’m on the board of CASS, or they want to know why I got involved in this work. I usually tell them it’s because I donate to RightRides and then go on to explain that the program gives free, safe, late night rides to women and LGBTQ folks to help […]
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. In honor of the month, CASS is participating in Respect Week DC (February 8–12). Ally David Michael Newstead shares his perspective below. About six years ago, it dawned on me that my female friends were dealing with a daily set of challenges in public that I just don’t face. […]
We invite you to join us for Women Drinking Coffee: Sitting In For Safe Spaces on February 6 for women, LGBTQGNC folks, and allies to meet to talk about ways that we can make public spaces safe for everyone. The sit-in was planned after we read this article about an event happening at the Dupont […]