Join CASS for our annual fundraiser to celebrate all of our work to build safe public spaces for everyone. And oh, do we have a lot to celebrate! In just the past year, we trained 26 Safe Bars, facilitated over 40 workshops, hired Nona, launched ReThinking Masculinity, and so much more. Join us at Room […]
Intersectionality, a term coined in the 1980s by UCLA and Columbia law professor Kimberle Crenshaw, seeks to define the overlapping oppressions that people who are part of multiple marginalized groups experience. “Intersectionality draws attention to invisibilities that exist in feminism, in anti-racism, in class politics,” she shared in a New Statesman article, pointing out the […]
Discriminatory federal actions are directly impacting the safety of marginalized communities across the country and here in DC. In our own community, we’ve seen anti-Muslim harassment on the rise. Just a few months ago, America’s first Somali lawmaker was harassed and called “ISIS” in a DC cab. And when Muslim communities are under attack, DC fights back. Today, working […]
“2015 was the worst year on record with 78 [anti-mosque] incidents documented,” said Corey Saylor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) at DC Public Library’s recent event, Tackling Islamophobia at Home. When the numbers are totaled, he said, 2016 will top that. Saylor noted, “Each year is becoming more violent.” And new research from […]
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. The month provides a great opportunity to raise awareness about abuse in teen and young adult relationships and promote programs that prevent it – because dating violence is more common than you might think. In fact, girls and young women between the ages of 16 […]