Marisa is a founding organizer of the DC Justice for Survivors Campaign (DC JSC), along with staff from CASS, DCRCC and DC NOW. In December, Marisa — who is a survivor of a sexual assault that took place in DC — testified before the DC Council in support of DC JSC’s recommended changes to critical legislation to protect survivors […]
This time two years ago, our Co-Founder & Executive Director, Chai Shenoy, testified at a DC Council hearing about the overwhelming need to prevent sexual harassment & assault on the DC public transportation system. CASS’s testimony stemmed from hundreds of incidents of public sexual harassment that CASS had collected over the years — at least 30 percent of which had taken place on or […]
In December, survivors, advocates, and organizations (including many of you!) joined together at a public hearing to tell DC Council, in no uncertain terms, that our community wants justice for sexual assault survivors. The DC Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety hearing regarding the Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Amendment Act (SAVRAA) of 2013 was a […]
A few months ago, you helped us tell moveDC, a project of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), how critically important it is that DC’s long-term transportation plans address public sexual harassment and assault. With your help, we contributed to nearly 2,000 submissions about what makes for a safe, healthy and travel-friendly community. Now, there’s […]
*Trigger Warning* “I thought my rape was the most traumatic experience of my life, but I was wrong. What was more traumatic was the way I was treated by the police.” So began several hours of powerful testimony by survivors of sexual assault in Washington, DC, at a hearing of the DC City Council last […]