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In the first of a video series by writer/director Chioke Nassor, comedian Sasheer Zamata tells her story of having been sexually harassed and flashed by a man while on her walk home. The video is laughable in imagining the (inane) excuses some men might have in sexually harassing women, such as sincere thinking that a woman might […]

This piece was originally published by Borderstan, an online news site covering the Dupont-Logan-U Street neighborhoods in Washington, DC. It is republished by CASS with permission from the author.  I’ve lost track of how many bars there are in Borderstan. In the neighborhood, we literally have places to imbibe on every corner. It follows that we […]

On Saturday, July 7, a security guard at DC’s popular club, U Street Music Hall, asked two male patrons to leave for having danced “in a sexual manner” during a Robyn concert. Fortunately, two staff security guards stepped in during the incident, and UHall’s General Manager fired the security guard — who had been contracted by a third-party firm — on the spot. After […]

You probably already know Zosia Sztykowski if you’ve signed up to volunteer for us, came to this truly rockstar event, or attended the Our Streets, Too protest which she was the primary organizer of. She’s a pretty radical female and CASS is super excited to have her in our crew as the Director of Community Outreach […]

We’re so excited to bring news of amazing individuals joining our CASS family as “staff” (since, you know, our salary is loads of love). Today, we’re introducing Julia Strange, one of our amazing rockstars, to the Internets. Julia, Director of Programs and Policy, is going be putting a whole lot of attention on launching Right […]