You wanted to testify but couldn’t get time off. Or, you may not have had an experience on Metro. Or you may have one but weren’t ready to share it in a public forum? Whatever the reason, we’ve heard from many of you that you want to get involved in pushing Metro FORWARD. How can […]
During the DC City Council’s Performance Oversight Hearing of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) tomorrow, Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS), private citizens, and a street harassment expert will testify about public sexual harassment and assault that occurs on the transit system. Across three years, CASS has received hundreds of stories about public […]
With two years and some months under our belt, we are growing up. Many of you told us that you wanted Holla Back DC! to be doing more–more trainings, more outreach, more ways to address to public sexual harassment and assault. We heard you. We worked with different activists, organizations, and community members to design […]
Editor’s Note: The below is an opinion piece. The big feminist debate over the past few past months has been: to slut walk or not to slut walk. There have been opinion pieces on all major feminist outlets, alternative media and even some mainstream outlets showcasing differing opinions of what these SlutWalks mean to the […]
What an exciting year it has been! Here is a glimpse at what 2010 brought us: We hit the 300,000 view mark. Since starting Holla Back DC! we’ve had more than 600 submissions. We declared March Public Transit Awareness Month We celebrated our one year anniversary in April at Cafe Collage with comedy, spoken word, […]