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Location: Navy Yard Metro Station Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was waiting for the train to Greenbelt after work, when a unkempt man touched my arm. I had headphones on and didn’t see him approach, so I jumped and yelled, “Don’t touch me!” He started swearing at me and yelling, I think because I embarrassed him. […]

Location: 9th St. between Hamilton St. & Ingraham St. NE (Petworth) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Walking along the sidewalk, coming home from buying catfood down in Petworth. I’m sweaty and disheveled and carrying a backpack. A man is standing near the gate to an apartment complex. He steps in front of me and just starts shouting: “Hey […]

Location: Columbia Heights/Petworth Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) What I wouldn’t give to walk around my neighborhood in peace. But alas, here’s a look at my week: Sunday, Oct 6 walking alone on Spring Rd between 13th & 11th Sts around 8 pm A man on the opposite side of the street walking the opposite direction yells […]

By Renee Davidson I came to Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS) in 2012 because I was sick of street harassment. I had moved to DC after graduating college, and street harassment became less of an infrequent nuisance and more of a daily onslaught. I was street harassed when I was wearing work clothes at […]

Location:  Columbia Rd NW and Mozart Pl NW (Columbia Heights/Adams Morgan) Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) As I was walking, a man on a bike rode around me very slowly while leering at me. I told him to fuck off and flipped the bird. He whined, “What, can’t I look?” and I said, “No, you can’t look, you can […]