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Public Masturbation on the Red Line: “I Yelled at Him to Get Off at the Next Stop.”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Red Line Train to Shady Grove, Washington, DC Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Video of Perpetrator is located here: http://youtu.be/Lz8MlgLgNtw. A man began to masturbate as soon as the person sitting in the seat in front of him left the train. He was sitting in the last seat at the end of the train car. I was […]

Moving Trains to Feel Safe: “How You Doing, Mami?”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm)”>Red Line Silver Spring Metro Station, Silver Spring, MD Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) A few minutes after I sat down on the Metro at Silver Spring, someone started saying, “Hey.. Beautiful girl… Hey how you doing Mami?” at me repeatedly for about 5 minutes. I ignored them until finally one of guys […]

“I Was Harassed on Metro and WMATA Workers Failed to Help”

Jun 5, 2015

Location: Navy Yard Metro Station (Green Line), Washington, DC Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Just after noon on Saturday, March 21, 2015, I entered the Navy Yard Metro station on the Half St. entrance. After reloading my SmartTrip card, I headed down the escalator to await the next Greenbelt train, scheduled to arrive in 12 minutes. When I got […]

TAKE ACTION: Volunteer for Our DC Metro Outreach Day on 4/15

Apr 7, 2015

April is a big month here at CASS: it’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), the month of our big annual anniversary party (!) and International Anti-Street Harassment Week! To commemorate SAAM and International Anti-Street Harassment Week (#endSHweek), we’re teaming up with Stop Street Harassment, the DC Rape Crisis Center (DCRCC) and the Washington Area Metro Transit Authority (WMATA) […]

Public Masturbation on Metro: “This Behavior Needs to Stop!”

Mar 30, 2015

Location: Reston Metro Station (Silver Line), Reston, VA Time: Morning Rush Hour (5:00am-9:30am) This morning a man wearing a oversized green coat with hood sat in the seat across from me. He removed his stuff from his pants and masturbated. I took a photo of this man and texted them to Metro transit police. They asked for […]