“2015 was the worst year on record with 78 [anti-mosque] incidents documented,” said Corey Saylor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) at DC Public Library’s recent event, Tackling Islamophobia at Home. When the numbers are totaled, he said, 2016 will top that. Saylor noted, “Each year is becoming more violent.” And new research from […]
This year has been a whirlwind. But I don’t look back at 2016 as a year of failures and tragedies. I see how many challenges we’ve overcome and how many new activists are stepping up and mobilizing for safe spaces. The hardest lesson I’ve learned in 2016 has been about the prevalence of racism within […]
It’s been one year since DC’s historic roundtable on street harassment where more than 40 diverse community members spoke out at the Wilson Building about their experiences with harassment in public spaces — on the street, in bars, on public transit, and in local shelters. We’ve had an impactful year of growth in our programming […]
Now, more than ever, our work to build safe public spaces is critical. This week has been difficult — even terrifying — for many of us. We’ve seen a spike in reports of harassment across our city and across the nation, especially targeting people of color, LGBTQ and gender nonconforming people, and people who are […]
October 1st marks the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. For me, it also marks four Octobers since I was arrested for attempting to defend myself against an abusive partner. I grabbed a knife to scare him off, and he wrapped his hand around the blade to pull the knife out of my hand. When […]