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Do you have a personal experience with street harassment in the DC area? Your story can help to inform our work and help make our community safer for everyone.

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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 […]

67Street Harassed in Chinatown: ” A Group of People on the Street Encircled Me for Protection”

Street Harassed in Chinatown: ” A Group of People on the Street Encircled Me for Protection”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Chinatown, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) It was the weekend of Aweseome Con, which is like a Comic Con, so my friend and I were both in costumes. I was Batgirl, and she was Catwoman. This one guy started harassing us right at Walgreens at 7th and H ST NW, and we were walking […]

68It “Makes Me Absolutely Hate Living in DC”: Catcalling Group in Petworth

It “Makes Me Absolutely Hate Living in DC”: Catcalling Group in Petworth

Aug 31, 2015

Location: Georgia Avenue/Petworth, Washington, DC Time:  Night (7:30pm-12am) There is a group of men who constantly hang out on the block of 9th St and Upshur Street NW, near the post office. Nearly every single time I walk near that block or one block over on Georgia Avenue, I am catcalled. I live on 9th […]

69Taking Action and Speaking Up: “Don’t be a Passive Bystander”

Taking Action and Speaking Up: “Don’t be a Passive Bystander”

Jul 28, 2015

Location: Shaw-Howard Metro Stop, Washington, DC Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) A group of three men were yelling after a woman in front of me. They were trying to get her attention by yelling, “black tank top, black tank top!” When she didn’t respond, they yelled, “What, are you too cute to turn around?” One of their friends […]

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Street Harassed in Petworth: “I Feel Demeaned and Disrespected. I am Angry that I Cannot Exercise and Run Errands without Worrying about My Safety.”

Jun 24, 2015

Location:  Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro Stop, Washington, DC Time:  Night (7:30pm-12am) Last night in the Georgia Ave/Petworth area, I was leaving a Yoga class and stopped briefly on the side walk to look up the nearest bus stop. A man, slurring his words, said, “How about 30 cents, beautiful?” I kept walking, and another man walked […]

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