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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.

21“I whipped around and yelled EXCUSE ME!”

“I whipped around and yelled EXCUSE ME!”

Jun 9, 2017

Location: Carroll Ave and Flower Ave Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I heard someone running up behind me, could hear his breath, I turned around just as he glommed onto the back of my body, pressing himself into me. I whipped around and yelled EXCUSE ME! I glared with at him with evil eyes and told him […]

22He asked if I’m “from here” and demanded to see my ID.

He asked if I’m “from here” and demanded to see my ID.

Jun 4, 2017

Location: 7th and P, playground Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking into the park with my three-year-old, and I kneeled down to talk to him. A man stopped, put his hands on the gate, and stared at us. I looked back at him, and I asked him why he was staring at us. He […]

23Getting harassed inside your own apartment? #NopeDC

Getting harassed inside your own apartment? #NopeDC

May 22, 2017

Location: 12th Street NW between Mass and M Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was in my apartment and taking something out of the oven. A fire truck was outside my apartment building since the fire alarm had been going off for an hour or so. Two firemen had been in the ladder which had been extended […]

24“He started calling me hateful things..”

“He started calling me hateful things..”

May 16, 2017

Location: 7800 block of Eastern Avenue (Silver Spring side) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking home from the bus stop about an hour ago and passed a man who looked at me and said “bitch-ass n*gga.” I was shocked and confused and repeated what he said in a state of said shock and […]

25“Even the people who are hired to protect us can be the ones harassing us.”

“Even the people who are hired to protect us can be the ones harassing us.”

Mar 27, 2017

Location: Chinatown, near McDonald’s on 7th Street NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Today, during my lunch break, I was walking back to my office from Washington Sports Club in Chinatown. I noticed a man and woman walking towards each other, and the man seemed to be saying something to the woman. I realized that he was […]

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