Public transit is all too often the site of harassment, but few of us know what to do when we experience or witness this behavior. As part of our Sexual Assault Awareness Month and International Anti-Street Harassment Week activities, CASS partnered up with Stop Street Harassment and Metro Transit Police earlier this week to flyer […]
In late March, the Senate passed the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), legislation making websites liable for “facilitating sex trafficking.” At surface level, SESTA and FOSTA appear well-intentioned in their goals to reduce online sex trafficking. But they also carry serious […]
We hired a deputy director! Meet Chantal Coudoux. Chantal is a community organizer who is passionate about fighting state violence in all its forms and making sure our communities have safe ways to heal from trauma. She began collaborating with CASS in the spring of 2017 to build the Safe Bar Collective in her role […]
We’re excited to debut new posters from the Safe Bar Collective and the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV)! On the heels of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, these posters are raising awareness about strategies YOU can use when you see someone being harassed. Designed by Baltimore-based muralist […]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and CASS is joining survivors, advocates, and allies to spread the word. Did you know that one in four women and one in seven men will experience severe physical violence by a partner in their lifetime? For Black and Hispanic women, this number jumps to 30 and 33 percent, […]