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It was my second day in DC. I was already frustrated, having moved to a new city with no job and no functioning computer. That’s why I was in Columbia Heights. I had just dropped of my laptop at Best Buy, and was walking to back to the metro. As I approached the metro stop, […]

After driving home from work this evening, I parked my car and started walking toward my building, which about 75 – 100 yards away. A man approached me and started making sexual references about various body parts (i.e. breasts, butt, and “p—y”) and “what [he] would love to do with [me]”, as I approached my […]

I am a California native, and I’ve been living in Washington, DC for the past 3.5 years. I have been astounded time and time again by the level of street harassment that goes on here, as well as the type: It is not just excessive in terms of frequency, but it is also usually very […]

Join us this Saturday and help us canvas for a home for our mural project. Where: Meet at the Columbia Heights Metro When: July 24th from 2pm-4pm We’ll go in teams and provide everyone with language for talking to business owners, information about the mural concept, and handouts. Please email us at dchollaback@gmail.com if you […]

I was walking from a friend’s house on 14th and Randolph to my apartment close to the Giant. Amusingly enough, I had decided to take Holmead to avoid the catcalls on 14th. Not a wise choice, as Holmead is a backroad compared to brightly-lit, well-populated 14th. A man pulls up in a white SUV, follows […]