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On Sunday, Collective Action for Safe Spaces took to the streets — or at least the Circle — to help kick off the Second Annual Meet Us On The Street: International Anti-Street Harassment Week (April 7-13). Joined by Stop Street Harassment, FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture (which rallied lots of participation for its new photo project on consent), the DC Rape Crisis […]

Location: 17th & U NW; near the 90 bus stop Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I was waiting for the 96 bus when a young, thin 5’7″ man with light brown curly hair walked up to me. He asked me if I liked circumsized or uncirmcumsized men. I paused in shock before noticing that he had pulled out […]

Location: 11th & V st NW (Columbia Heights/U Street) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was walking from a friends apartment to the metro station at 10th and U street. It was 11 pm and even though I was alone there were people out on the streets since it was a Saturday night. A man kept yelling for me […]

What does our public space mean to us? How can we use art to reclaim it? How does art start conversations, turn bystanders into upstanders, and build movements? These are the questions CASS contemplated during our workshop this past Friday on how to use street art, or “artivism” to address gender-based public sexual harassment and […]

Location: Crystal City Metro (VA) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was sitting by the door on the train when someone exited and felt my leg as they were walking out. This wasn’t just a nudge or an accidental brushing, this was full on felt up my entire leg, by the time I looked up, he was nearly […]