February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. In honor of the month, CASS is participating in Respect Week DC (February 8–12). Ally David Michael Newstead shares his perspective below. About six years ago, it dawned on me that my female friends were dealing with a daily set of challenges in public that I just don’t face. […]
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. In honor of the month, CASS is participating in Respect Week DC (February 8–12). Volunteer and activist Melissa Yeo shares her perspective below. There’s nothing quite like falling in love with someone. You want to spend all your time with them. Like roads to Rome, every thought […]
We invite you to join us for Women Drinking Coffee: Sitting In For Safe Spaces on February 6 for women, LGBTQGNC folks, and allies to meet to talk about ways that we can make public spaces safe for everyone. The sit-in was planned after we read this article about an event happening at the Dupont […]
In December, following a Council hearing on street harassment, DC Councilmember Grosso sent a letter to the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities asking them to consider funding grants to artists to address the problem with public art. In January, the Commission’s executive director responded. Read below or click here to read the exchange. […]
Sloane Tucker, a sophomore at the GW Corcoran School of Art, is working on an analog photography project featuring women and men and quotes of their worst cat calls/verbal comments/experiences. She is looking to photograph as many individuals as possible to show how street harassment affects people from different socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, and races–and CASS is partnering […]