You’ve told us that the wheatpaste campaign we did with local street artist, ADAPT, is one of our most kickass projects. We absolutely LOVED working with you to get your messages out on the streets and encourage your creative expression as a cathartic response to harassment. We want to do MORE, and we want it […]
We have only one word to describe your Giving Tuesday contributions: WOW. You, dear CASS community, came out in full force yesterday. Not only did we exceed our initial goal of $2,000 within the first hour of the fundraiser, but we even beat our second goal! All said and done, you raised $4,556 for your favorite […]
This Saturday, October 19, over 250 women are expected to participate in “19th Amendment Alleycat,” or what might be the District’s first all-women alleycat. Organized by two women bikers who are active in the city’s cycling community, the grassroots event aims to help women feel comfortable and confident on the DC streets, especially when faced […]
By Renee Davidson I came to Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS) in 2012 because I was sick of street harassment. I had moved to DC after graduating college, and street harassment became less of an infrequent nuisance and more of a daily onslaught. I was street harassed when I was wearing work clothes at […]
THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Let’s Make Change Happen! event on October 17th, co-hosted with Rainbow Response Coalition! We had a blast and hope you did, too. An extra-big thanks goes to our generous host, Amanda Kloer, Campaign Director at Change.org, who made this event possible. We loved hearing about all the different ways organizations […]