If you hadn’t noticed yet, CASS jumped full speed into a new direction last year, centering the experiences of queer and trans people of color and finding ways to ensure that all of our programming addresses not only incidents of harassment, but its root causes. Recognizing the ways that state violence and gendered violence intersect, […]
Our wonderful board chair Mindi is stepping down after over three years of service to CASS to pursue new opportunities. We are very grateful for all of her work to make our organization a great success! Below, board member Caitlin shares her thoughts: Mindi Westhoff joined the CASS Board in 2014 and was nominated to […]
Advocates for safe public spaces gathered in Farragut Square on Saturday, April 8th to raise their voices against street harassment and to support the Street Harassment Prevention Act. Advocates and community members discussed street harassment prevention strategies, shared their experiences, and showed their support for community-based, non-criminal solutions to end harassment. CASS Executive Director Jessica […]
We are just two weeks away from our Safe Space Jam and we have a lot to celebrate this year! We’ve trained 27 Safe Bars, facilitated over 40 workshops, and launched a new program called Rethinking Masculinity. What a year! Last week, we sat down with two awesome individuals who brought our safe bars program to […]
“I left because my foster mother was mistreating me,” one of DC’s missing Black and Latinx teen girls told WUSA9. She opted to sleep in the laundry room of an apartment building next to her sister’s place rather than return to foster care. Vaneshia Weaver, another teen reported missing, told WUSA9 that she wasn’t missing […]