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. […]
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 […]
This week, WMATA launched the first transit safety survey of its kind in DC (and one of the first in the country)! Using a mix of questions developed by CASS and questions about transit safety from the 2014 national study led by Stop Street Harassment, this survey seeks to learn about the experiences of DC metro […]
“When I was coming up, I was harassed by men on the street often, but I didn’t see it as harassment,” testified Schyla Pondexter-Moore at DC’s first roundtable discussion on street harassment, “That was something that I just felt that you had to deal with.” But when her 15-year-old daughter came to her asking how […]
Mayor Bowser is stepping up in support of Two Rivers Public Charter School’s lawsuit against anti-choice protesters who have been harassing students and staff at the school in Northeast Washington. A Planned Parenthood center is going to be built next door to the school, and anti-choice protesters have been telling students that “murderers” are moving […]