“2015 was the worst year on record with 78 [anti-mosque] incidents documented,” said Corey Saylor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) at DC Public Library’s recent event, Tackling Islamophobia at Home. When the numbers are totaled, he said, 2016 will top that. Saylor noted, “Each year is becoming more violent.” And new research from […]
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. The month provides a great opportunity to raise awareness about abuse in teen and young adult relationships and promote programs that prevent it – because dating violence is more common than you might think. In fact, girls and young women between the ages of 16 […]
At CASS, we are dedicated to building spaces that treat all individuals with dignity and respect. We work every day to challenge power imbalances that enable the unequal treatment of people in public spaces. It’s an especially important time to recognize the importance of countering state violence — violence enacted by a government or its institutions—in […]
This year has been a whirlwind. But I don’t look back at 2016 as a year of failures and tragedies. I see how many challenges we’ve overcome and how many new activists are stepping up and mobilizing for safe spaces. The hardest lesson I’ve learned in 2016 has been about the prevalence of racism within […]
Violence against sex workers is not just violence against sex workers—it’s also violence against transwomen, against women of color, against drug users, against immigrants. Some quick stats: 4 in 5 transgender DC residents have been verbally, physically, or sexually assaulted. 44% were denied a job they were qualified for, 45% were discriminated against at work, […]