Dear Community, With deep gratitude and careful reflection, we share an important update about the future of Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS). After years of dedicated work toward building a safer, more just world for Black trans, queer, and non-binary communities in the greater DC area, the CASS Board has made the difficult decision […]
In a historic first for CASS, we are thrilled to welcome Emem as our third FT staff member in the Programs & Communications Director role! Emem Obot (they/them) is a disabled, Black, Trans, artist, facilitator, heaux, and concerned community member from the Chicagoland area. Below is Emem’s introduction story, written by them. We are in […]
It is with tremendous grief and sorrow that we announce the unexpected loss of our beloved friend, sister, caregiver, comrade, and coworker Nona Moselle Conner. Nona’s life was cut short last Thursday at the young age of 37, and we are overcome with shock and pain at her untimely death. Words cannot describe the magnitude […]
Beloved community, At this point, I’m certain you’ve read many words about this current global crisis and how we’re all stretching ourselves into adaptation mode. Words that boast solutions, plead for the world to move slower, bemoan another Zoom call, and desperately seek the possibility of liberation even in a pandemic. We are living in […]
“And who will join this standing upand the ones who stood without sweet companywill sing and singback into the mountains andif necessaryeven under the sea we are the ones we have been waiting for” June Jordan This week marks the beginning of a new journey for us. On Monday, September 9th, I joined the CASS team […]