Note: We submitted the following letter to the editor to the Washington Post on January 25th. Our letter was not published, so we are publishing it here in full. The Post’s editorial, “The District’s Response to Rape Charges” (January 22, 2013) hailed Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)’s Chief Cathy Lanier for implementing recommendations by Human Rights […]
Reposted with permission from our friends at Stop Street Harassment. CASS & Stop Street Harassment met with WMATA as part of the Huairou Commission‘s Global Day of Action (February 19, 2013), called “Delhi and Beyond: Concrete Actions for Safer Cities.” A total of 50 organizations participated in the Global Day of Action, which aimed to help grassroots women and […]
We at CASS are proud to announce that our amazing co-founder and executive director, Chai Shenoy, has won a 2012 Activist Award from the Washington Peace Center! This Thursday, December 8, Chai will be honored by the Washington Peace Center, along with 8 other local activists, for the work she has done to fight public […]
CASS is pleased to announce we are part of the host committee for District Karaoke Against Domestic Violence, 12/5 at Policy Lounge on 14th St, NW! District Karaoke, DC’s only team-based karaoke league, is proud to sponsor a pay-for-performance fundraiser that will help raise awareness and money to benefit the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV). All proceeds will […]
This piece was originally published on Everyday Feminism. Republished by CASS with permission. I used to think that that sexual harassment in public was so entrenched, such a part of the fabric of our culture, that it was unchangeable. All I could do to address it was to cope – walk fast; avoid eye contact; pretend […]