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Location: Blue Line, Pentagon Metro Station Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This happened a year ago. My friend and I were riding home on Metro after class, around 10pm. Across the aisle from us (the seats that face each other) was a girl who had a little too much fun at happy hour. She was barely staying awake. As we […]

The admiration and respect that I have for the 15,000 women that ran in the Nike Women’s Half Marathon held in DC this past weekend is immeasurable. I was on the sidelines cheering on my best friend’s mom and aunt as they crossed the finish line arm in arm. But on my way to see them at […]

By Liz Gorman Note: The following is a speech given by Liz at our March 28th, 2013 fundraiser. It serves as a follow-up to her first-person account of her sexual assault in DC that she wrote last summer for CASS and which was picked up by the Huffington Post, Washington Post, Jezebel, FOX, WJLA and more. I […]

Location: 11th & V st NW (Columbia Heights/U Street) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was walking from a friends apartment to the metro station at 10th and U street. It was 11 pm and even though I was alone there were people out on the streets since it was a Saturday night. A man kept yelling for me […]

Location: 26th & Pennsylvania NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Two female colleagues and I went for a lunchtime run today. It was a chilly, but beautiful day. On our return to the office, while we were waiting for a light at the crosswalk, a guy walked by and in a nice tone starts commenting “it’s great to see […]