Location: Metro Center (13th & F St NW) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) My friend (visiting from out of town) was coming to meet me at my office on F St. Walking from the metro to my office, a man on a bike approached her and tried to get her attention. When she removed her headphone, he started […]
Location: Columbia Heights Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I used to live in Columbia Heights off Otis Street NW. I lived in a studio apartment on the first floor of an apartment building. One week, while I was making dinner in my kitchen, I noticed a man peeping at me through my window. As soon as I […]
Location: 14th Street Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was sleepily walking to work on 14th Street around 8:45 in the morning before having a cup of coffee, when this man pushing a grocery cart started yelling at me from across the street: “Ma’am! Ma’am! You’re beautiful!” I ignored him, and focused my attention on getting […]
Location: 7th Street and S St NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I noticed a cab driver shouting and honking at me when I was passing Shaw Library on 7th Street NW. I walked on 7th St toward Uprising Muffins on S Street, and he continued to sexually harass me, but I was heading in the opposite direction, […]
We just released our strategic plan! The plan was heavily influenced by DC’s first roundtable on street harassment in December 2015 where 30 people testified about their experiences as targets and bystanders of public sexual harassment and assault. We heard women of color sharing their stories of harassment that quickly escalated to assault and transwomen […]