Back in 2012, members of Collective Action for Safe Spaces met with the D.C. Council to discuss how residents experience harassment in the Metro transit system. Metro spokesperson Dan Stessel said in response, “One person’s harassment is another person’s flirting.” Comments like these underscore why street harassment has remained a frustratingly common issue. Metro’s own […]
Collective Action for Safe Spaces joins in solidarity with and pledges our support to survivors sharing their lived experiences in Baltimore. Ever since an anonymous group of Black women came forward with troubling stories about a grassroots leader in their city, they have been retaliated against in ways that are dehumanizing, threatening, antagonizing, and daunting. […]
We are nearly two years in to DC’s campaign to decriminalize sex work, convened by HIPS in the fall of 2016 and growing rapidly to include local and national organizations working to promote sex workers’ rights, address gendered violence, promote public health, and build public safety. CASS has been a proud partner in this work […]
As always, we encourage people to share their stories with us via our share your story form, or on the hashtag #NopeDC. Stories will be shared publicly on social media and on our My Streets, Too blog (with your initials, not your full name) to help to inform our policy and programmatic activities to keep our city safer […]
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 […]