Dear Friend, “Hey, sexy! You should smile more.” Sound familiar? 12,168 people across DC experience sexual harassment or assault on the street every single day. These men and women are reminded on a daily basis that they aren’t safe — and then told to smile about it. Here at Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS), […]
Location: On D6 Bus towards Stadium Armory Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) On Monday while riding the D6 back home from work, I noticed a guy playing with his phone, he was sitting directly in front of me and I could see was taking pictures of the girl in the row next to mine. He took one, […]
Location: Wiseguys Pizza (4th & H Streets NW) and McPherson Square Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I have two stories to share. Last Monday, October 20th, I was walking to Walmart during my lunch break, and a man was sitting outside of Wiseguys at 4th and H Streets NW. He started staring at me as if he’d never seen […]
Location: Farragut Square Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I struggle with the word harassment. Is it harassment if it’s not a creepy interaction? Sometimes I feel like they are being polite and just complimentary, but they are still in my space and the interaction is simply unneccessary. Or is this me excusing them from their actions? I […]
Did you watch the new viral street harassment video? Here are some of our thoughts: We thought: Wow, nearly 23 million views???! People are talking! We thought: Look at all of this amazing conversation about street harassment, what it feels like, and how we can stop it. We thought: But, this isn’t what “walking as […]