Editor’s Note: The note below was distributed by the DC Justice for Muslims Coalitions. Collective Action for Safe Spaces is proud to be part of the Coalition. We hope you will join us in rallying against these unjust bans. At 11:30 AM this morning, President Trump signed an Executive Order putting Muslim Ban 2.0 into […]
Intersectionality, a term coined in the 1980s by UCLA and Columbia law professor Kimberle Crenshaw, seeks to define the overlapping oppressions that people who are part of multiple marginalized groups experience. “Intersectionality draws attention to invisibilities that exist in feminism, in anti-racism, in class politics,” she shared in a New Statesman article, pointing out the […]
Discriminatory federal actions are directly impacting the safety of marginalized communities across the country and here in DC. In our own community, we’ve seen anti-Muslim harassment on the rise. Just a few months ago, America’s first Somali lawmaker was harassed and called “ISIS” in a DC cab. And when Muslim communities are under attack, DC fights back. Today, working […]
Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) Location:Southern Avenue Station Bus Bay I’m sexually harassed on a near-daily basis as I walk through the Southern Avenue bus bay to get to the metro station, but today was out of the ordinary. Two guys walked past me; one made some comment directed at me that I didn’t hear, and […]
This month, a new series of anti-harassment PSAs launched on the Metro and Metrobus system. The project is a collaboration between Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS), Stop Street Harassment, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Now, more than ever, our work to build safe public spaces is critical. Within the past few […]