In conjunction with International Anti-Street Harassment Week and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, CASS was proud to debut its latest campaign with WMATA and Stop Street Harassment this past week. The campaign, “You Can Help STOP Harassment,” highlights four actions bystanders can take when they witness harassment on public transportation: Sidetrack: Distract from the situation by […]
At CASS, we believe everyone deserves access to public transit, which means that everyone should be able to navigate our neighborhoods free from police harassment and assault. Empowered by our commitment to community-based solutions that end harassment and create safety, we insist that the DC Council should pass the Fare Evasion Decriminalization Act […]
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 […]
On Monday, May 21st, a Black woman, whose name has not yet been released, was assaulted by two Metro Transit Police officers at Fort Totten metro. They pushed her to the ground, held her down, pressed a taser to her back while threatening her, and ripped her shirt — exposing her chest — during the […]
Public transit is all too often the site of harassment, but few of us know what to do when we experience or witness this behavior. As part of our Sexual Assault Awareness Month and International Anti-Street Harassment Week activities, CASS partnered up with Stop Street Harassment and Metro Transit Police earlier this week to flyer […]