Location: Belcrest Rd, Maryland Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Within a half mile walk to the gym, I was catcalled and whistled at 7 times. One car decided to pull over and follow me as I was walking, going about 5mph and making kissy noises out the window, holding up traffic. After about 30 seconds I told him

What does our public space mean to us? How can we use art to reclaim it? How does art start conversations, turn bystanders into upstanders, and build movements? These are the questions CASS contemplated during our workshop this past Friday on how to use street art, or "artivism" to address gender-based public sexual

Location: California & Columbia Road, NW (Adams Morgan) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was heading back to Dupont on the 90 bus after happy hours on U Street. It was a crowded bus, so I grabbed the last seat open, which was in the very front, next to a seemingly drunk man who kept nodding off. As soon as I sat down I

THANK YOU For Your Support For Safe Spaces for All! We have only one word to describe your Giving Tuesday contributions: WOW. You, dear CASS community, came out in full force yesterday. Not only did we exceed our initial goal of $2,000 within the first hour of the fundraiser, but we even beat our second goal! All said

Sexually Harassed in Columbia Heights Location: 14th & Irving St NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) As I was parting ways with my sister after dinner, we hugged and said we loved each other. And some random man decided it was okay to tell me he loved me more and complained and yelled after me as I ignored

Collective Action for Safe Spaces is a grassroots organization that uses comprehensive, community-based solutions through an intersectional lens to eliminate public gendered harassment and assault in the DC metropolitan area.

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Let's Make Change Happen! event on October 17th, co-hosted with Rainbow Response Coalition! We had a blast and hope you did, too. An extra-big thanks goes to our generous host, Amanda Kloer, Campaign Director at Change.org, who made this event possible. We loved hearing about

"I Was Sexually Assaulted at a Bus Stop by Union Station" Location: Bus stop at N. Capitol and Massachusetts Ave. NE (Union Station) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) A clearly mentally ill man was muttering to himself and wandering around the bus stop at N. Capitol and Mass. I walked past him to wait for my bus

Location: Dupont Circle and Dupont Circle Metro Station Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Although the story I'm about to share is one of the more extreme stories that has happened to me in Dupont, the overall point of me finally posting publically (sic) about this is that I get harassed almost every day that I

"Street Harassed at the Farragut North Metro Station: "He made kissing noises and propositioned me for money." Location: 1500 K St NW DC (Farragut North/McPherson Square) Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) There's this homeless man who always is peddling for change in front of the Farragut North Metro stop. This

Street art from our sidewalk chalking in Dupont Circle in honor of International Anti-Street Harassment Week. Location: N St SE Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) After reading a post on here about one girl's street harassment for a week, I felt that it was only fitting to write about my experiences this week.

Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) Location: Chinatown Metro Station At 7am one Sunday morning, a friend and I were heading home dressed in our outfits from the night before (mini dresses and stillettos). The Chinatown metro station was fairly deserted. As we began going down the escalators we only saw one man behind

How A Night Out in DC Means A Night Full of Street Harassment Just how many times do you have to say "no?" By Lindsey A few months ago, my friend Janine and I went out in Dupont. I had a great time eating, drinking and dancing, but there were definitely certain things I could've done without. When I got on the metro a

Location: Capital Crescent Trail Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Years ago, when I was 15 years old and in high school, I was running on the Capital Crescent Trail between DC and MD. It was during the day on a weekday, and although it was the summertime, the trail was less populated during the early afternoon. I stopped

Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) Location: Navy Yard Metro Station/USDOT Building Last Friday, I was riding the metro elevators when I noticed two teenaged boys had stopped next to me and were staring. I gave them a dirty look, which seemed to incite them to make lewd comments. They continued to stare at me and I

Reposted with permission from our friends at Stop Street Harassment. CASS & Stop Street Harassment met with WMATA as part of the Huairou Commission's Global Day of Action (February 19, 2013), called "Delhi and Beyond: Concrete Actions for Safer Cities." A total of 50 organizations participated in the Global Day of

Support CASS while you shop on Amazon! ---> For each purchase made through our dedicated Amazon link (above), CASS earns up to 10% in advertising fees from Amazon. Viola! All proceeds go toward anti-street harassment programming like our educational trainings and workshops. Please keep us in mind next time you make a

After moving to DC, I learned how some men perceived the Metro as unspoken hyper-masculine "male space," where their language, tone, word choice, and space dominate the geography of those train cars. By Courtney Brooks When we moved to the DC area last year I confess I was looking forward to partaking in the tour

Location: Capital Crescent Trail Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I haven't been assaulted (lucky me!), but every time I walk or ride my bike on the Capital Crescent Trail, I feel afraid that might happen. So many people seem to blame female victims of sexual or other assault, and I just don't get how anyone can be that

Dear Nicholas Kristof: The US Justice System Also Fails Survivors *Trigger Warning* "I thought my rape was the most traumatic experience of my life, but I was wrong. What was more traumatic was the way I was treated by the police." So began several hours of powerful testimony by survivors of sexual assault in