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What Steubenville Tells Us About Rape Culture
By Meredith Whitfield Here’s the thing about rape culture. It’s scary. It reminds us that sexual assault necessarily involves the dehumanization of victims, and it reminds us how callous the world can...
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Taking it to the the streets! CASS workshop on street art
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...
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Mansplaining & victim blaming after lunch
Location: 26th & Pennsylvania NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Two female colleagues and I went for a lunchtime run today. It was a chilly, but beautiful day. On our return to the office, while we...
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Sexually Harassed by U Street: My red pants aren’t “asking for it!”
Location: 11th & V st NW (Columbia Heights/U Street) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was walking from a friends apartment to the metro station at 10th and U street. It was 11 pm and even though I was...
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Follow-up: On the Reverse “10-5 Rule” and Walking While Female
By Liz Gorman Note: The following is a speech given by Liz at our March 28th, 2013 fundraiser. It serves as a follow-up to her first-person account of her sexual assault in DC that she wrote last...
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TAKE BACK THE STREETS: Join us this Sunday (4/7) for Sidewalk Chalking for...
CASS Sidewalk Chalking for International Anti-Street Harassment Week! “Don’t tell us what to wear, tell men not to rape!” “I deserve to feel safe walking down the street!” “‘Hey Baby’ is NOT a...
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Street harassed at Fort Totten: “Sexual harassment does NOT do me any favors!”
Location: Fort Totten Metro Station – Green/Yellow Line Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) As I was walking down the metro platform (after leaving training for volunteering at a rape crisis center no less), a...
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The Horrors of Street Harassment
How one day when I was 17 led me to stop being silent and start speaking out against street harassment. By Lauren McEwen I was 17, and I’d spent the perfect day with my then-boyfriend for his birthday....
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“I Was Just Molested on the Train and I Didn’t Do Anything to Stop It.”
It’s scary, complex and overwhelming to respond when you’re sexually assaulted on public transit — even when you thought you’d be prepared. By Jen Corey CASS Board member Jen Corey testifying on DC...
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How I Became An Anti-Street Harassment Activist
By Renee Davidson CASS’s Comm Director, Renee Davidson, at the 2011 Slutwalk in Washington, DC. I came to CASS over a year ago in 2012 because I was sick of street harassment. I had moved to DC after...
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“I’m a Straight Male And Street Harassment Affects Me”
Location: 14th & Harvard St NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Via http://www.consented.ca I want to preface this entry by explaining two things: firstly, I am a straight male and have...
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Dear Students in AU’s PEERS Program: You rock!
Yesterday, we visited American University to speak about street harassment to a class of 15 students enrolled in AU’s peer sexual assault training program, called Peer Educators for the Elimination of...
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An Open Letter to the “Rapey” Comic in Dupont
An Open Letter to the “Rapey” Comic in Dupont Location: Bar by 17th & R Streets NW (Dupont) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) An Open Letter to a “Rapey” Comic – As frequent attendees of open mic nights...
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#SpookyStats: Here’s Why Street Harassment Is A Big Deal
#SpookyStats: Here’s Why Street Harassment Is A Big Deal In celebration of Halloween, we’ve pulled together some #spookystats on street harassment. Public sexual harassment, or street harassment, is a...
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Dear Washington Times: Rape Is Never An Acceptable Metaphor!
Dear Washington Times: Rape Is Never An Acceptable Metaphor! In a column on proposed high-occupancy toll lanes on DC roadways, Washington Times columnist Deborah Simmons used rape to describe what she...
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4 Ways Street Harassment and Domestic Violence Intersect
Today DC is decked out in purple for Purple Thursday, an awareness day organized by the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV). We at CASS are lending our support because we believe that...
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“Real Love Never Devalues”
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. In honor of the month, CASS is participating in Respect Week DC (February 8–12). Volunteer and activist Melissa Yeo shares her...
View ArticleWhat CASS Means To Me Part 1: RightRides DC
Sometimes people ask me why I’m on the board of CASS, or they want to know why I got involved in this work. I usually tell them it’s because I donate to RightRides and then go on to explain that the...
View ArticleWhat Happened at Town Hall
My 2016 started in a shocking, horrible way. My friends and I planned to spend New Year’s Eve out together. We wanted to celebrate out and have a good time where we could catch up, drink a little, and...
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“No, I Wasn’t Asking for It”: Harassment at a Club
Location: Soundcheck nightclub / 14th & K Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I went to this place because one of my favorite DJs would be there playing for the first time. I went alone because none of...
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