Thread by @aliciasanchez

let me just remind y'all why I love and #DonateToCASS @SafeSpacesDC (thread):

1. I came to CASS very impacted + traumatized by #StreetHarassment and wanted alternatives to carceral responses to sexual assault, domestic violence and workplace harassment. bit.ly/givetocass

2. @SafeSpacesDC fills a gap, bringing attention + solutions to the way that gendered harassment intersects with police harassment + highlighting the specific ways gendered and racialized street harassment intersects for women + LGBTQIA+ people of color! bit.ly/givetocass

3. @SafeSpacesDC has done organizing to pass legislation like the landmark #StreetHarassment Prevention Act, worked on campaigns like #DecrimNowDC + helped to get fare evasion decriminalized in DC to end ALL gendered violence, including state violence. bit.ly/givetocass

4. @SafeSpacesDC is incubating #TransformativeJustice practices in DC led by queer and trans survivors of color; deepening our knowledge of accountability outside of carcerality and creating just practices grounded in relationships and connectedness! bit.ly/givetocass

5. the first time i was sexually assaulted, i was eight. The first time a man I didn’t know commented on my body in a sexualized way, i was nine. the work of making our communities safer is not theoretical to me. that's why I #DonateToCASS.
@SafeSpacesDC
bit.ly/givetocass

6. I love supporting the leadership of grassroots organizations + queer and trans people of color, and I know that when I give my lil' bit of coin to @SafeSpacesDC, it's used in the communities most harmed by interpersonal and state violence. #DonateToCASS bit.ly/givetocass

7. Also, I started at @SafeSpacesDC as a supporter in 2011, then volunteer, then board member, then interim executive director, then board member again and now I'm a volunteer again. we've grown so much, AND we still about that life! #DonateToCASS bit.ly/givetocass

8. I love supporting @Juh_Kindreeah's, Nona's and Kai's leadership at @SafeSpacesDC! one way to support the leadership of Black trans and queer folks, especially folks engaged in change work, is to MOVE MONEY. #DonateToCASS 👉🏾 bit.ly/givetocass