Fwd: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS | Zero Street Harassment Project

Submitted by simontondc on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 16:34

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I suspect some of you might have some creative ways to address this topic.

Deadline for submissions: April 28th

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From: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Date: Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:17 PM
Subject: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS | Zero Street Harassment Project
To: simontondc@gmail.com

*CALL TO DC ARTISTS & DESIGNERS: Request for Proposals*

*Vision Zero Initiative - Public Art Placemaking *

*Zero Street Harassment Project*

*Project Budget: $41,000.00 with funding provided by Age-Friendly DC*

*Deadline for Submissions: 5:00 PM, April 28, 2016*

In partnership with the District Department of Transportation's (DDOT)
Vision Zero Initiative, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
(DCCAH) and Age-Friendly DC are pleased to announce the *Zero Street
Harassment Public Art Project*, a new public art and placemaking campaign
designed to discourage and abate street harassment of residents, workers
and visitors in the District of Columbia.

*ACCORDING TO THE STOP STREET HARASSMENT (SSH) NONPROFIT:*

In 2014, SSH commissioned a 2,000-person national survey in the USA with
surveying firm GfK. The survey found that 65% of all women had experienced
street harassment. Among all women, 23% had been sexually touched, 20% had
been followed, and 9% had been forced to do something sexual. Among men,
25% had been street harassed (a higher percentage of LGBT-identified men
than heterosexual men reported this) and their most common form of
harassment was homophobic or transphobic slurs (9%).

The project partners have identified two (2) locations within the District
of Columbia for consideration. We are asking for proposals that
demonstrate how artistic and design interventions would help to deter
street harassment, as part of an anti-street harassment campaign in high
visibility areas throughout Washington, DC. Activation sites include: 14th
& U Streets, NW and 1st & Columbus Circle, NE

* For full details on the application process, please click here
.
*

*Application Deadline is Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 5:00 PM EST.*

*About the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities*

*The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities provides grants, professional
opportunities, education enrichment, and other programs and services to
individuals and nonprofit organizations in all communities within the
District of Columbia. The Arts Commission is supported primarily by
District government funds and in part by the National Endowment for the
Arts.*

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