November 15, 2021
This interview has been shortened and condensed for clarity. LaLa Zannell is a Black trans woman with over a decade of experience as a community organizer and advocate for trans and queer livelihood. LaLa’s experience with AVP ranges from seeking support to becoming an intern, then being hired as a Front Desk Assistant, a Community Organizer, and finally, as a Lead Organizer. With over eight years of experience at AVP, LaLa helped found AVP'[...]
September 15, 2021
Contact: Audacia Ray, New York City Anti-Violence Project, aray@avp.org Esais Johnson, a young gay Black man with autism, died at Rikers Island last week after he languished a month in the jail. The Department of Corrections failed to deliver him to three separate court hearings, preventing him from paying his $1 bail. Johnson is the tenth person in Department of Corrections custody that has died in the jail system since December 2020, a huge [...]
September 14, 2021
This interview has been shortened and condensed for clarity. Tom Duane was the first openly gay and openly HIV+ member of the New York Senate and has been integral to legislative reform in the state to better protect LGBTQ+ and HIV-affected people. A former AVP board member and hate violence survivor, Tom’s legacy includes sponsorship of same-sex marriage legislation and the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) in New Yo[...]
August 5, 2021
The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) stands shoulder to shoulder with the survivors who have bravely come forward to report their experiences of sexual harassment and violence at the hands of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. We join the growing number of New Yorkers and others calling for the Governor’s resignation, in light of the scathing report released on Monday by New York Attorney General, Letitia James. The report from indepen[...]
June 17, 2021
Click each question below to learn more about AVP's vision for community safety at Pride. AVP’s Cops out of Pride campaign aims to promote safety and wellbeing for all LGBTQ people at the Pride March in Manhattan, outside of policing and criminalization. AVP serves and supports LGBTQ survivors, which include working class and poor LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors of color who are disproportionately criminalized, arrested, and/or detai[...]
This year, the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) is excited to launch Cops Out of Pride, our campaign to remove the presence of the NYPD from Pride celebrations in New York City. AVP works to end all forms of violence against LGBTQ and HIV-affected people, including police violence. Forty years ago, AVP was founded because members of our community were being attacked, and when they went to the police, they experienced indifference and m[...]
May 28, 2021
Contact: Audacia Ray, New York City Anti-Violence Project, aray@avp.org The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) is proud to be the LGBTQ anchor organization in the new Partners Against The Hate (P.A.T.H. FORWARD) initiative to prevent hate violence against vulnerable communities in New York City. In a year marked by increased hate violence, especially against LGBTQ people of color, the investment in AVP and other community based organiza[...]
April 22, 2021
Trigger Warning: mentions of fatal police violence Many of us breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday when Derek Chauvin was convicted of all charges for the killing of Goerge Floyd. For some of us, the verdict comes with the hope that perhaps this signals a move forward in our collective work to hold law enforcement accountable for the deadly violence they perpetrate against Black and brown people. But even with our relief, we know there is so much[...]
April 19, 2021
The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) is pleased to announce that on Thursday, April 8, AVP’s management voluntarily recognized a staff union. Dear Community, AVP’s non-management staff is now represented by the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153. The management and board of AVP wholeheartedly support the union and are looking forward to partnering with all staff as we negotiate a union contrac[...]
March 23, 2021
The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) stands shoulder to shoulder with members of Asian communities across the country who are mourning the eight lives lost in the Atlanta massage parlor shooting on March 16. We condemn the anti-Asian hate violence, which has long persisted in this country and has increased over the past year. As the largest LGBTQ-specific anti-violence organization in the country, we recognize that hate violence impacts [...]
February 26, 2021
In supporting LGBTQ survivors of violence, it’s always important for us to address and affirm the experiences survivors navigate. So what is economic abuse? According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, economic abuse involves maintaining control over financial resources, withholding access to money, or attempting to prevent a person from working and/or attending school in an effort to create financial dependence as a means [...]
When Chanel Lopez was approached by AVP’s Client Services department, she immediately became interested in the opportunity to work as a counselor with LGBTQ survivors of hate, intimate partner, and domestic violence. Her seven years at AVP empowered her as a survivor herself of domestic violence, learning new ways to cope with her trauma, to support other survivors through theirs. Now, Chanel is New York City’s first Transgender Communit[...]
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