April 14, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Friday, April 14, 2023
MEDIA CONTACTS
Kristine Mikkelsen, kmikkelsen@spitfirestrategies.com, 908.304.4869
Eliel Cruz, press@justicecommittee.org, 770.608.8725
Orie Givens, communications@avp.org, 212.416.5603
New York – Today, exactly four years to the day that Kawaski Trawick, a Black gay New Yorker, was killed by NYPD officers in his own home - and a week before the discipline trial is scheduled to begin -[...]
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The NYC Anti-Violence Project strongly condemns any attempts by NYS Republican legislators to mimic the violent anti-trans legislation that is currently sweeping the nation here in New York, including the most recent bills S6259 and A6124, introduced by Sen. George Borrello and Rep. Andy Goodell. The New York we know aims to protect its LGBTQ community members, and this type of legislation has no place anywhere, especially here. This unnece[...]
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As the weather warms up and Pride season approaches, AVP is expanding our in-office walk-in hours! AVP’s walk-in hours are available four-days-a-week, Monday-Thursday from 12-4 PM at our lower Manhattan office. At our walk-in consultations, we explore all the ways AVP can support you, including free crisis counseling, legal consultations, and advocacy support. We will work with you to identify your priorities and connect you with the[...]
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April 10, 2023
Kawaski Trawick’s Family Travels From Georgia to Mark Four-Year Anniversary of Killing and Meet With Civilian Complaint Review Board Before April 24th Discipline Trial On Wednesday, April 12 at 1 p.m. – Following a meeting with the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) and just days before the four-year anniversary of the NYPD killing of Kawaski Trawick – family members, elected officials and community organizations across New York City[...]
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April 4, 2023
April is Sexual Violence Awareness Month, an important time to raise awareness, support survivors, and highlight ways we can end this type of violence. Nationwide, the conversations focus on heterosexual, cisgender survivors, erasing survivors' experiences across the spectrum of gender identities and sexual orientations. Data shows, however, that LGBTQ+ people are often more at risk and report higher instances of sexual violence. At AVP, we work [...]
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March 30, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT: Orie Givens, Director of Communications ogivens@avp.org (NEW YORK) The New York City Anti-Violence Project is angered and dismayed at the news about the tragic loss of six lives in Nashville at The Covenant School - yet another senseless act of school gun violence. We are angered that this violence continues. Our hearts go out to the families of the victims and the entire community of Nashville, [...]
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February 22, 2023
Nearly 300 American businesses, organizations and groups led by or serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people completed the inaugural LGBTQ Safe Spaces Protection Project National Needs Assessment survey so far. The online survey, conducted by the New York City Anti-Violence Project and Strength in Numbers Consulting Group, measured anti-LGBTQ hate incidents against LGBTQ spaces, businesses and organizations across the U[...]
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February 14, 2023
This February, the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) will attend Creating Change 2023 in San Francisco, CA with hundreds of LGBTQ organizations from around the country. AVP will release the preliminary results of the LGBTQ National Needs Assessment survey, along with strategic workshops to equip LGBTQ organizations with the tools to protect their spaces and community members. The troubling rise in anti-LGBTQ harassment and hate violenc[...]
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February 11, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT: Orie Givens, Director of Communications ogivens@avp.org (NEW YORK) The New York City Anti-Violence Project issues the following statement from Executive Director Beverly Tillery in response to the death of Deandre Matthews, a 19-year-old Black queer man from Brooklyn: “Every neighborhood in New York City should be a safe place for Black LGBTQ young people to be, and no one should have t[...]
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January 30, 2023
Being there for our community is what we do at AVP, and for the first time since 2020, we are thrilled to announce the return of office walk-in hours! AVP's services are designed by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, queer and non-binary people, and people living with HIV who have also experienced violence or harm. Our free and confidential support is for people in our communities who have experienced [...]
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December 13, 2022
Hate-based violence is not new, nor are threats to our community. But data shows that a specific type of threat towards LGBTQ people is growing and requires a community-led strategy to solve. In the wake of the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and countless threats against LGBTQ people and places now is the time to take action to protect our safe spaces. “The organizations and groups we have connected with are beco[...]
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November 29, 2022
The New York City Anti-Violence Project issues the following statement from Executive Director Beverly Tillery in response to New York City Mayor Eric Adams' directive to first responders concerning involuntary hospitalization. New York, NY – “As the country's largest LGBTQ anti-violence organization experienced in providing crisis response and support for over 40 years, AVP knows that Mayor Adams’ directive to begin involuntarily hospit[...]
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