June 20, 2018
NCAVP joins The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence in calling for Congress to stop family separation and protect immigrant survivors! Call Your Member of Congress today to Stop Family Separation and Protect Immigrant Survivors. Find your Congressional Representative here and Tell Them to Oppose the two pending “moderate” (sic) Immigration Bills that Harm Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault. The[...]
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October 2, 2017
Dear friends, We are heartbroken and disturbed by the tragic and fatal stabbing that occurred on the morning of Wednesday, September 27 at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation in the Bronx. We mourn the death of Matthew McCree and hope for the recovery of Ariane LaBoy. Our hearts go out to Abel Cedeno, the families of all three of the youth involved, and the entire school and neighboring community in which the lives of so many h[...]
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September 15, 2017
The Board of Directors of the New York City Anti-Violence Project cordially invites you to the: Courage Awards
Wednesday, October 11th
6:00 - 9:30 PM*
Current, Pier 59, Chelsea Piers**
23rd Street and West Side Highway
*details on VIP reception forthcoming.
**Please note, Current at Chelsea Piers is an updated location. The Courage Awards will not be held at Broad Street Ballroom. Honoring:
Vice President Joseph R. Biden
A steadfast[...]
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September 13, 2017
by Catherine Shugrue dos Santos, MSW
Co-Director of Client Services at AVP One month ago today, Nazis and white supremacists inflicted pain and violence in the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, and we simply can’t afford to let our feelings of disgust and outrage fade. If we, as white people, do not stand up, step up, and actively fight each and every effort by hate groups and the government to roll back the rights of people of color, w[...]
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August 24, 2017
Today the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released a report, A Crisis of Hate: Mid-Year Report on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Hate Violence Homicides. For 20 years, NCAVP has released national research reports on the ways LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities experience hate violence. Within these reports, NCAVP shares information about anti-LGBTQ homicides for the previous year. However, in just August of [...]
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