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DC Anti-Violence Project

DC Anti-Violence Project Formerly known as GLOV, DC Anti Violence Project works to address all forms of violence against the LGBT community.

The primary mission of the DC Anti-Violence Project (DCAVP) is to work to reduce violence against Le***an, Gay, Bisexual and transgender (LGBT ) individuals (and those perceived as LGBT ) through community outreach, education, and monitoring cases to ensure that the rights and dignity of LGBT victims are respected and protected. DCAVP also seeks to assist victims of anti-LGBT violence by advocatin

g on their behalf, encouraging reporting, and providing a community of support. For more information, visit www.dcavp.org or e-mail infoglovdc.org.

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10/19/2022
2022 U.S. Trans Survey

The U.S. Trans Survey is open!

The USTS documents the lives and experiences of trans and nonbinary people ages 16+ in the U.S. and U.S. territories.

PENDING: We are hiring a full-time Case Manager and DCAVP Advocate! Please share the post. See full description here: ht...
08/31/2022
Case Management & Advocacy Specialist Position Available – The DC Center for the LGBT Community

PENDING: We are hiring a full-time Case Manager and DCAVP Advocate! Please share the post. See full description here: https://thedccenter.org/cmaspecialist/

Case Management & Advocacy Specialist Position Available October 3, 2022August 31, 2022 by Laya M The DC Anti-Violence Project of the DC Center for the LGBT Community is seeking a community-based trauma-informed mental health professional to provide case management services to and advocacy for LGBTQ...

LGBTQ-welcoming IPV support group: The Wendt Center has a few additional spots open for the next Intimate Partner Violen...
08/23/2022

LGBTQ-welcoming IPV support group:
The Wendt Center has a few additional spots open for the next Intimate Partner Violence Support Group. This virtual 12-week support group for survivors of intimate partner violence will be facilitated by Claire Bernstein, LICSW. The group be held on Thursdays at 5:30pm on Zoom, starting on September 22nd. The group is open to adult survivors who identify as women and are currently in or have previously been in a violent or abusive partner relationship.

Interested clients should call the Wendt Center to complete an intake: 202-204-5021.

Interpreter services are available as needed and requested for Limited English Proficient individuals. Email Claire Bernstein at [email protected] with any questions.

TONIGHT --- Reminder: the DCAVP is not meeting this month for summer break. But if you are looking for something empower...
08/11/2022

TONIGHT ---
Reminder: the DCAVP is not meeting this month for summer break. But if you are looking for something empowering to attend, our partners at NVRDC (Network for Victim Recovery of DC) are offering an event that looks good!

Registration is available here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcldeqprDkuE9wBeni4a4gNdD1QrLTl0-j5

"How could DC as a community better respond after harm? Join NVRDC (Network for Victim Recovery of DC) and Free Minds on August 23rd at 7PM for a conversation facilitated by Community Mediation DC in the second event in our Community Voices & Visioning series as we explore the impact of restorative justice practices. Participants will explore what trauma, violence, and oppression have done to our community and what steps the community can take as individuals, leaders, and collectively to foster or improve community safety."

Registration is available here!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcldeqprDkuE9wBeni4a4gNdD1QrLTl0-j5

NOTE: NO DCAVP meeting this month. Instead we recommend taking a "virtual field trip" at 6pm this Thursday to attend ​"H...
07/25/2022

NOTE: NO DCAVP meeting this month. Instead we recommend taking a "virtual field trip" at 6pm this Thursday to attend ​"How to be an Ally in Hate-Bias Incidents." The USAODC Clergy Ambassador Program and Hate Bias Task Force have joined forces to offer this bystander training.

This event will be held virtually, via Zoom on July 28, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/91204591617

Meeting ID:912 0459 1617 | Dial: 1 301 715 8592 US

For more information and special accommodations contact Lenney Lowe, 7D Community Outreach Specialist (202) 730-6409 / [email protected].

Please see attached for a research participants opportunity for TGNC survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
07/08/2022

Please see attached for a research participants opportunity for TGNC survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.

We've eliminated the need to RSVP, please join here today at 6 pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89204120272?pwd=b3NWUVIvLzV...
07/08/2022

We've eliminated the need to RSVP, please join here today at 6 pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89204120272?pwd=b3NWUVIvLzVrUXZ0QUVUYlFRd2Vwdz09

Thursday, July 14th, the DC Center for the LGBT Community is partnering with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) to host a listening session with the LGBTQ+ Community in and around Washington, DC.

Representatives will be available to talk about your rights and answer questions, as well as talk about what steps you can take if you feel like you have been discriminated against by an employer.

If you're interested in registering for the virtual zoom session, please email [email protected] for the link! The event is free and unrecorded, so you can bring any concerns and questions you have in a safe space.

If you need ASL interpretation for this event, please let us know ASAP so we can arrange for services.

06/30/2022
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GET FOOD HELP: Federal Nutrition Programs and Emergency Food Referral Chart for LGBTQ Individuals & Families
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Anti-Patriarchy group starting up:https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/LGBTQ/Metro-DC-PFLAG-Gen-Res.pdf
06/28/2022

Anti-Patriarchy group starting up:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/LGBTQ/Metro-DC-PFLAG-Gen-Res.pdf

On this day three years ago, the DC Anti-Violence Project assisted in organizing a community vigil to raise awareness an...
06/21/2022

On this day three years ago, the DC Anti-Violence Project assisted in organizing a community vigil to raise awareness and support for members of the transgender community who were targeted by violence. Rest in Power. We will continue to say their names.

Two Safety Planning workshops being offered by our partners at DVRP...
06/10/2022

Two Safety Planning workshops being offered by our partners at DVRP...

Upcoming BIPOC Empowerment & Self Defense class: https://defendyourself.org/find-a-class/
05/18/2022
Find a class

Upcoming BIPOC Empowerment & Self Defense class: https://defendyourself.org/find-a-class/

Find a class Empowerment and Self-Defense: Claim your confidence Be the Change: Active bystander skills for stopping hate Empowerment and Self-Defense: Intro for young teens About our classes Defend Yourself has classes for everyone, no matter what your age or ability. Whether you’re dealing with ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia would like to invite you to join us for our quarterly H...
04/26/2022

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia would like to invite you to join us for our quarterly Hate Bias Task Force Meeting on Wednesday , April 27, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. via WebEx. The meeting will include a presentation by Mike Honicker, Supervisory Special Agent, Phil Alexander, Senior Special Agent and Mark Waugh, Senior tactical medic/ Special Agent with Homeland Security. They will discuss how to respond to an active shooter.

If you have questions, concerns or need any special accommodations please contact LaToya Davenport at [email protected].

JOIN BY LINK
https://usao.webex.com/usao/j.php?MTID=m3dfef3cf6952b7267e14fadda1aac57e

New Counseling Resources now available at the Wanda Alston Foundation!
04/21/2022

New Counseling Resources now available at the Wanda Alston Foundation!

Please join our community partners Wanda Alston Foundation as they host an LGBTQ Listening Session for Survivors at the MLK Library Room 401F 901 G St. NW on Thursday 4/28/22 from 3-4pm.

https://thedccenter.org/seeking-co-facilitator-position-for-q***r-all-genders-working-through-trauma-group/
03/18/2022
SEEKING: Co-facilitator Position for Q***r All Genders Working Through Trauma Group – The DC Center for the LGBT Community

https://thedccenter.org/seeking-co-facilitator-position-for-q***r-all-genders-working-through-trauma-group/

SEEKING: Co-facilitator Position for Q***r All Genders Working Through Trauma Group March 18, 2022 by Christina Cappelletti Q***r All Genders Working Through Trauma Groups Co-facilitator Position Open at the DC Center for the LGBT Community: Contract Therapist March 2022 by Christina Cappelletti, LG...

Two American Heroines! Think you have heard it all about women serving in the U.S. Military? Think again! Join us to hea...
03/15/2022
SAGEVets Celebrates Women's History Month with two American Heroines

Two American Heroines! Think you have heard it all about women serving in the U.S. Military? Think again! Join us to hear the inspiring stories of courage and triumph of two female veterans - two wars, two widely different experiences serving in the U.S. Military predating Don't Ask Don't Tell.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sagevets-celebrates-womens-history-month-with-two-american-heroines-tickets-262629310337Celebrating

Two female veterans - two wars, two widely different experiences serving in the U.S. Military predating Don't Ask Don't Tell.

SLOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE for the DC Center for the LGBT Community's 10-week Q***r Women* Working Through Trauma (QW*WTT...
02/25/2022
Working Through Trauma Groups – The DC Center for the LGBT Community

SLOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE for the DC Center for the LGBT Community's 10-week Q***r Women* Working Through Trauma (QW*WTT) group. The groups are no cost for LGBTQ+ survivors of violence, trauma and abuse, and are held via Zoom on Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm, beginning next week: Mar 1 - May 3, 2022. Groups are limited to 10 persons. Click here for more information and email Michele Johns at [email protected] to set up a short intake session. https://thedccenter.org/health/working-through-trauma-therapy-groups/

Working Through Trauma Groups The DC Anti-Violence Project (DCAVP) LGBTQ+ Working Through Trauma groups invite LGBTQ+ survivors of violence, abuse and trauma to focus on processing trauma responses and symptoms as a group through a variety of therapeutic techniques, learning to manage triggers and p...

02/15/2022

TWO REMARKABLE STORIES: A Virtual Celebration of Black History Month - Wednesday, February 23, 6:00 PM
What began as a unique alliance grew into the LGBTQ+ veteran movement in New York. We have BVSJ to thank for helping to get this movement off the ground. Thirty years later, New York passed the Restoration of Honor, legislation that changed Louis Miller’s life. Join us to hear two remarkable stories as we celebrate Black History Month.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/two-remarkable-stories-a-celebration-of-black-history-month-tickets-266198485837?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Upcoming classes by our friends at Defend Yourself! https://defendyourself.org/find-a-class/
02/15/2022
Find a class

Upcoming classes by our friends at Defend Yourself!
https://defendyourself.org/find-a-class/

Have you been harassed at work (virtually or in person), on the street, or on public transit? Is a family member intrusive, either with words or physically? Is there anyone you want to set a limit with, but aren’t quite sure how to say it? Do you want to know what to do if you’re ever attacked? ...

Welcome Sade Adeeyo to the DC Center Working Through Trauma Groups facilitator team!https://thedccenter.org/welcome-sade...
02/10/2022
Welcome Sade Adeeyo, LGPC – The DC Center for the LGBT Community

Welcome Sade Adeeyo to the DC Center Working Through Trauma Groups facilitator team!
https://thedccenter.org/welcome-sade-adeeyo-lgpc/

Welcome Sade Adeeyo, LGPC February 10, 2022 by Christina Cappelletti Welcome Sade Adeeyo to the DC Center for the LGBT Community! Sade (she/her) joins our Working Through Trauma groups facilitation team in Behavioral Health Services at the Center. Sade looks forward to getting to know and supporting...

CHANGE IN DATES: The DC Center for the LGBT Community's next 10-week Q***r Women Working Through Trauma (QWWTT) group ru...
01/24/2022
Working Through Trauma Groups – The DC Center for the LGBT Community

CHANGE IN DATES: The DC Center for the LGBT Community's next 10-week Q***r Women Working Through Trauma (QWWTT) group runs Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm, Mar 1 - May 3, 2022, via Zoom. Groups are limited to 10 persons. Click below for more information and to join the call list for an intake. Q***r Any Gender Working Through Trauma (QAGWTT) groups will begin in April or May and anyone can join the call list any time for those groups as well.
https://thedccenter.org/health/working-through-trauma-therapy-groups/

Working Through Trauma Groups The DC Anti-Violence Project (DCAVP) LGBTQ+ Working Through Trauma groups invite LGBTQ+ survivors of violence, abuse and trauma to focus on processing trauma responses and symptoms as a group through a variety of therapeutic techniques, learning to manage triggers and p...

Hate Bias Task Force Panel Presentation, Tue, Jan 25, 5:30pmThe United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colu...
01/20/2022
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Hate Bias Task Force Panel Presentation, Tue, Jan 25, 5:30pm

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia would like to invite you to join us for our quarterly Hate Bias Task Force Meeting on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 5:30 p.m via WebEx. The meeting will include a presentation by Jennifer Mika, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Pretrial Mental Health Coordinator, United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Dr. Shilpa Krishnan, Deputy Director of Forensic Services Division, Department of Behavioral Health and Christina Cappelletti, Lead Therapist, DC Center for the LGBT Community, discussing the intersection between the criminal justice system and mental health.

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Welcome to a new year. Here's to fighting psychological and physical violence in all its forms in 2022. See this fact sh...
01/06/2022
Stalking Awareness Month | Stalking Awareness & Prevention | SPARC

Welcome to a new year. Here's to fighting psychological and physical violence in all its forms in 2022. See this fact sheet on LGBTQ+ Stalking Awareness.
https://www.stalkingawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SPARC_Stalking-LGBTQ-Fact-Sheet.pdf

January 2022 marks the seventeenth annual (NSAM), an annual call to action to recognize and respond to the serious crime of stalking.

LGBTQ+ partner organization, Defend Yourself, has great bystander empowerment workshops.
11/02/2021

LGBTQ+ partner organization, Defend Yourself, has great bystander empowerment workshops.

Be the Change: Skills for Interrupting Hate, via our friends at Defense Yourself. https://defendyourself.org/find-a-class/

Our partners at JCADA are offering a new weekly LGBTQ+ Support Group: If you are interested in joining the group, please...
11/01/2021

Our partners at JCADA are offering a new weekly LGBTQ+ Support Group: If you are interested in joining the group, please email Andrea Ortiz, LCSW-C, and Anna Ehrlich at [email protected] and [email protected].

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Greetings Members,
My name is Deac, and I am a mass shooting survivor. I'm also a peer supporter and network coordinator for the Disaster Distress Helpline.
Our organization recently spearheaded a new online peer support community for Survivors of Mass Violence (including any first responders, families or friends) on Facebook.
Please consider joining us, survivors need one another more now than ever.
SURVIVORS OF MASS VIOLENCE
https://www.facebook.com/groups/survivorsofmassviolence
Greetings,
My name is Deac, and I am a mass shooting survivor. I'm also a peer supporter and network coordinator for the Disaster Distress Helpline.
Our organization recently spearheaded a new online peer support community for Survivors of Mass Violence (including any first responders, families or friends) on Facebook.

Please consider joining us, survivors need one another more now than ever.

SURVIVORS OF MASS VIOLENCE
https://www.facebook.com/groups/survivorsofmassviolence
The DC Center invites LGBTQ+ Military Veterans to share their stories at a virtual open mic event on Saturday, May 29, 3:30-5:40pm. This event bridges National Military Appreciation Month (May) with Pride Month (June) in honor of LGBTQ+ service members’ courage and perseverance. While anyone can view the first hour of the event via the DC Anti-Violence Project page, the Zoom dialogue link will only be available to registered participants. ASL interpreters will be available if requested. Please let us know your interpreting preferences on the registration form, please register by MAY 26TH: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewDzDtWsL7DWlszQIgzAVEj4wzXww-reJBwAFHPMfRQGA1_Q/viewform
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✨Tonight✨
Transmasc Open Mic! Transmasculine folx speak out against violence, trauma and abuse.

Date: 05/29/20
Time: 6:45 pm - 9:00 pm

WHAT: The DC Anti-Violence Project is proud to host Transmasculine Survivors of Violence & Abuse Virtual Open Mic!

WHEN: Friday | May 29, 2020 | 6:45-9PM

WHO: Transmasculine folx, and anyone who loves and supports transmasculinity. *ASL interpreters will be there.

WHERE: This is a registration-only* Zoom event. We are using registrations to help us host a safe and intimate virtual space, with the intention that transmasculine folx can speak up/out about experiences of violence and abuse including those that may have happened pre-transition — a timeline that many transmasculine folx do not share openly for reasons of stealth, privacy and/or danger. Fill out the registration and email it to: [email protected]

The DC Center
Active Bystander Skills for Stopping Anti-Asian Hate. Wednesdays and Saturdays for the foreseeable future.

Free, registration required: http://defendyourself.org/find-a-class/
hey fellow advocates! I want to make sure that this event is on your radar. Watch the film, join the movement, change the web.

SCREENING ONE NIGHT ONLY in DC on Wednesday 9/25! Netizens Film is a documentary about womxn & online harassment, featuring C. A. Goldberg, PLLC & Feminist Frequency’s Anita Sarkeesian. Panel + q&a to follow with special guests. Tix here!
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Shareese Moné getting ready for the DC Anti-Violence Project Taking the Stage/Taking a Stand tonight at 7. Isn’t she gorgeous?!
TONIGHT at 7:00PM - Taking the Stage Taking a Stand: LGBTQ Voices Against Violence. Tonight will focus on the uplifting voices and experiences of all of those in our community who’ve felt like the target of LGBTQ related violence. This is the final event for this series on Voices Against Violence!

If you are interested in signing up and speaking out againgt LGBTQ violence, please forward a sample of your performance to [email protected] or [email protected]. Past performances have included singing, dancing, poetry, and storytelling, but you are not limited to this list. Headliners for the event will be given a $50 honorarium. Additionally, there will be an open mic at the end if time allows. For more information and to RSVP, click here.

Date and Time: Wednesday, September 13, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Location: DC Anti-Violence Project – 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105
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THIS WEDNESDAY - For this edition of Taking the Stage, Taking a Stand: LGBTQ Voices Against Violence, the focus is on uplifting the voices and experiences of all of those in our community who’ve felt like the target of LGBTQ related violence. This is the final event for this series on Voices Against Violence!

If you are interested in signing up and speaking out againgt LGBTQ violence, please forward a sample of your performance to [email protected] or [email protected]. Past performances have included singing, dancing, poetry, and storytelling, but you are not limited to this list. Headliners for the event will be given a $50 honorarium. Additionally, there will be an open mic at the end if time allows.
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 13, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Location: DC Anti-Violence Projecti – 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105
Last night the DC Anti-Violence Project hosted an event at Busboys and Poets and asked the audience to come up with ways that they thought we could work towards ending LGBTQ youth homelessness. Here is a list of what they came up with!

1) Ask LGBTQ homeless youth what their needs are and put them in contact with others that have similar needs. Together these people can work to organize and address their problems.
2) Listen!
3) Lobby for more resources and money to be given towards organizations and people fighting to end LGBTQ youth homelessness.
4) Lobby locally elected officials to take action on LGBTQ youth homelessness.
5) Don’t let people be complacent about this issue.
6) Call for larger LGBTQ nonprofits, like the HRC, to take real action towards ending LGBTQ youth homelessness.
7) Educate privileged groups of our community, like white cis g**s, on this issue and call for them to get involved in fighting for this issue.
8) Create job opportunities and training programs that cater towards LGBTQ homeless youth
9) Allocate funds directly to LGBTQ homeless individuals.
10)Empower/incentivise employers to hire more homeless LGBTQ staff.
11) Support the growth of more shelters and safe spaces.
12) Create q***r mentor/role model programs for LGBTQ homeless youth
13) Have programs in high schools that work closely alongside LGBTQ youth to help meet their needs before issues they have get worse than they already are.
14) Work to make homelessness recognized as a public health issue.
15) Create transitional housing programs that work towards long term stability
16) Work to craft policy that works for our homeless LGBTQ community
17) Create a public awareness campaign on homelessness
18) Provide resources to LGBTQ youth’s parents
19) Teach people how to incorporate inclusive language and practices into parenting, professions, and media presence.
20) End criminalization of s*x workers, especially youth s*x workers.
21) Replace all zero tolerance exclusionary discipline policies with restorative justice and public education.
Join us on July 19th for Taking the Stage, Taking a Stand: YOUTH Voices Against Violence! You will experience the uplifting voices from the LGBTQ youth of Casa Ruby! Each of the seven young performers will be given the opportunity to express their opinions about targeted violence through song, dance, storytelling, and poetry! Prizes will be provided to all of performers, plus audience favorites will go home with the Grand Prize! This event is free, but please RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2sQApw1

Casa Ruby LGBT Community Center is the incredible organization providing LGBTQ youth with housing, resources, and vital supportive services. The DC Anti-Violence Project is honored to feature and uplift the voices of their young people, and will donate $150 to Casa Ruby to continue to support their efforts. Come out to support these amazing young people, Casa Ruby, and The DC Anti-Violence Project!!

Location: DC Anti-Violence Project 2000 14th St NW, Ste 105, Washington, DC 20009 (at the corner of U St.)

Date and Time: Wednesday, July 19, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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UPDATE: Thank you for the quick action everyone! I just spoke to Brett Parson of the MPD. He was extremely helpful and we are good going forward right now. I
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