DC Anti-Violence Project

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 Queer 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

Kimberley Bush named The DC Center's executive director

Congratulations to Kimberley Bush, E.D.!
https://www.metroweekly.com/2022/02/kimberley-bush-named-the-dc-centers-executive-director/

The Board of The DC Center, D.C.'s local LGBTQ community center, named Kimberley Bush as its newest executive director.

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

02/15/2022

Find a class

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

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? ...

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...

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 Queer 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. Queer 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...

01/20/2022

Meet virtually with Cisco Webex. Anytime, anywhere, on any device.

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.

https://usao.webex.com/webappng/sites/usao/meeting/info/152fa69771a24e729a101744ce2d9d1e?siteurl=usao&MTID=m46bcba38ebc4bde7035a6655dd684dfb

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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.

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/

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].

10/28/2021

2022 U.S. Trans Survey is here! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pE5rYlXUS4yQDmPDaUqA4w

10/28/2021

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

10/26/2021

What It's Like To Be Intersex

No more violence against intersex people. Address the bullies, not the targets. Happy Intersex Awareness Day. The period between October 26 and November 8 is noted as the 14 Days of Intersex, culminating with Intersex Solidarity Day.
https://interactadvocates.org/intersex-awareness-day/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAUDKEI4QKI&t=13s

Guess which one of us has testes?Intersex Youth Advocacy Group: http://www.interactyouth.orgLegal Advocacy Group: http://www.aiclegal.orgSupport Group for in...

09/29/2021

USAODC Hate-Bias Task Force Meeting
The Role of Federal Law Enforcement in Bias-Related/Hate Crime Prosecution

Thursday, September 30, 2021, 6:00 p.m.
Event Number: 2761 433 3694; Event Password: 2Qp6SxAyW2x
To join this online event, go to https://usao.webex.com/usao/j.php?MTID=e727d8d10f869774bd5a4456f31139a5f

Tune in to learn more about current trends as well as federal and local law enforcement collaboration regarding hate/bias crime investigations

09/29/2021

Police departments across U.S. are mandating LGBTQ training

A good article on LGBTQ+ community members' historic mistreatment by police, what many U.S. departments are doing to change that, and a nice feature of MPD LGBTSU Sergeant Nicole Brown talking about what is being done here in DC.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/police-departments-us-are-mandating-lgbtq-training-rcna2250
"Brown, who has worked as a D.C. police officer for 14 years, said she has seen first-hand the value of effective LGBTQ training for law enforcement. She regularly trains officers across the district in intensive courses ranging from how to approach investigating suspected anti-LGBTQ hate crimes to the importance of using the correct pronouns for transgender people.

But for Brown, there’s no substitute for on-the-beat training in the community, a community she herself is a part of. ...."

Following a string of violence against Black trans women, LGBTQ activists in New York took to the streets in summer 2020 to draw attention to the deadly issue.

09/22/2021

The Equality of Public Safety

The Mayors Office of LGBTQ Affairs hosting a panel discussing violence towards the community

09/09/2021

Intakes open now for October LGBTQ+ Working Through Trauma groups -- one all genders, one women-identified. Space is limited.
https://thedccenter.org/health/working-through-trauma-therapy-groups/

09/09/2021

“I didn’t like being a pushover”

Reserve your spot in the BIPOC Self-Defense Class on Sept 23:

Hi friend, Setting and maintaining boundaries can be powerful, even if it isn’t always easy to do. As we’re preparing to run our newest program, Emp...

09/02/2021

Spaces that center your needs matter, especially for BIPOC

Empowerment Self-Defense for BIPOC!

Dear friend, Finding spaces where you can show up fully yourself can be tough. Because we exist in a world with systemic harm, such as patriarchy an...

08/23/2021

Wow. What a throw back. A picture from some of the organizers of our inaugural Taking the Stage event ❤️

Taking the Stage, Taking a Stand: LGBTQ Voices Against Violence
www.dcavp.org

08/19/2021

You can defend yourself without martial arts

You Can Defend Yourself Without Martial Arts -- read this post from one of our partners with tips on verbal self defense, and learn about their newest program: Empowerment + Self-Defense for BIPOC People.

Dear friend, When most people hear “self-defense” they think of suiting up, heading to a stuffy gym and throwing down martial arts moves. Like Lucy L...

07/20/2021

Trans woman found murdered in P.G. County apartment

Vigil at 4pm today for Taya Ashton.
Family members were making arrangements for a vigil in Taya Ashton’s honor at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21, at River Terrace Park, which is located in D.C. at Benning Road and Anacostia Ave., N.E. along the Anacostia River. The vigil will take place at or near the site of the park’s main gazebo.

Police seek help from community in identifying suspect

07/13/2021

Off to school or work? Get some safety skills!

Heading back to school and want to stop harassment, abuse and assault? This workshop is open to rising high-school juniors, seniors and college students who identify as women, transmen or non-binary. Offered by one of the founders of the DC Anti-Violence Project!

Dear friends, In the Fall, many students will be heading to school in person for the first time since COVID began. During the pandemic, social intera...

06/20/2021

What it's like to be a transgender dad

What it's like to be a transgender dad

LB Hannahs candidly shares the experience of parenting as a genderqueer individual -- and what it can teach us about authenticity and advocacy. "Authenticity doesn't mean 'comfortable.' It means managing and negotiating the discomfort of everyday life," Hannahs says.

06/10/2021

The First Program Ever to Serve Unhoused Trans Men of Color Just Launched in D.C.

The First Program Ever to Serve Unhoused Trans Men of Color Just Launched in D.C.

The program took inspiration from the adverse experiences of local trans men, including one staffer, in D.C.’s shelter system.

05/22/2021

Perspective | Before she died, a Black transgender woman wrote she was ‘tired of being not heard.’ Her loved ones hope people now listen.

Rest in Power Nona

Nona Moselle Conner had just started working on a storytelling project about the experiences of D.C. sex workers during the pandemic.

05/19/2021

COMING SOON!

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

05/12/2021

Please come see this amazing survivors of violence event, offered by this fantastic organization -- the A/PI Domestic Violence Resource Project!

We invite you to ✨ Art As A Voice ✨ a virtual celebration on May 17th 2021 from 6-8pm EST!

✨ Register: https://tinyurl.com/dvrpAAAV

04/18/2021

Single Adult Housing :: So Others Might Eat

S.O.M.E. Single Adult Housing Lottery 4/21/21.

Our General Intake Housing Lottery will open Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 9AM. The Lottery will close at 5PM on April 21, 2021. The housing lottery system will be used to randomly select individuals meeting our eligibility requirements to move forward and apply for Single Adult Housing.

04/15/2021

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and it's a great opportunity to talk with your kids body autonomy. In some families, requiring a child to hug relatives is no big deal, but by requiring this type of a greeting, you have taken away your child's right to make decisions about their own body. As one of our DCAVP volunteers, @Eshe A. Folami shared, "Teaching a child that they can show affection on his/her terms is one of the tools parents can use to help protect their children from sexual abuse."

04/09/2021

DC Anti-Violence Project updated their website address.

DC Anti-Violence Project updated their website address.

04/02/2021

TRANScending Jane and John Doe: The impact of Gender Identification in Forensic Cold Cases - Trans Doe Task Force

Today! Transcending Jane and John Doe: The Impact of Gender Identification in Forensic Cold Cases: register here to jump in.
http://transdoetaskforce.org/transcending-jane-and-john-doe-the-impact-of-gender-identification-in-forensic-cold-cases/?fbclid=IwAR105yGXZwRLOxQeI0o-T1ttqDvefvQmxyE7Svvm0XouqQa10BrTOoP32nI

Interested in how forensic anthropology and forensic genetic genealogy can help serve transgender and nonbinary decedents and law enforcement efforts with gender-informed strategies? Register for this free day-long webinar with topical sessions that is hosted by the ISU Gender Resource Center, Depar...

04/02/2021

Going on today! Jump in!

Reminder: Tomorrow is our big all-day online event, "TRANScending Jane and John Doe: the Impact of Gender Identification in Forensic Cold Cases" via Idaho State University! List of presentations and times can be seen in this flyer. You can follow any of the links below to register or get more info. All of the presentations will be recorded for later viewing and housed at this link:
http://transdoetaskforce.org/transcending-jane-and-john-doe-the-impact-of-gender-identification-in-forensic-cold-cases/

FB event link (overflow stream link will be posted in the event, so if you don't get into the ISU registration list before it closes, you can find an alternate link): https://www.facebook.com/events/437315357361720/

Direct registration link (please do register if possible, we want ISU to get a good count of attendees): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbVQ_auINTcLw8VbEygsyeOjYyN0cxrG4OBMSDMjxXajCjbA/viewform

Thank you to ISU for hosting this, and thank you to everyone who has registered and shared the event!