We Belong in this Fight

Maisha Johnson

Thursday October 14, 2010 2:40

Thinking more about places where our voices belong, even when they’re not always heard or recognized. Especially places where we find the intersection of our voices – where queer people, people of color, people with disabilities, youth and others who aren’t often heard are one and the same, fighting for one another and for their own rights. 

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CUAV Releases New 3-Year Strategic Plan

Friday April 3, 2009 9:16

After two years of intensive reflection and evaluation, we are proud to announce our brand new 3-year strategic plan. With the passion and collaboration of staff, Board, clients, volunteers, community members, and ally organizations, we have generated a bold new plan to realize our renewed vision: to build the power of LGBTQQ communities to transform violence and oppression towards safety and liberation. We are overjoyed to share this plan with you. Highlights include:

• Center LGBTQQ communities impacted by multiple forms of violence and oppression, particularly people who are low-income, young, immigrant, and/or people of color, in all areas of our work.  
• Develop viable models of community accountability that can build the power of our relationships, neighborhods, and movements as we respond to violence.
• Build the leadership of survivors, our families and intimate networks, organizations, and neighborhoods to transform violence in our lives, communities, and movements.
• Shift our organizational structure towards a community-driven shared leadership model that promotes true collaboration and sustainability.
• Continue to provide vital emergency support and healing opportunities to LGBTQQ survivors of violence and abuse through our 24-hour safety line and peer counselors.

CUAV Releases 2007 Annual Anti-LGBTQQ Hate Violence Report

Wednesday June 4, 2008 7:27

On May 20, 2008, alongside the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) and over thirty of its member agencies, CUAV released its 2007 annual report on violence against LGBTQ people. CUAV’s local Bay Area report indicated that incidents of anti-LGBT violence in the Bay Area are up to 304 from 285 in 2006.

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The New Face of CUAV.org

Wednesday April 30, 2008 1:07

It’s been a long and exciting journey, and we have finally arrived to present to the world our brand new shiny website. CUAV worked hand-in-hand with Oakland-based designers TUMIS to create a dynamic, engaging, and useful website that better reflected the CUAV we are today.

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