CUAV Releases New 3-Year Strategic Plan

A Powerful New Vision to Transform Violence Into Safety

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.

Our plan is meant to be a starting point for conversation and an invitation for collaboration, not the final word. Please take some time to read it through and let us know how you want to get connected. It is available online and by calling (415) 777-5550. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas!