
CUAV Please invest in CUAV and LGBTQQ safety in 2010--2 days left to give in 2009! We truly appreciate all the ways you have helped to build safe, strong queer and trans communities this past year--make sure to become a monthly donor at $5, $10, or $15 or give what you can to ensure that our people will have a place to turn... and build leadership in 2010. Wishing you all a safe and bright new year!
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Founded in 1979, CUAV is the nation's first LGBTQQ anti-violence organization. Our mission is to prevent and respond to violence against and within our diverse LGBTQQ communities. We accomplish this through ...

This poem was read at Mariah's memorial this past Saturday. We are grieving the loss of a vibrant member of our communities, and recommit ourselves to creating a culture of care and love free from violence. Our thoughts are with Mariah's family...

CUAV SEE YOU TONIGHT!! Come at 6:30pm for some food and let's make some safety together!
LGBTSTGNC People from the Bay to Brooklyn Create Community Solutions to Violence
Location:San Francisco & Brooklyn
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, December 8th

CUAV Don't forget to RSVP to our first Safety Lab, co-sponsored with El/La and coordinated with the Audre Lorde Project, THIS TUESDAY! We'll see you there!
LGBTSTGNC People from the Bay to Brooklyn Create Community Solutions to Violence
Location:San Francisco & Brooklyn
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, December 8th

CUAV Hey everyone! Make sure to come out next Tuesday night for an awesome coordinated event in San Francisco and Brooklyn to reclaim safety! If you're in SF, head over to CUAV for our first Safety Lab to envision and practice community responses to hate violence--see you there!
LGBTSTGNC People from the Bay to Brooklyn Create Community Solutions to Violence
Location:San Francisco & Brooklyn
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, December 8th

CUAV Sending gratitude to all of the powerful demonstrations of collective love and survival yesterday, and everyday. "And together, we have the strength."

CUAV “When my son told me he was gay, I told him, ‘Now, I love you more.'...hatred is not born with human beings, it is planted by adults creating a climate of intolerance and violence. We must change our ways and understand that anyone…could have been my son. And I want everybody to know that Jorge Steven was a very much l...oved son.” — Miriam Mercado, mother of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado

CUAV We hope to see you all tonight at the SF Trans Day of Remembrance at API Wellness from 6-8pm--let's honor the trans siblings we have lost to violence!
Location:API Wellness Center at 730 Polk Street, corner of Ellis
Time:6:00PM Friday, November 20th

CUAV FORWARD WIDELY: Please come out this Sunday in Oakland to honor Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and demand an end to violence against queer and trans people everywhere!
Location:The intersection of MacArthur and Lakshore/Grand Ave. Meet underneath the Archway of the Lake Merritt Trail. Right across from the small park..or patch of grass, whatever you want to call it.
Time:3:30PM Sunday, November 22nd

CUAV We are getting ready to send out our end of the year update--if you are not already on our mailing list and want to receive it, email morgan@cuav.org by Thursday! And if you are around any time 11am-7pm on Thursday, stop by CUAV to help send out some letters and strengthen this work!

CUAV Mourning the loss of yet another young queer person to violence and hatred--let's give each other lots of love and care today and always.
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I am writing to you about a tragic murder that has happened here in Puerto Rico. It has really only made local news simply because we are on this island, but you are the voice of those that are unheard ...

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Stop by and help make sure we can continue building queer and trans power to create safety! COME THROUGH anytime between 11am and 7pm on Thursday, November 19th to help us get out our fundraising appeal and thank our donors!
You'll be able to help us fund this work by giving no money yourself!! It's a great opportunity... to build relationships with other queer and trans folks, hear some music and even watch movies together.
Bring your friends and see you there!
Time:11:00AM Thursday, November 19th
Location:CUAV (170 A Capp St.)
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