Thirteen months ago, the Virginia Anti-Violence Project [VAVP] issued a statement articulating our organizational commitment to stand in solidarity with black and brown communities in the face of state sanctioned violence. Given the hyper-visible manifestations of white supremacy over the past weekend in Charlottesville, it is with deep feelings of pain, love for our communities, and fierceness that VAVP says, yet again, to our black and brown family, we see you, we support you, we are you, and VAVP will continue to fight for our lives. As an organization whose mission is to address and prevent all forms of violence against Virginia’s diverse LGBTQ+ communities, the Virginia Anti-Violence Project understands, through both individual and organizational lived experiences, the adverse effects of violence and trauma on intersectionally oppressed communities. The broad LGBTQ+ community holds many diverse identities and the strategies that we use to individually address and ...