VAVP joins Casa Ruby, Girls United, and NCAVP in mourning the homicide of Crystal Edmonds, a transgender women of color killed in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, September 16th. This is the 20th reported killing of a transgender/gender non-conforming person NCAVP has responded to in 2016. …
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VAVP Stands in Solidarity with Black and Brown Communities
The Virginia Anti-Violence Project (VAVP) stands in solidarity with the Black and Brown communities affected by the recent state-sanctioned violence in Louisiana and Minnesota. VAVP wants individuals and communities of color in Virginia and across this country, who are systematically harassed, marginalized, and disproportionately the victims of violence at the hands of the state, to understand …
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