Links & Resources

BRAVO Provides Education On Violence-Related Issues.

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING: Our presentations raise awareness about the root of hate violence: bias towards cultural differences among sexual minorities.

SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES: Regardless of your physical abilities, you can learn to defend yourself. BRAVO's trainings offer basic techniques which will improve your level of self-defense and self awareness.

COMMUNITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS: BRAVO provides outreach for LGBT communities and mainstream society on the scope and nature of anti-LGBT violence with vigils, forums, workshops and other campaigns.

Links & Resources

www.ncavp.org
For Annual National Bias Crimes and Domestic Violence Reports (Click on "Publications")

www.avp.org
New York City Anti-Violence Project is another great resource for finding information on statistics, programming and referral sources.

www.odvn.org
For information on Domestic Violence, including prevention & education information and statewide resources.

www.3outof4.com
Youth Outreach for Victims Assistance Project. This project is a cooperative effort between the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) and is funded by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

Below are other community-based organizations that BRAVO has either partnered with on various activities, found to be very helpful in serving the LGBT communities of Central Ohio, or just think that you may like to learn more about their various causes.

www.catf.net
Columbus AIDS Task Force delivers comprehensive case management; support, medical, mental health, and housing services; advocacy for those living with HIV/AIDS; and provides prevention education.

www.communityshares.net
Community Shares of Mid-Ohio is a collaboration of 45 community-based organizations, serving Central Ohio and beyond.

www.thecrystalclub.org
Crystal Club Columbus is a Support Group for Crossdressers, Transvestites, Transsexuals, and Their Families.

www.kaleidoscope.org
Kaleidoscope Youth Center provides resources and information for sexually diverse youth.

www.nlacolumbus.com
National Leather Association, Columbus Ohio Chapter - NLA: Columbus is a pansexual organization dedicated to education and understanding of alternative sexual lifestyles.

www.pflag.org
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays).

www.stonewallcolumbus.org
Stonewall Columbus is a human rights organization serving Central Ohio through advocacy, community building and education. They do this in pursuit of equality, fairness and safety for the entire gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender community.

www.nlaidvproject.us
National Leather Association - International, Domestic Violence Project. The vision of the NLA-I Domestic Violence Project is to create a national and international network to provide information, appropriate referrals, resources, and safe shelters for those in the world community who have been subjected to abusive and violent BDSM relationships.

www.lambdalegal.com
Lambda Legal Organization - Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

To see about having your Community-Based Organization added to our "Links & Resources" page, please email: info@bravo-ohio.org.

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Bravo works to eliminate violence perpetrated on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identification, domestic violence, and sexual assault through prevention, education, advocacy, violence documentation, and survivor services, both within and on behalf of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender communities.

This project, presentation, training, and/or document is supported by a grant from the office for victims of criminal of justice program, United States Department of Justice (grant no.2005-vf-gx-k032). Points of view in this project, presentation, training and/or document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.